RA
Moderator
Monday, September 14, 2026
AI &
Film Forum
Performance, identity, creativity and ownership—an honest industry conversation about what filmmakers should embrace, question and protect.
Where human creativity meets synthetic media.
- Date
- Monday, September 14
- Time
- 11:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
- Location
- Toronto · venue to be announced
Passholder registration opens first. Every attendee must register and receive confirmation.
The conversation
What should film embrace, question and protect?
AI is already changing performance, authorship and production. This forum brings creators, performers and policy thinkers into the same room to examine where the technology creates opportunity—and where the industry must draw clear lines.
The goal is practical: leave with better questions, sharper language and a more human framework for the choices ahead.
Run of show
A focused 2½ hours.
Working agenda · timing subject to final confirmation
Opening networking
Welcome and framing
Panel One AI and the Human Future of Film
Room reset
Panel Two Future Film—From Prompt to Production
Synthesis and close
Closing industry networking
The room
Hosted by industry, built for honest exchange.
Organizer / HostRichard J. Railey
01
Panel One
AI and the Human Future of Film
GA
Panelist · cultural futures and embodied identity
Galit Ariel
EJ
Panelist · actor and screen performer
Eric Johnson
SA
Panelist · AI ethics and public policy
Sameen Ashraf
02
Panel Two
Future Film—From Prompt to Production
KS
Moderator · actor
Katisha Shaw
Panelist · story development and AI Script Doctor
Gordon Weiske
ST
Panelist
Sisi Tesser
Attendance
Registration will open soon.
Passholders receive the first registration window. A pass alone does not guarantee admission; every attendee needs an event confirmation.