formerly Mad Cornish Projectionist.
China’s new guidelines push cinemas to add AI concierges, karaoke, and coffee shops as ticket sales slump, signaling a shift toward experiential revenue models. Source: https://ainave.com/tech-news/china-s-film-plus-push-cinemas-as-experiential-hubs-amid-ticket-slump
More than 95 per cent of China’s new microdramas in the first quarter of 2026 were AI-generated, compared with near zero a year ago. Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/ai-microdrama-china-film-industry-actors-jobs-6229191
This video explores the modern challenge of capturing an audience’s attention when movies must directly compete with social media feeds and rapidly advancing artificial intelligence. Source: https://www.citynewsservice.cn/articles/cns/city-news/general/the-code-no-algorithm-can-break-why-true-cinema-always-finds-its-audience-3k0ejjen
Industry participants said Chinese companies are helping make professional filmmaking technology more accessible while driving innovation across the sector, reflecting China’s growing influence in film-production technology. Source: https://www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/635048
As the line between film festival and tech expo continues to blur in China, SIFF ran filmmaking labs for work created by artificial intelligence, iPhone or virtual reality. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/shanghai-film-festival-cinema-future-ai-iphone-1236626463/
“Talent development has become one of our defining strengths,” says SIFF managing director Chen Guo, as first-time director Keane T.K. Wong’s ‘Afterpiece’ opens the event. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/shanghai-film-festival-next-generation-1236620182/