Annica Ryng
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👏 productions that employ at least 40% women in key management and creative positions will receive a 10% increase in CNC funding, while productions that fail to meet minimum thresholds will see their support reduced by 10%. variety.com/2026/film/gl...
France’s National Film Board to Reduce Funding for Productions That Fail Gender Equality Targets
France's National Film Board is launching a measure that will reduce public funding for production that fall short on gender equality.
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'Their films simply won’t get made. We won’t know what we’ve lost, because we’ll never have seen it.' www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
I Spent 15 Years Making Movies the Old Way. Now I’m, Reluctantly, An AI Guy
A Millennium Media executive explains a pivot from film sets to building an AI startup lab for creatives.
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'We live in a post-hardware age in which tech is defined not by the machines we use but by the ghost who lives in them.. ..from something fun we hold in our hands to something intangible that billionaires will use to control us..' www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
Is A24 Still Cool?
We are entering an era when anything Big Tech-associated smells bad, and even the most beloved brands are getting smoke-bombed.
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“I’ve been extraordinarily lucky throughout my career, so I’m not going to judge folks who are simply trying to provide for their families ...I appreciate that my career started in 1990, not 2026.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
Hollywood Workers Are Training AI Models as Job Prospects Grow Slim
Some TV and film vets are taking gigs in the world of Reinforcement Learning From Human Feedback, helping smooth out gen AI systems that may pave the way to their own obsolescence.
hollywoodreporter.com
'Territorial licensing often allows rights holders to generate higher returns by tailoring agreements to individual markets. A fully global model could change those economics and alter how content is financed...' www.advanced-television.com/2026/06/22/t...
The end of territorial licensing: Is global streaming making borders irrelevant?
Streaming has changed how people access entertainment. A viewer in Sweden can watch a Korean drama, listen to a Brazilian artist, or follow a sports event that
advanced-television.com
“Learn it quickly and use it as a tool before it uses you as a tool.” www.screendaily.com/news/hollywo...
Hollywood experts weigh up opportunities and threats at AI conference
"Learn it quickly and use it as a tool before it uses you as a tool."
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“What we need to do is what only humans can do: make messy, adventurous experiences so that an audience does not know what’s coming next and enjoys that experience.” variety.com/2026/film/gl...
Tilda Swinton Says AI ‘Doesn’t Have a Chance’ Against Cinema That Avoids Formula at Cannes Masterclass
Tilda Swinton told a Cannes masterclass AI only threatens cinema when filmmakers produce formulaic work, recalling four decades of key collaborations.
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'Viewing of non-English language titles represented less than a tenth of total viewing on Netflix ten years ago, while today it’s more than a third.' Shouldn't it be more? www.advanced-television.com/2026/05/12/n...
Netflix claims $325bn boost to global economy
New data from Netflix reveals that the streamer has contributed more than $325 billion (€276.6bn) to the global economy over the past decade, creating more th
advanced-television.com
“AI used in the right way, it’s just a tool like any other tool,” ...Some people will make really, really great films, and some people will do the exact same process, and their film will be crap — just like normal films.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Peter Jackson Talks Upcoming Projects, AI’s Role in Filmmaking: “It’s Just a Tool Like Any Other”
In Cannes to accept an honorary Palme d'Or, the director teased his long-awaited return to narrative features with 'Tintin' and WWII projects in the works, while also sharing some thoughts on Andy Ser...
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📺 Audiovisual Media Services Directive is up for review. This is landmark legislation for audiovisual authors, as it obliges on-demand services to promote European works. I dove into its past and future to understand what's at stake (honestly, it was fascinating!) www.saa-authors.eu/articles/fro...
From 1989 Television Without Frontiers to 2026 AVMS Directive
The AVMS Directive is under review. Stakeholders on all sides say the same thing: don't reopen it. But creators fear losing ground, while platforms fear gaining obligations. History suggests that volu...
