AI Studio Utopai to Co-Produce Silver Bear Winner Hyo-joo Yang's Debut Feature 'Half Moon'
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Summary
AI firm Utopai Studios is co-producing and investing in 'Half Moon', the debut feature film from South Korean filmmaker Hyo-joo Yang, who won a Silver Bear at Berlin in 2010 for her short film 'Broken Night'. The film is co-produced by Germany's In Good Company and Korea's Paper Barn Studios, with principal photography set to begin in Germany in August. Utopai Studios' AI system, PAI, will be used to support select visual elements in the film.
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· 3 pulledAI firm Utopai Studios will co-produce and invest in Half Moon, a feature film from South Korean filmmaker Hyo-joo Yang.
Half Moon will be Yang's debut feature. She is best known for the short Broken Night, which won the Silver Bear at Berlin in 2010.
PAI, Utopai Studios' AI system, will be used to 'support select visual elements in the film.'
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