AI Filmmaking Week

Hosted by HKU School of Future Media, the events will feature award-winning filmmakers and AI experts to explore the future of storytelling.

March 17

Screening of the first South Korean AI film RUN TO THE WEST
Meet the Filmmakers: Directors Yunsung Kang and Hansl Kwon

Time:

Film Screening: 6 – 7:15 pm

Talk with directors: 7:15 – 8:30 pm

Venue:

Studio 303, Chong Yuet Ming Cultural Centre, The University of Hong Kong

Speakers:

Yunsung Kang, film and TV director, S. Korea

Hansl Kwon, CEO and director, Studio Freewillusion Inc., S. Korea, a Seoul-based AI media technology startup

Synposis:

Released in October 2025 in South Korea, "Run to the West" is one of the country's first feature film to aggressively incorporate AI for its characters and animation effects, sparking ethical discussions about the future of acting.

The story follows a group of people who are stuck in limbo after near-death experiences and hounded by unearthly figures who decide whether they belong in the afterlife or the land of the living.

Language:

English and Korean

March 19

Acting and Storytelling with AI characters

Time:

10 am – 1:30 pm

Venue:

G24, Eliot Hall, The University of Hong Kong

Speakers:

• Jie Yang, co-founder and chief technology officer, Utopai Studios, USA

Workshop with the Utopai Studios team:

• Zhang Qing, AI film and art team manager, Utopai Studios
• Yangen Shi, AI filmmaking technical artist, Utopai Studios
  

Language:

English & Putonghua

March 20

A Hollywood Perspective: AI & the Future of Filmmaking

A dialogue between Janet Yang, President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars), 2022-2025, and Professor Ruby Yang, Oscar-winning director

Time:

12 - 1:30 pm

Venue:

Studio 303, Chong Yuet Ming Cultural Centre, HKU

Language:

English