Film Festival Cologne: cinema between AI and Real Life
“Real Life” is the festival’s theme. A look at the programme and discussions reveals that the question of AI is present, but not as a simple yes-or-no decision.
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AI can alter, replicate and generate voices. But labelling alone does not answer who must consent to such use – or what it means for the credibility of documentary images.
READ THE BACKGROUND“Real Life” is the festival’s theme. A look at the programme and discussions reveals that the question of AI is present, but not as a simple yes-or-no decision.
→A documentary made from archive footage approaches Einar Schleef and a theatre history that cannot be repeated.
→A film drawing on recordings and images approaches Einar Schleef. Yet theatre also consists of what no archive can capture.
→Consent is more than a form. Documentary filmmakers must also consider risks, editing and the consequences of release.
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