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I'm speaking next week at #LATechWeek! 🎬🤖

The creative stack is being rebuilt in real time. But what does that actually look like for filmmakers, artists, and storytellers navigating this new landscape?

I've had some experience in this over the past few years, so I'm excited to join a panel exploring the evolving AI creative economy, moderated by Emmy-winning writer, producer, and Marvel LIVE! host @tamarakrinsky, alongside award-winning AI artists and filmmakers Vienna Thurlbeck, Maria Haras, and entertainment tech lawyer Ghen Laraya Long.

Looking forward to a conversation about where creative technology is heading, and the role of human creativity in shaping what comes next.

📍 #LATechWeek
🗓️ Wed, October 14th at Moss Collective in Venice
🍕 6 PM – Doors, drinks & pizza
🎤 6:30 PM – Panel
🥂 7:30 PM – Networking mixer

Link to RSVP is in my bio. Hope to see some of you there!

#AIFilmmaking #CreativeTechnology #FutureOfStorytelling #LATechWeek

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An incredibly rewarding day at the HPN Film Pitch Lab at the @yorubasaxon studio - working on the film adaptation 🎥 (based on my memoir) - Not Yet Home. Thank to some incredible mentors from various Hollywood production studios @jessicaoyelowo @carlrogers @maria_haras @patrickreiger @emiliomazariegos. Thank you @Jessica for opening her beautiful home and studio 💚

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Imagine you invest 10$ in a creator‘s show and get to direct & act in an episode. Trying out a new experiment with playable media for my show @clankers.studio
Comment with your result

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Testing a Concept for my Feature Film Script At a Ai Gen Jam with @hollywoodprayernetwork with @maria_haras @marinotsorry using @runwayapp @leonardoaiofficial @seedance

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I’m beyond thrilled that WILLIE AND HIS PIGS is having its Southern premiere at Flyover Film Festival @louisvillefilmsociety tomorrow, Saturday, July 25th.

This film was made through community. From creatives and crew believing in this story and sharing their talents to so many folks from my hometown donating and investing in this film. Thank you to Willie @pickngrinfarm, and Megan Huston for sharing their story and allowing me into their home.

To my Executive Producers @silashouse @ashleyyorkhere and Gill Holland, thank you for being people that have inspired me creatively through your own work. I am truly honored.

@bensollee Ben Sollee your beautiful music brings such a depth of emotion to this doc. Thank you.

Producer: Maria Haras @maria_haras
Director of Photography: Alden Allen @aldenallen
Editor (& Colorist): Joseph Hassage @jhassage
Sound Designer (& Recordist and Post-Sound) Derek Sepe @puget.sound.design

We have four more upcoming film festivals in the next few months, I promise I won’t make long posts every time!

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NORTH STAR follows a team of researchers as they uncover the true story of their hometown’s greatest export – legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley. Through these women’s efforts to know Annie, we learn about the nature of legacy, community and place.

✈ Flyover Film Festival is excited to host the Kentucky premiere of NORTH STAR on Sat, Jul 25th, 3PM at the Speed Cinema during the Flyover Shorts Program.

Includes post-screening Q&A with Director Bryn Silverman and Producer Naveen Chaubal.

Every 9 months, rural Kentucky-based regenerative farmer Willie Houston brings home a small group of piglets. He raises them, names them, cares for them, and has to say goodbye. This subtle portrait challenges assumptions of masculinity in farming and explores who bears the emotional weight of ethically raising animals.

✈ Flyover Film Festival is excited to host the Kentucky premiere of WILLIE AND HIS PIGS on Sat, Jul 25th, 3PM at the Speed Cinema during the Flyover Shorts Program.

Includes post-screening Q&A with Director / Producer Emily Cooper.

It’s getting so hot these days that matches are spontaneously combusting, and so is everything else.

✈ Flyover Film Festival is excited to host the Louisville premiere of MATCH DANCE on Sat, Jul 25th, 3PM at the Speed Cinema during the Flyover Shorts Program.

Includes post-screening Q&A with Director John Akre.

How would you spend your last 8 hours? Two middle-aged lovers find joy, comfort, and unexpected meaning in the quiet, tender moments – revealing that true human connection can transcend anything. Even the apocalypse.

