Tribeca Co-Founder Defends AI-Generated Film About Iranian Resistance
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Summary
Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Jane Rosenthal defends the festival's decision to premiere "Dreams of Violets," a fully AI-generated film about Iranian civilian resistance. Rosenthal argues that the Iranian director Ash Koosha used AI as the only way to tell his story within a two-month period, given his personal connections to Iran. The film premieres June 10 and marks the first full-length live AI-generated film at the festival.
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· 2 pulledI think people need to read the director's [Ash Koosha's] statement.
The director is Iranian — his family, relatives and friends are there and it's the only way in a two month period he could tell his story, his way.
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