AI Film Studio Launched by India’s Abundantia Entertainment, InVideo (EXCLUSIVE)

AI Film Studio Launched by India’s Abundantia Entertainment, InVideo (EXCLUSIVE)

[ad_1] India’s Abundantia Entertainment and AI video technology company InVideo have unveiled a strategic partnership to launch an AI-driven film production studio, backed by an investment of INR100 crores ($11 million) — what the companies are calling the largest structured commitment to AI-driven filmmaking in India to date. The deal was revealed at the India…

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Jane Baer, Animator on ‘Sleeping Beauty’ and ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Who Founded Baer Animation, Dies at 91

[ad_1] Jane Shattuck-Takamoto-Baer, whose long career in animation included working on films including “Sleeping Beauty” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” died Monday at her home in Van Nuys, Calif.. She was 91.   The longtime animator, producer and industry pioneer first got her start in 1955 as an assistant animator on Walt Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty,” where…

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‘Who Killed Alex Odeh?’ Review: A Modest True Crime Doc Where the Answers Are Out in the Open

[ad_1] A film of deceptive simplicity, Jason Osder and William Lafi Youmans’s investigative documentary “Who Killed Alex Odeh?” often struggles against its own straightforward style, but in the process, embodies the helplessness of its grieving subjects. Its focus is the 1985 assassination of a Palestinian activist in California, the specifics of which it lays out…

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Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners,’ Dwayne Johnson, Angela Bassett Saluted at ABFF Honors: ‘Our Stories Are Not Trends, They’re Truths’

Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners,’ Dwayne Johnson, Angela Bassett Saluted at ABFF Honors: ‘Our Stories Are Not Trends, They’re Truths’

[ad_1] The American Black Film Festival was a key step in Ryan Coogler’s journey to become an Academy Award-nominated filmmaker. It also gave him a leg up in wooing his future wife and producing partner Zinzi Coogler. In 2011, Coogler’s short film “Fig” was selected to be part of ABFF and HBO’s annual short film…

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