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“Three-quarters of UK workers considering leaving the film and TV industry These sectors drive growth, innovation and cultural influence, yet the talent behind them is being choked off by financial insecurity.” www.screendaily.com/news/three-q...
Three-quarters of UK workers considering leaving the film and TV industry
The Film and TV Charity's report has sounded alarm over worsening financial pressures facing worker.
screendaily.com
'....Another reason to keep creative industries in focus of the budget discussions is the need to reduce reliance on American tech and promote trustworthy, decentralised, and community-oriented alternatives to platforms for media and entertainment.' cultureactioneurope.org/news/compete...
Compete to Create: How the EU’s Budget Is Debuffing Creative Industries
No support for creative industries in the next EU budget? The new MFF proposal debuffs support for the more economic dimensions of culture, its digitalisation and financial tools that help creative bu...
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“...Innovation cannot come at the expense of copyright, both can and must coexist. Clear and enforceable rules are key to ensuring Europe’s technological sovereignty. Our aim is to foster innovation while safeguarding the core principles of IP.” www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Protect copyrighted work used by generative AI, say Legal Affairs MEPs | News | European Parliament
Access to high quality data to train generative AI in the EU should go hand in hand with fair remuneration for the creative sector.
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'TV is not what we grew up on. TV is now just about everything ...The Oscars & the NFL are on YouTube. Networks are simulcasting the Super Bowl on linear TV & streaming. Amazon owns MGM, Apple is competing for Emmys and Oscars, and Instagram is coming next' www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
Ted Sarandos Warns “Instagram Is Coming” as He Lays Out Competitive Landscape for Netflix
"TV is not what we grew up on. TV is now just about everything," the Netflix co-CEO says, outlining the threat from traditional studios and networks, big tech and social giants, a preview of a potenti...
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...the end of the ‘Brussels effect’? ...Washington is [now] setting the pace on deregulation in Europe Big Tech lobbying... of the far-right seems to have become a particular priority for Meta, and to a lesser extent Google. corporateeurope.org/en/2026/01/a...
Article by article, how Big Tech shaped the EU’s roll-back of digital rights | Corporate Europe Observatory
In a new analysis we trace Big Tech's fingerprints on the Digital Omnibus proposals - a major deregulation of EU digital laws including the GDPR and the AI Act. They are helped in this attempt by the ...
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"To translate is not just to haul stories across languages, but to help them remain when everything else falls away. It is a quiet, stubborn refusal to disappear." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A moment that changed me: in the bombed-out ruins of an apartment block, I saw a book I’d translated
The sight of my work, torn and singed but still legible, made me realise the importance of translating and protecting stories – so they remain when everything else falls away
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"A mention under a photo, a tag or a hashtag - it doesn't matter what form it takes, but the name of the author of the work must definitely appear next to their work. If I see my work without a surname, I write to the person and ask them to tag it..." (G translated) www.latga.lt/naujienos/so...
Socialinių tinklų pavojai ir privalumai: jei menininkas nori būti saugus, jis turi būti matomas - Latga
Autoriaus Kęstučio Svirnelio kūrinys „Būtinybės transformacija“ (2024)
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“The creators on YouTube are not ‘YouTubers’... They are producers and artists. The fact we call them ‘content creators’ or ‘YouTubers’ or ‘influencers’ is a way for the legacy media to try to downgrade them and to keep their power.” www.screendaily.com/features/why...
Why several European film companies are ready for a fresh approach to YouTube
For many in the film industry, YouTube is simply a place to upload trailers. But is it time to adopt a new attitude to the platform?
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"AI tools can reduce production costs and timelines by up to tenfold... such efficiencies come with serious caveats: potential job losses for animators, greater dominance of user-generated platforms like YouTube, and unresolved issues around copyright and IP ownership" cineuropa.org/en/newsdetai...
