AI Video ‘Jia Zhangke Wishes Everyone Happy New Year’ Emerges Online

An AI-generated video titled “Jia Zhangke Wishes Everyone Happy New Year” has surfaced online and is also circulating widely across social media, featuring a digital recreation of the acclaimed Chinese filmmaker in a scripted, meta-fictional exchange about authorship, technology and artistic control. The short clip, posted on YouTube by COMA — the Chinatown Organization for…

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A Century-Old Scandal Mirrors Modern Struggles: Alli Haapasalo’s ‘Tell Everyone’ Unearths Timeless Truths

Introduction Finnish filmmaker Alli Haapasalo, fresh from the global success of ‘Girl Picture,’ has turned her lens to the past. Her new period drama, ‘Tell Everyone,’ premiering at Göteborg, is set in 1898. Yet, its exploration of silenced female pain resonates with a chilling urgency in today’s world, proving some societal battles are tragically timeless….

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