HKUST AI Film Festival at Hong Kong
April 19, 2025
Registration Link:
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The Division of Arts and Machine Creativity at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is thrilled to announce the 1st HKUST AI Film Festival. Through this festival, we’d like to spark more discussions on AI's transformative impact on filmmaking. The past year has been marked by a surge in research breakthroughs such as SORA and Kling, and in numerous filmmaking support tools, like Runway and Pika. We believe this festival serves as a hub for dialogue, driving the narrative on how AI is shaping and will shape the future of the cinematic landscape. We invite you to join this essential conversation at the upcoming AI film festival.
It is also supported by Computational Visual Media Conference 2025, MIT AI Filmmaking Hackathon 2025, Stanford AI ShortFest 2025 and Asia Digital Art Exhibition 2025
The AI Film Festival will take place at Shaw Auditorium in the HKUST campus, Sai Kung District, Hong Kong SAR.
Schedule | Hong Kong Time 2025-04-19 |
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Warm-up Session | 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM |
Opening Remarks | 09:00 AM - 09:20 AM |
Keynote by Maneesh Agrawala | 09:20 AM - 10:20 AM |
Break | 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM |
Theme 1 -
AI Creative Products and Pipelines
Session Chair: Anyi Rao Keynote I by Chris Williamson and Jacky Zheng Evolving Relationship Between AI Technologies and Creative Industries Keynote II by Terry Lam Re-Archiving of Local Filmmaking Dataset for Future AI Keynote III by Jiaju Ma MoVer: Motion Verification for Motion Graphics Animations Roundtable Discussion, plus Sandy Peng |
10:40 AM - 12:00 PM |
Break | 12:00 PM - 14:00 AM |
Theme 2 -
AI Influence on Artists and the Film Industry
Session Chair: Alex Ma Keynote I by Brian Conner Lights, Camera, Algorithm: The AI Revolution in Filmmaking Keynote II by Lucas Mariano AI in Journalism and Broadcast Content: Opportunities and Ethical Challenges Keynote III by Tony Ngai AI for Filmmaking Keynote IV by Victor Wong Artificial Intelligence and the Physical Art World Roundtable Discussion |
14:00 PM - 15:00 PM |
Break | 15:00 PM - 15:10 PM |
Special Theme | 15:10 PM - 15:50 PM |
Theme 3 -
AI and A New Generation of Creators (in Mandarin) AI與新一代創造者
Session Chair: Zeyu Wang (王澤宇) Keynote I by Lei Wang (王雷) 寫意: AI生成國畫影像的随機性與半控制狀態 Keynote II by Anna Yu (于博柔) Dance in Life —— 2025 MIT AI Film Hack Keynote III by Yuying Tang (唐譽瑛) and Zheng Wei (魏徵) Lost in the Mirror Keynote IV by Zhixiang Ye (葉志祥) AI時代的導演進化 |
15:50 PM - 16:30 PM |
Theme 4 -
AI, Art, Creativity, and Ethics (in Mandarin) AI, 藝術,道德與倫理
Session Chair: Xian Xu (徐嫻) Keynote I by Xiongjie Gao (高雄傑) 演算法向善與情感表達:科技倫理下的創作生態重建 Keynote II by Ya-Lun Tao (陶亞倫) AI與意識副本 Keynote III by Jun Fei (費俊) 新媒體藝術與人工智能: 創作者的邊界 Roundtable Discussion, plus Maojun Zeng (曾茂軍) and Yuyi Zhou (周煜壹) |
16:30 PM - 17:30 PM |
Screening | 18:20 PM - 19:20 PM |
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