Events
Scandinavian Creative AI Summit
The Scandinavian Creative AI Summit (SCAISU) is an event designed to showcase how professionals in the creative industries (advertising, film, TV, and other content creators) embrace the power of generative AI.
ScreenSkills AI Briefing No. 5
The ScreenSkills AI Briefing series is delivered by Kelsey Farish, a lawyer who has been advising on AI in the media and entertainment industry since 2019, and whose work includes advising the European Parliament on deepfake regulations, negotiating chatbot voice cloning agreements, and advising on the use of digital replicas in television programmes. Whether you’re keen to embrace AI tools, cautious about using them, or somewhere in between, the AI Briefings are designed to keep you informed of AI from legal, commercial, and reputational perspectives.
Each AI Briefing in the series looks at different pressure points. In this fifth edition of the series, Kelsey will focus on copyright and AI, using lawsuits like Disney v. Midjourney, The New York Times v. OpenAI, and Getty Images v Stability AI to illustrate the key legal complexities. The sessions also always feature:
Reactions and Industry Voices: what's being said about AI by high-profile individuals, broadcasters, cultural institutions, unions and other big names.
Real world examples: Two or three recent examples that Kelsey has advised on in relation to AI.
Interactive Q&A: An open Q&A for you to raise questions and scenarios most relevant to you.
English Heritage Filming Alliance Spring Conference
An exciting day packed with talks, panels and Q&As with industry experts in filming in heritage locations.
It's time for our 2nd annual conference! We would like to welcome you to The Bodleian Library, Oxford for a day of talks, Q&As and panels with industry experts. Speakers are still being finalised, but we have several sessions lined up already including AI in film and how this impacts us legally, contracting advice, living with a film crew and making the most out of screen tourism.
Once More, With Feeling? A lawyer’s take on AI actors in cinema
Once More, With Feeling? A lawyer’s take on AI actors in cinema
The system is broken: So what next?
Made in Glasgow: Blazing Griffin - The system is broken: So what next?
Industry Focus Panel
The consensus is clear: the traditional film industry is fundamentally broken. From precarious financing models and chaotic streaming landscapes to shifting audience behavior, the established pathways for filmmaking are fragmenting at an unprecedented rate. This panel dives headfirst into this disruption, not to lament the past, but to explore what opportunities, if any, that only a system-wide breakdown can create.
This is a discussion about radical agility. The panelists will examine how the end of business-as-usual is forcing innovation in production, financing, and audience connection. We will explore how new technologies may make or break the storytelling of the future, enabling visionary projects to break free from legacy constraints or leading to the demise of quality. The conversation will focus on building the next generation of cinema on the foundations of speed, digital-native infrastructure, and strategic creative partnerships.
Join Blazing Griffin and our expert panelists as they map out a path to not just survive the chaos, but to thrive within it.
Panelists:
Colin McLeod, COO, Blazing Griffin (Host)
Danny Page, founder of Homefront Productions & Head of Pictures, Blazing Griffin
Sophie Green, Head of Acquisitions & Development, Bankside
Kelsey Farish, Media Solicitor
AI Briefing No. 4
This fourth edition of the AI Briefing Series for ScreenSkills, Kelsey will focus on transparency and labelling in the use of AI, and the growing importance of clear internal AI policies. She’ll unpack the importance of transparency and look at when disclosure is legally or contractually required, and how organisations and teams can set clear expectations without over-engineering or slowing work down.
AI Training for HETV & Film Production
Designed specifically for production managers, coordinators, and junior production staff working across scripted TV and scripted Film, this session will be delivered by a media and entertainment lawyer specialising in AI. It is designed to cut through the hype and offer clear insight on what AI really means for your projects, your people, and your rights.
AI in the Hot Seat: Your Questions Answered
Artificial Intelligence is transforming how film and TV content is commissioned, created, edited, and delivered – raising questions about creativity, rights, ethics, and business models. In this live Q&A, I’ll be answering audience questions.
AI for Production Managers in Unscripted TV
Designed for production managers, coordinators, and junior production staff working across unscripted TV, this session will cut through the hype and offer clear insight on what AI really means for your projects, your people, and your rights.
AI for Production Managers in Scripted TV
Designed for production managers, coordinators, and junior production staff working across scripted and HETV, this session will cut through the hype and offer clear insight on what AI really means for your projects, your people, and your rights.
Artificial Identity: Deepfakes, Rights, Regulation
In this keynote session I’ll provide insights into the legal challenges surrounding AI-generated content. The focus will be on deepfakes, personal rights and current developments in AI regulation - with particular relevance for media professionals.