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Marc Isaacs returns with a curious interrogation of the new world of AI authenticity, in a humorous hybrid that plays with form and with expectations.
The Synthetic Sincerity Lab based at the University of Southern England are trying to create authentic AI characters as part of a new research project. The lab wish to license Marc Isaacs’ films in order to study the real people he has captured, helping the to create more realistic AIs. In return, they will let the filmmaker document their working process.
So Synthetic Sincerity leads us down the rabbit hole into a winding world of documentary, fiction, reality and synthetic creation, reflecting on what is happening to the human face in the era of AI, and what this might mean for the future of cinema.
Followed by a Q&A with director Marc Isaacs.
Synthetic Sincerity will play after a special 25th anniversary screening of Marc Isaacs’ short film Lift, and be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.
Lift | Dir. Marc Isaacs | 2001 | 24 mins
When Marc Isaacs decided to make a documentary about a lift in a London tower block he had no idea how the residents would react and what they would reveal of their lives. He simply set himself up in the lift with his camera and waited for the right moment to ask questions. The result is both humorous and moving. The whole of British society is captured in this microcosm and the simplest of approaches becomes a parable of multiculturalism.
Screening times and booking
Please note: There are only 5 mins of trailers before our screenings.
Prices
Adult: £12.5
Senior: £10
Student: £10
Please note: There are only 5 mins of trailers before our screenings.
Prices
Adult: £12.5
Senior: £10
Student: £10