Epitaph of the author
A clear walk through authorship and copyright questions when generative tools enter film. Useful when you need language beyond “the AI made it.”
Open sourceResearch & discourse
A curated
reading room.
Public essays, guides and research that treat generative film as art and practice — selected and annotated by EuGFA. We do not publish original longform yet; the curation is the contribution.
How we curate
Selection and annotation are the contribution — not a firehose of AI news.
- Publicly readable without a login wall
- Relevant to generative moving image as art or practice
- Not pure product or vendor marketing
- Worth a short EuGFA note on why it belongs here
Library
14 sourcesTopic
Type
Ethical Canvas of Generative AI in Art
Practical ethical checkpoints — transparency, bias, human oversight — written from a European AI film festival context rather than a product blog.
Open sourceImplications of generative AI in cinematic narrative and aesthetics
Open study of OpenDocs and +RAIN submissions: how makers actually use GenAI in shorts, and what ethical and aesthetic patterns show up in the field.
Open source¿Una ética para la IA? Mesa redonda — +RAIN 2023
Entry point to a festival roundtable on ethics and authorship in generative audiovisual creation — European research culture meeting festival practice.
Open sourceArtificial Aesthetics: Generative AI, Art and Visual Media
Free book-length inquiry into generative media, aesthetics and authorship. Dense, but the right depth when the field needs more than tool tips.
Open sourceResponsible Practices for Synthetic Media
Consent, disclosure and transparency framed for makers and platforms. Strong reference when building process notes or festival disclosure language.
Open sourceAI Disclosure Taxonomy (Human Provenance in Film)
An open, film-specific way to declare AI use in finished works. Directly useful for EuGFA’s emphasis on process documentation over opaque clips.
Open sourceGuidance on the use of AI in BFI funding applications
How a major European film fund expects transparency and lawful rights practice around assistive and generative AI — concrete institutional norms.
Open sourceGuidelines on transparency obligations for AI-generated content
Official framing of Article 50 transparency rules, including how artistic and fictional deepfake-like works are treated. Essential European policy context for makers.
Open sourceIn the briefing
- AI tools already on sale must mark their output by 2 December
- EU icons for labelling AI-generated content are free to use
- NPO and three media groups set AI deepfake labels for news, reality and fiction
- Commission says AI effects in standard film work are unlikely to pass as real
- ORF-backed Austrian films must log AI use by timecode and drop AI music
- Signatories of the EU AI labelling code form two task forces
- EU transparency rules for AI-generated content now apply
CNC deliberation on authors and aid
France’s film fund withholds development and production aid for a film, audiovisual work or game unless an author wrote the script and bible. A fund-level authorship rule, in the Journal officiel of 31 October 2026.
Open sourceAI transparency guidelines for deepfakes
NPO, DPG Media, Mediahuis and Talpa set a minimum standard, in Dutch, for when a deepfake needs the EU AI logo and where it sits in news, reality, films and series.
Open sourceStudy on Opportunities and Challenges of AI for Cultural and Creative Sectors
Sector-wide EU study covering film among other creative fields — opportunities, skills and structural challenges beyond any single tool.
Open sourceUNESCO on AI policies for the creative sectors
Consent, remuneration, transparency and cultural diversity as policy pillars — a global frame that sits beside European regulation.
Open source+RAIN Film Festival
Europe’s university-led festival for AI-generated cinema — screenings plus research and critical debate. A living institutional reference for the field.
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