The fourth edition of the Ouchy Film Awards saw a new milestone for the global film industry. For the first time ever, a festival presented an award for the best screenplay based entirely on the insights provided by artificial intelligence.
After it was announced that Media Desk Suisse had kindly offered European film producers an opportunity to tryout AI-assisted moviemaking, more than 200 producers rushed to sign up.
After being selected in 2019 as one of the Best Startups, Largo was selected one more time as one of the best start-ups to invest in Switzerland together with 30 other start-ups by Bilan this year.
We participated to European Film Market – EFM with a major workshop on the usage of AI in European Movies. We were thrilled with the level of interest, approximately 1000 virtual seats were reserved by the movie industry professionals!
Picking the best movie professionals for your latest project is an art that takes years to master. Even the most experienced producers such as David O. Selznick made mistakes from time to time and found themselves rushing to find a replacement mid-production.
Artificial intelligence solutions can help improve the quality and diversity of films and aid the industry in its battle to rebuild in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic, argues Largo.ai founder Sami Arpa.
The world of technology moves fast. Within technology, the field of artificial intelligence is moving the fastest of all. Since AI systems do much of the learning themselves, the reason why artificial intelligence technologies are developing so rapidly is obvious.
Take a look at the graph below which shows the figures behind Hollywood’s dominance of the European box office.
Despite the challenges that were brought by Covid-19, 2020 was a year to overcome many challenges and complete many milestones for Largo.
