Frame Forward has unveiled the jury panel for the first-ever international film festival spotlighting AI director-driven short film animation.
The panel features creatives and leadership at an unprecedented cross-section of filmmakers, producers, and creative tech directors shaping the future of animation and immersive production.
- David Dinerstein CEO, D Squared Films | Academy Award-Winning Producer
- Richard Gladstein, President, FilmColony | Producer and Educator
- Julina Tatlock, co-founder of 30 Ninjas | Emmy Award Nominated Producer
- Felipe Machado, Head of AI Studio, Silverside A.I.
- Salma Aboukar, AI Design Partner for Europe at Silverside AI
- Yohan Wadia, Gen AI Director and Creative Technologist
- Navid Khonsari CEO and Co-Founder, iNK Stories | Director
- Joel Roodman, President, Modern Uprising Studios
- John Partilla, CEO, Screenvision Media
- Ted Bolan, SVP, Content & Creative, Entertainment, Screenvision Media
Frame Forward is the first major festival focused on animated short films created using AI-enhanced workflows, offering creators a platform to showcase experimental, hybrid, and boundary-pushing work and celebrating animation crafted through AI tools, immersive engines, and next-gen pipelines
The festival is designed to spotlight director-driven animated shorts using emerging AI tools, and the winner will receive a national theatrical release across Screenvision’s network of 14,000 screens.
Source: Press Release
