Representatives of international animation, screenwriters and actors guilds staged a protest at the Annecy Animation Film Festival on Thursday to voice their fears over the implications of generative AI for their professions and human creativity in general.
Around 150 people joined them on the stretch of grass known as Le Paquier in front of the festival’s key hub of the Bonlieu National Theater, holding guild flags and banners expressing their rejection of AI.
AI and generative AI is a hot button topic at Annecy this year. Many animation professionals are wary about what AI means for their creativity, skills and livelihoods, while a small but growing group is advocating for the sector to embrace the technology.
Belgian-based director, storyboard, layout and background artist Lauri Sanders, who heads up the AI task force at Belgium’s animation workers union Abraca, read out a statement laying out their concerns and demands. Read the full transcript below.
Around 150 people joined them on the stretch of grass known as Le Paquier in front of the festival’s key hub of the Bonlieu National Theater, holding guild flags and banners expressing their rejection of AI.
AI and generative AI is a hot button topic at Annecy this year. Many animation professionals are wary about what AI means for their creativity, skills and livelihoods, while a small but growing group is advocating for the sector to embrace the technology.
Belgian-based director, storyboard, layout and background artist Lauri Sanders, who heads up the AI task force at Belgium’s animation workers union Abraca, read out a statement laying out their concerns and demands. Read the full transcript below.
- 6/12/2025
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
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