Sam Altman Movie Artificial to Premiere at New York Film Festival

Key Points:

• The film "Artificial," directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Andrew Garfield as OpenAI founder Sam Altman, will premiere at the New York Film Festival on October 5 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall.
• The drama centers on the controversial period when Altman was fired and rehired by OpenAI, featuring key figures such as CTO Mira Murati and co-founder Ilya Sutskever, with a cast including Monica Barbaro, Yura Borisov, Ike Barinholtz, and others.
• Originally dropped by Amazon MGM, which has a significant partnership with OpenAI, the film was acquired by Neon and became one of the most anticipated films of the season.
• NYFF artistic director Dennis Lim praised "Artificial" for its tone and timely exploration of AI's impact, calling it a film of existential urgency blending horror and dark humor.
• Following its NYFF debut, "Artificial" will have a gala screening at the London Film Festival on October 11, with Guadagnino’s previous works also featured at NYFF, which runs from September 25 to October 12.