Ampere Analysis’ Guy Bisson unpacks the “anime-fication” of Europe’s animation, streamers’ retreat and AI’s disruption
10/10/2025 - Interest in anime has been rising steadily for over a decade, and Western Europe’s current animated output increasingly mirrors this trend, says the expert at MIA
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"Tilly Norwood’ is.. generated by a computer program that was trained on the work of countless professional performers - without permission or compensation.. It doesn’t solve any ‘problem’ -it's using stolen performances to put actors out of work.." www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Tilly Norwood Is “an AI Tool, Not a Performer” Says U.K. Acting Union Equity: “We Are Concerned About Where That Work Has Come From”
The British union has weighed in on the debate over the computer-generated actress that has rattled Hollywood.
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'Moscow’s attempt to extinguish Ukrainian culture can be seen through the prism of prominent stadiums across the region, one of which even played host to footballers including Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi, and pop megastars such as Beyoncé and Rihanna.' www.politico.eu/article/stad...
These stadiums expose Putin’s brutal war on Ukrainian culture
International megastars once performed in arenas that Russian forces have bombarded — or turned into propaganda stages.
politico.eu
"AI cannot make a full Hollywood movie (yet). It's not like you go on ChatGPT and say make me a full movie. You need people, stories and vision to understand how everything works. I don't see AI replacing everyone anytime soon." www.thelocationguide.com/industrynews...
“More industry people will work with AI, and more AI people will work with the industry”
Industry News posted by Chris Evans about “More industry people will work with AI, and more AI people will work with the industry” on The Location Guide.
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'Over four months, LLM users consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels. These results raise concerns about the long-term educational implications of LLM reliance and underscore the need for deeper inquiry into AI's role in learning.' www.media.mit.edu/publications...
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine…
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'Currently, Creative Europe accounts for just 0.2% of the EU budget. It’s like watching a two-hour film and being shown only 15 seconds. Like slicing a cake into 500 pieces and offering artists just one. Like giving culture less than a day on the calendar.' cultureactioneurope.org/news/hundred...
Hundreds demand action to save Creative Europe
More than 800 cultural sector professionals, representing 479 organisations from 40 countries, believe that the future EU budget must include a strong, standalone Creative Europe programme. Are you on...
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Culture is art, and a social connection, and awkward people speaking truth to power, and it’s soft power, and an industry. We need to value all its facets, because we’d miss it if it disappeared.
Annica Ryng@annicaryng.bsky.social · last yr.Interesting, isn't it? "88% of European TV and SVOD fiction adaptations are based on original works from Europe. Only 6% of all European audiovisual fiction adaptations are based on works originating from the US." rm.coe.int/adaptations-...
Interesting, isn't it? "88% of European TV and SVOD fiction adaptations are based on original works from Europe. Only 6% of all European audiovisual fiction adaptations are based on works originating from the US." rm.coe.int/adaptations-...
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"Unlike many of the 40-plus AI lawsuits currently pending, this one doesn’t get bogged down in the technicalities of training datasets or model weights. It’s less about what went into the system than what comes out... a host of copyrighted characters..." copyrightlately.com/why-the-stud...
Why the Studios’ Midjourney Lawsuit Is Different
Hollywood knows the power of visuals. In their lawsuit against Midjourney, the studios aren't just alleging infringement—they're showing it.
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"Scripts from more than 130,000 films and TV shows have been used to train generative AI models, which a BFI report said today “poses a threat to the fundamental economics of the screen sector." (UK research) deadline.com/2025/06/bfi-...
BFI Research: 130,000 Film & TV Scripts Have Been Used To Train AI
A BFI AI report has found that 130,000 film & TV scripts have been used to train generative artificial intelligence models.
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🤝EFAD, in partnership with associations, hosts film screenings in Brussels during each EU Presidency to celebrate European cinema. The Polish film institute and EFAD are proud to present the exclusive screening of the Polish film #LossOfBalance by #KorekBojanowski 📅Tuesday 24/6 📽️Cinema Galeries
