Austin AI Film Festival selects 40 films for October programme

The October 16–17 event says its programme was chosen from more than 700 submissions across 11 categories.

Austin AI Film Festival says it has selected 40 films from more than 700 submissions for its October 16–17 event. The festival's October 1 selection announcement divides the programme across 11 categories and also names its speaker lineup. The event is scheduled for The Topfer at Zach Theater in Austin; the festival

site carries its current event information. The submission and selection figures come from the festival's own announcement, rather than an independently audited tally. Its focus makes the event a distinctive independent-film watch: the programme is explicitly organised around AI cinema, while the festival presents

screenings alongside discussion. Headline image: official festival-site portrait of speaker Billy Boman; no photographer credit is supplied on the source page.

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