AMC Theaters Will Refuse to Screen AI Short Film After Online Uproar
The Hollywood Reporter • • general
Key Points:
- An AI short film titled "Thanksgiving Day," winner of the Frame Forward AI Animated Film Festival, was slated for a national two-week theatrical run starting next month, but AMC Theatres has decided not to screen it amid public backlash.
- The short film’s pre-show screening was managed by Screenvision Media, a third-party company handling advertising content for multiple theater chains, and AMC clarified it was not involved in creating or endorsing the AI content.
- It remains uncertain if other theater chains will showcase the AI film, while the festival organizers plan to adapt the film for immersive theatrical venues, starting with a new location in New York within the year.
- This would have marked one of the first nationwide exposures of a narrative AI film in traditional cinemas
