The third edition of the Reply AI Film Festival — a competitive event dedicated to shorts made using AI that runs in tandem with the Venice Film Festival — has unveiled its selection and announced its prestigious jury headed by Italian Oscar winner Gabriele Salvatores.
The 10 works, produced using new technologies and AI tools, have been selected from 3,000 submissions from 76 countries. The winner of the event will be announced on Sept. 6 at the Match Point Arena, which is set up at the Venice Tennis Club on the Lido.
Besides Salvatores, who won the 1991 international feature Oscar with “Mediterraneo” and who most recently directed 2024’s “Naples to New York,” the Reply AI jury panel comprises, among others, “The Lion King” director Rob Minkoff; “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke; London-based VFX supervisor Giacomo Mineo, whose credits include Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey”; and veteran Hollywood executive Christina Lee Storm, a Netflix and DreamWorks alum who last year joined L.A.-based AI-native entertainment studio Secret Level as head of its new narrative studio; and Italy-based producer Nils Hartmann, who recently stepped down as EVP at Sky Studios Italy where he shepherded many renowned Italian TV series, including “Gomorrah.”