✈ Flyover Film Festival is excited to host the Kentucky premiere of THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS on Sat, Jul 25th, 3PM at the Speed Cinema during the Flyover Shorts Program.

Includes post-screening Q&A with Writer / Director Jeremiah Murphy and Producer Jennifer Sims.

This documentary chronicles the journey of Precious Perez, a young woman redefining what it means to live with a disability while giving back to her community. Through her story, we explore the intersection of music, vision, romance, disability rights, and the fight for equal access to education.

✈ Flyover Film Festival is excited to hos

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THE CARDS HAVE SPOKEN 🔮 Heading to @aionthelot this week with my behavioral science partner Dr. Jesse Bashem.

Strategy, storytelling, and AI-human psychology
(oh my!)

DM me if you are going and want to meet up.

-> Cynthia Lieberman
-> Jesse Bashem, Ph.D., L.P.

www.aionthelot.com | May 27-28 | Culver Studios

#AIontheLot
#HumanAIStrategy
#FutureOfStorytelling
#aistrategy

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Grateful to have been part of Cinema Synthetica Season 3 at @aionthelot AI on the Lot — an intense 48-hour filmmaking challenge where story, collaboration, and innovation collided.

Huge thanks to @_tshark and @berniesu for the invitation and for creating space for filmmakers to explore what’s possible when performance and AI storytelling meet.

And big love to my teammates @chaospharmacy and @subverum — creating under pressure with talented collaborators is always the best part. And to the other very talented filmmakers it was a pleasure getting to work alongside you @irene.xinyi.li @hartemus @maria_haras @davisblack @danielstrange @vviennavv

Excited to share that our film will premiere at the AI on the Lot 2026 at Amazon MGM Studios Culver Studios this May.
#AIFilmmaking #CinemaSynthetica #AIOnTheLot #Filmmaking #Storytelling

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A determined scientist and a mercenary hunt for her missing husband on an ocean planet—- only to discover that the submerged city he was chasing isn’t abandoned at all...

Made for Seedance 2.0's Official BytePlus 4-Hour Hackathon. 1st Place Winner, Golden Seed Award.

Thank you @yoywow_official @creatorspace_studio @hollo.ai @_fliqsmedia and Syndicate!

#aivideo #byteplus #seedance2.0

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The last bison wandering Yellowstone endures solitude, but a relentless magpie decides they’re best friends.

"The Bison and the Bird."

SFX and Music exclusively: @epidemicsound

Video: @klingai_official @hail.uoai @ltx.studio @openart_ai @freepik

#ai #aiart #aifilm

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What an honour it has been to be part of @soulscapefilm , a truly innovative and resonant film summit / competition over the past 4 days in @kqed @timolsonsf San Francisco.

Thank you for having me as a panelist. I enjoyed very much the conversation with @chandan_perla, @maria_haras and @bench.wav on AI Cinema as a new art form. I really believe we are just at the start of this new medium, still discovering what it can uniquely achieve: whether entirely new forms of storytelling or powerful hybrids with traditional film. We are in an inflection point in history.

I’m so proud of our team (@jimhuihui_ai_art & @youngeeeeeeeeee ) in grinding it out to create “Afterlight” and for being a top 10 finalist including a finalist nomination for the @elevenlabsio best sound design award. The film is inspired by my experience during the Toronto power outage in August 2003, which impacted 55 million people. It was a forced digital detox that quieted the city for days in the early 2000’s, an early era of the internet.

At its core, the question we explored was: What world do we want to live in? For us, it’s one where real-life connection matters more than keeping up with the pace of the digital world. We see a world where authentic in-person experiences and connection help us to be a part of a bigger community.

Keith truly brought his A-game in organizing such a powerhouse event anchored by a 48-hour filmmaking competition, full-day panels, and a standout theatre screening and awards ceremony. It brought together an incredible mix of creatives: artists, filmmakers, technologists, entrepreneurs, and more. 
My heart is full after connecting with such a thoughtful and inspiring community, and I’m excited for what’s ahead.

Sending love to everyone who was part of this experience: panelists, judges, experts, competitors, and new friends.

#aifilm #community #innovation #storytelling

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