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Urbanworld Festival to Accept AI-Generated Films for 30th Anniversary, Launches ‘UrbanworldAI’ in Partnership with NY’s New School (EXCLUSIVE)

As Hollywood continues to wrestle with how to reckon with AI’s omnipresence, the Urbanworld Film Festival has opted for a full-on embrace. The New York-based festival dedicated to championing BIPOC stories — which has seen the likes of Ryan Coogler, Ava DuVernay, Nina DaCosta and

Urbanworld Festival to Accept AI-Generated Films for 30th Anniversary, Launches ‘UrbanworldAI’ in Partnership with NY’s New School (EXCLUSIVE)
Variety — 15 June 2026
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As Hollywood continues to wrestle with how to reckon with AI’s omnipresence, the Urbanworld Film Festival has opted for a full-on embrace. The New York-based festival dedicated to championing BIPOC stories — which has seen the likes of Ryan Coogler, Ava DuVernay, Nina DaCosta and Cord Jefferson make their way through its doors since it was […]

This report comes from Variety. The story centres on Urbanworld Festival to Accept AI-Generated Films for 30th Anniversary, Launches ‘UrbanworldAI’ in Partnership with NY’s New School (EXCLUSIVE). Full coverage and background context is available at the original source. Readers seeking more detail on this developing topic are encouraged to follow updates from Variety and related outlets covering this beat.

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