The Mechanics of Cinema in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

The Mechanics of Cinema in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

This research project by the Film Department at ECAL aims to assess the impact of artificial intelligence on cinema and film education.

Research project (2026) with Benoit Rossel

Assistants
Olivia Capol
Researcher
Alice Leroy
Image
© Roberto Beragnoli

Artificial intelligence technologies are now playing an increasingly prominent role in discourse, as well as in the creation, production and distribution of works, and in film education. This recherche project therefore aims to shed light on the potential and challenges of these tools, in order to understand how to use them – or decide not to – in full awareness, and to explore critical perspectives or possible alternative models. Discussions will also address the ethical and environmental issues raised by their development.

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© Nicolas Saada
Principal investigator

Benoît Rossel

Researcher

Alice Leroy

Lecturers and researchers
  • Morgane Baffier, Artist, Paris
  • Roberto Beragnoli, Director, Florence
  • Gilles Gaillard, Director of Photography and former director of Mikros. Partner at the NIN9E Studio investment fund, Paris
  • Andrea Gatopoulos, Director, Rome
  • Philippe Lasry, Screenwriter and Head of the Screenwriting Department at FEMIS, Paris
  • Alice Leroy, Film historian and critic at Cahiers du Cinéma, Paris
  • André Ourednik, Researcher and science fiction author, Lausanne
  • Nicolas Saada, Screenwriter and director, Paris
  • Eva Thelisson, Executive director and co-founder of the AI Transparency Institute, Lausanne
  • Shiny Vallenas, Photographer (ECAL graduate), Lausanne
Assistant

Olivia Capol

Period

1.02.2026–30.06.2027

Supported by

HES-SO – Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (RCDAV)

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