AI Filmmaking’s Future Debated by Alibaba, Sonilo, PROMPTR Executives at TapNow and Dogme23’s Venice Production Bridge Panel

By Naman Ramachandran

Naman Ramachandran

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Executives from Alibaba Token Hub, Sonilo and PROMPTR joined film educator Barry Dignam at a TapNow-hosted panel during the Venice Film Festival‘s Venice Production Bridge to debate AI filmmaking’s creative and economic impact, capped by a technical breakdown of the AI-generated series “Primodia.”

The panel, titled “AI x Cinema: The 10,000 Parallel Universes Initiative,” was held at Hotel Excelsior and cohosted with event organizer Dogme23. It was moderated by Sabrina Qin, brand lead at TapNow, the AI creative platform developed by California-based Tamar AI, which also operates the AI-native streaming platform Glanze TV. Panelists included Tianshu Zhu, head of global AI product solutions at Alibaba Token Hub; Dignam, vice dean of FilmEU at IADT and chair of the CILECT European chapter; Ben Chimoy, GenAI director at PROMPTR and founder of AI Filmmakers Berlin; and Shawn Song, co-founder and CEO of Sonilo, who previously led audio research at TikTok.

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