# 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 We do not publish original longform yet; the curation is the contribution.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 - 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 The briefing story that opened this room: [A curated reading room for generative film](https://eugfa.org/briefing/reading-room-opens). ## Library ### [Epitaph of the author](https://eugfa.org/discourse/epitaph-of-the-author) +RAIN Film Festival (2024). Essay. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. A clear walk through authorship and copyright questions when generative tools enter film. Useful when you need language beyond “the AI made it.” - [Universitat Pompeu Fabra](https://www.upf.edu/web/rainfilmfest/newsroom/-/asset_publisher/GHwTLUxJK7fu/content/epitaph-of-the-author/maximized) ### [Ethical Canvas of Generative AI in Art](https://eugfa.org/discourse/ethical-canvas-generative-ai-art) +RAIN Film Festival (2024). Essay. Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Practical ethical checkpoints — transparency, bias, human oversight — written from a European AI film festival context rather than a product blog. - [Universitat Pompeu Fabra](https://www.upf.edu/web/rainfilmfest/newsroom/-/asset_publisher/GHwTLUxJK7fu/content/ethical-canvas-of-generative-ai-in-art/maximized) ### [Implications of generative AI in cinematic narrative and aesthetics](https://eugfa.org/discourse/analisi-genai-narrative-aesthetics) Caballero, Sora & Codina (2025). Paper. Anàlisi. 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. - [Anàlisi](https://analisi.cat/article/view/v71-caballero-sora-codina) ### [¿Una ética para la IA? Mesa redonda — +RAIN 2023](https://eugfa.org/discourse/comparative-cinema-rain-ethics-2023) Miriam Sánchez Manzano (intro) (2023). Talk. Comparative Cinema. Entry point to a festival roundtable on ethics and authorship in generative audiovisual creation — European research culture meeting festival practice. - [Comparative Cinema](https://www.raco.cat/index.php/Comparativecinema/article/view/430700) ### [Artificial Aesthetics: Generative AI, Art and Visual Media](https://eugfa.org/discourse/manovich-artificial-aesthetics) Lev Manovich & Emanuele Arielli (2025). Essay. manovich.net. Free book-length inquiry into generative media, aesthetics and authorship. Dense, but the right depth when the field needs more than tool tips. - [manovich.net](https://manovich.net/index.php/projects/artificial-aesthetics) ### [Responsible Practices for Synthetic Media](https://eugfa.org/discourse/pai-synthetic-media) Partnership on AI (2023). Guide. Partnership on AI. Consent, disclosure and transparency framed for makers and platforms. Strong reference when building process notes or festival disclosure language. - [Partnership on AI](https://syntheticmedia.partnershiponai.org/) ### [AI Disclosure Taxonomy (Human Provenance in Film)](https://eugfa.org/discourse/human-provenance-film) Human Provenance in Film (2025). Guide. humanprovenance.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. - [humanprovenance.film](https://humanprovenance.film/taxonomy) ### [Guidance on the use of AI in BFI funding applications](https://eugfa.org/discourse/bfi-ai-funding-guidance) British Film Institute (2024). Guide. BFI. How a major European film fund expects transparency and lawful rights practice around assistive and generative AI — concrete institutional norms. - [BFI](https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/guidance-use-artificial-intelligence-ai-bfi-funding-applications-funded-projects) ### [Guidelines on transparency obligations for AI-generated content](https://eugfa.org/discourse/eu-ai-act-transparency-guidelines) European Commission (2026). Guide. Shaping Europe’s digital future. Official framing of Article 50 transparency rules, including how artistic and fictional deepfake-like works are treated. Essential European policy context for makers. In the briefing: [AI tools already on sale must mark their output by 2 December](https://eugfa.org/briefing/ai-marking-transition-ends); [EU icons for labelling AI-generated content are free to use](https://eugfa.org/briefing/eu-ai-labelling-icons); [NPO and three media groups set AI deepfake labels for news, reality and fiction](https://eugfa.org/briefing/dutch-ai-deepfake-labels); [Commission says AI effects in standard film work are unlikely to pass as real](https://eugfa.org/briefing/article-50-film-effects); [ORF-backed Austrian films must log AI use by timecode and drop AI music](https://eugfa.org/briefing/orf-ai-delivery-rules); [Signatories of the EU AI labelling code form two task forces](https://eugfa.org/briefing/labelling-code-task-forces); [EU transparency rules for AI-generated content now apply](https://eugfa.org/briefing/ai-act-transparency-rules). - [Shaping Europe’s digital future](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/guidelines-transparency-ai-generated-content) ### [CNC deliberation on authors and aid](https://eugfa.org/discourse/cnc-author-requirement) Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (2026). Guide. Journal officiel. 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. In the briefing: [CNC aid for films, audiovisual works and games will require a script author](https://eugfa.org/briefing/cnc-author-rule-ai). - [Journal officiel](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jorf/id/JORFTEXT000055037492) ### [AI transparency guidelines for deepfakes](https://eugfa.org/discourse/mediacampus-ai-transparency) Media Campus NL (2026). Guide. Media Campus NL. 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. In the briefing: [NPO and three media groups set AI deepfake labels for news, reality and fiction](https://eugfa.org/briefing/dutch-ai-deepfake-labels). - [Media Campus NL](https://mediacampus.nl/app/uploads/2026/09/Mediacampus-AI-Richtlijnen-Transparantie-Def-versie-7-september-2026.pdf) ### [Study on Opportunities and Challenges of AI for Cultural and Creative Sectors](https://eugfa.org/discourse/eu-ai-ccs-study) European Commission (2022). Paper. Shaping Europe’s digital future. Sector-wide EU study covering film among other creative fields — opportunities, skills and structural challenges beyond any single tool. - [Shaping Europe’s digital future](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/study-opportunities-and-challenges-artificial-intelligence-ai-technologies-cultural-and-creative) ### [UNESCO on AI policies for the creative sectors](https://eugfa.org/discourse/unesco-ai-creative-sectors) UNESCO (2024). Essay. unesco.org. Consent, remuneration, transparency and cultural diversity as policy pillars — a global frame that sits beside European regulation. - [unesco.org](https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-unites-diverse-perspectives-inform-policies-ai-creative-sectors) ### [+RAIN Film Festival](https://eugfa.org/discourse/rain-film-festival) Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Guide. upf.edu. Europe’s university-led festival for AI-generated cinema — screenings plus research and critical debate. A living institutional reference for the field. - [upf.edu](https://www.upf.edu/web/rainfilmfest) Suggest a public source: info@eugfa.org