EXCLUSIVE: Turkish distributor Başka Sinema is gearing up for a pioneering theatrical launch throughout Türkiye this summer season of AI-generated feature-length documentary Post Truth.
The unbiased movie curator and distributor, which additionally backed the movie, describes the English-language work as the primary absolutely AI-generated feature-length movie to hit theaters within the nation.
The firm, which has just lately launched options akin to Flow, Hard Truths and My Favourite Cake, plans to launch Post Truth within the second half of June in at the very least 20 Turkish cities.
“We see Post Truth as part of an ongoing dialogue about new modes of artistic expression. Artificial intelligence is poised to disrupt every medium of art, and filmmaking is no exception,” commented Başka Sinema Director Armağan Lale.
Created by pioneering generative AI artist Alkan Avcıoğlu, the documentary has been created in its entirety by AI, together with all visuals, sound, music, and voice.
Described as “a faux movie about the actual world,’ the documentary explores humankind’s relationship with know-how and questions the emergence of a world the place actuality and information now not matter.
Avcıoğlu has been engaged on the movie for over 15 months, with greater than 55 hours of footage generated utilizing AI instruments, totaling round 200,000 seconds.
The script, co-written with multidisciplinary artist Vikki Bardot, attracts inspiration from the large-scale cinematic imaginative and prescient of Godfrey Reggio and the archival essay fashion of Adam Curtis and Chris Marker.
Avcıoğlu labored as an expert movie critic earlier than spending over a decade in movie acquisitions, attending main festivals and markets worldwide. His deep understanding of cinematic storytelling shapes the movie’s self-reflexive narrative.
In 2022 he give up his acquisitions job within the movie business to discover the storytelling prospects of AI. He rapidly emerged as a number one voice within the artwork scene, along with his works questioning photographic actuality. He turned one of many first AI artists to be accepted into main conventional artwork festivals, together with Paris Photo, Art Basel Miami, Zona Maco, and Vogue Photo.
His work has been auctioned by Christie’s New York and exhibited worldwide at galleries. Recently he collaborated with world-renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky.
“We live in an age where we are not sure what is real,” mentioned Avcıoğlu. “And these strange times require a new kind of visual language. Fake becomes more real than the real thing itself.”
Başka Sinema’s Lale hails Post Truth as a landmark within the evolving language of filmmaking.
“We’re proud to bring Post Truth to Turkish audiences, not just for its innovation, but for the urgent conversation it sparks. It’s a film that doesn’t shy away from the difficult questions. This is cinema looking itself in the mirror,” he mentioned
The firm is at the moment in discussions with worldwide gross sales brokers to companion on the movie’s international rollout.
Check out the trailer under.