{"id":22873,"date":"2026-04-26T08:37:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/cannes-ai-film-festival-raises-eyebrows-and-questions-about-future\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T08:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:37:30","slug":"cannes-ai-film-festival-raises-eyebrows-and-questions-about-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/26\/cannes-ai-film-festival-raises-eyebrows-and-questions-about-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannes AI film festival raises eyebrows \u2013 and questions about future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While emerging technology is banned from the Palme d\u2019Or, an upstart movement is gaining investment and attention<\/p>\n<p>In Cannes\u2019 darkened screening rooms, the supposed future of cinema flickered into life this week and it was strange. The first edition of the World AI film festival (WAIFF) showcased visions of men with fish scales erupting from their necks and seaweed from their mouths, a heroine with a heart beating outside her body and so many massed armies of AI-generated tanned men sweeping across battlefields that David Lean would have blushed.<\/p>\n<p>Last week the Cannes film festival, entering its 76th year, banned the emerging technology from its Palme d\u2019Or competition, insisting \u201cAI imitates very well but it will never feel deep emotions\u201d. But this week the Croisette was taken over by the upstart AI film movement and their big-tech backers amid increasing investment and attention from the Hollywood studios. A \u201cnouvelle vague\u201d, they said, is coming.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/apr\/26\/cannes-ai-film-festival-raises-eyebrows-questions-future\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7aeb879c03fe2e7ebd413663569b7e108e9bb701\/238_0_1348_1079\/master\/1348.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=0d917f624ad40f168104b3d3515d9a75\" title=\"Cannes AI film festival raises eyebrows \u2013 and questions about future\" \/>While emerging technology is banned from the Palme d\u2019Or, an upstart movement is gaining investment and attention<br \/>\nIn Cannes\u2019 darkened screening rooms, the supposed future of cinema flickered into life this week and it was strange. The first edition of the World AI film festival (WAIFF) showcased visions of men with fish scales erupting from their necks and seaweed from their mouths, a heroine with a heart beating outside her body and so many massed armies of AI-generated tanned men sweeping across battlefields that David Lean would have blushed.<br \/>\nLast week the Cannes film festival, entering its 76th year, banned the emerging technology from its Palme d\u2019Or competition, insisting \u201cAI imitates very well but it will never feel deep emotions\u201d. But this week the Croisette was taken over by the upstart AI film movement and their big-tech backers amid increasing investment and attention from the Hollywood studios. A \u201cnouvelle vague\u201d, they said, is coming. 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