Special Opportunity For Filmmakers – Join The T-Port TalentBridge Online Training Session
AI Tools for Filmmakers - Practice, Ethics, and Your Integration PlanDate: July 27, 2026
Posted by: Jess Sweetman
Wednesday, 16 September 2026 · Online via Zoom · 16:00–20:00 CET · 4 hours
Fee: 69 EUR · Certificate of training included · Places limited — first come, first served
AI is reshaping how films are made, distributed, and discovered. This session moves beyond the hype to give filmmakers practical, hands-on experience with AI tools for every stage of the filmmaking process. It also takes the ethical questions seriously, from bias and representation to authorship and labour and introduces frameworks for inclusive storytelling in an age of algorithmic production.
WHAT YOU WILL COVER
- Live AI tool demonstrations: pre-production, production, post-production, and distribution
- Practical examples with selected tools applied to your own projects
- Ethical considerations: bias, representation, authorship, and transparency
- Building your personal AI integration plan for your workflow
PERFECT FOR
- Forward-thinking filmmakers curious about how AI fits into their practice
- Teams committed to inclusive and ethical storytelling
- Those interested in cross-platform and interactive storytelling opportunities
- Filmmakers who want to work smarter without losing their creative voice
- Anyone who has heard about AI tools but does not know where to start
YOU LEAVE WITH
- A personalised AI integration plan for your workflow
- Hands-on experience with a curated set of tools for filmmakers
- An understanding of cross-platform opportunities and how to pursue them
- A curated resource list of tools, communities, and further reading
PREPARATION
No prior AI experience is required – curiosity is enough. If you have already tried any AI tools, note what you used.
Experts
Toni Thai Sterrett is a filmmaker, creative, and founder of Bad Grrls Creative Club & CinePartna, an AI-powered screenwriting app. She’s a 2022 Artist In Residence at The Greene Space (NPR).
She’s spoken at CES, Cannes Film Festival, SXSW, Consensus, Miami Tech Week and more. She co-produced and co-starred in the Gotham Award nominated film, August The First and has directed commercials and branded content for Pantene, Clinique, Nissan, KMart, BET and more.
Toni was chosen by Ava DuVernay as Vibe’s Next Filmmaker. She’s been featured by Time Magazine, Yahoo Finance, and on the Apple App Store. She guest lectures at Columbia University’s MFA film program, NYU, Parsons School of Design and The School of Visual Arts about the intersection of creativity, storytelling and emerging technology.·
Sami Arpa is the CEO and Co-founder of Largo.ai, a platform leveraging data-driven intelligence to transform story development, financing, and film & advertisement production. A film director and producer with a PhD in Computational Aesthetics from EPFL, Sami is a repeat founder whose previous venture, Sofy.tv, was acquired in 2023.
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