Tunisian director Zoubeir Jlassi claimed the first-ever $1 million AI film award on Saturday for his short film “Lily,” a project created entirely using Google’s generative AI tools. The award was presented during the 1 Billion Followers Summit in a ceremony attended by Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Chairperson of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority. Jlassi’s nine-minute, French-language film, named after his daughter, was produced in one month using Google’s Gemini, Veo 3, Imagen, and Flow. It tells the story of a lonely archivist haunted by a…
Tunisian Filmmaker Wins Inaugural $1 Million AI Film Prize at Dubai Summit
