Synthetic Sincerity + the Last Screenwriter

Two films which show different sides to the way in which AI might impact film making.

Can AI produce a better script than a professional scriptwriter? And can AI be trained to authentically convey human emotions?Synthetic Sincerity (Marc Isaacs. 2025. 72mins)What happens when AI learns to fake being human? Film maker Marc Isaacs’ takes us inside a research lab trying to teach machines the messy business of being real.

Blending documentary and fiction, this mischievous film plays with AI-generated characters, real subjects and digital worlds, asking what makes us human - and what AI might mean for cinema.“Marc Isaacs' witty, gently paced approach encourages us to watch out for the quirks make genuine people so engaging and surprising” - Shadows on the WallThe Last Screenwriter (Peter Luisi. 2024. 72mins)Can AI write a film better than a human? That is both the plot and your job as an audience member to decide with this provocative drama scripted entirely by ChatGPT 4.0.

The story follows a successful screenwriter is challenged by an AI that can write scripts as well as he can - or perhaps better.

Part sci-fi drama, part real-world experiment, this is a real conversation starter.