October 29th, 2023
Casa del Cinema di Trieste
A special session focusing on videogames and artificial intelligence, featuring a round table on the state of affairs and outlook of the local game development scene, and a meeting on the applications of AI to film production
All events will take place in English
Info: forum@scienceplusfiction.org
Programme
10.00
Round table discussion
Press start to play: the state of affairs and outlook of the videogame industry in Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Veneto
The event will be held in Italian
A focus on the local game development scene industry: a survey of the state of affairs of an audiovisual sector still largely uncharted – trying to spot out its features, problems and needs, and set up a discussion with the sector’s regional and national representative bodies.
Confirmed speakers: Davide Mancini, Developer Relations Manager, IIDEA – Italian Interactive Digital Entertainment Association; Paolo Vidali, Director, Fondo Audiovisivo FVG; Guido Cassano, Film Commissioner, Friuli-Venezia Giulia Film Commission; Jacopo Chessa, CEO, Veneto Film Commission; about ten game development studios or freelancers, including: Antonio Degrassi, IKON; Francesco Berton, Safe Place Studio; Daniele Banovaz, Sionera Entertainment; Dario Visaggio, Desarius Games; Antonio Giacomin, fluido.it; Andrea Tarondo, game developer; Alessio Visintin, Project Manager, SimCoVR; Giacomo Marini, SimCoVR – Stormborn Studio, Fabio Cristi, Project Manager, Event Horizon School
Session chair: Andrea Dresseno, President Associazione IVIPRO – Italian Videogame Program
14.30
Meeting
Artificial Intelligence as applied to audiovisual production
Tom Paton, a pioneer in the application of AI to audiovisual production, will discuss about this technology which, despite offering huge opportunities, is still largely mistrusted, and he will expose how AI tools (such as Pigeon Shrine’s “synth-assisted production”) can in fact dramatically improve timings, costs and workflows, effectively putting independent films on par with major studio productions.
Speaker
Tom Paton, producer, director and CEO of Pigeon Shrine (UK).
