Author: James

PW’s BookLife Prize has been running for over a decade – a prize for self-published and indie authors. And now they have added an Illustrated Book category to the prize that is open to comics and graphic novels, along with children’s picture books, art & photography, and food & cooking. Grand Prize winners receive $5,000…

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Jon Leland, the former Chief Strategy Officer at Kickstarter, and Ivan Askwith, who previously led digital media at Lucasfilm, have launched Popular Demand, a studio and technology company built around developing and distributing content for existing fandoms. The company will develop, finance, produce, and distribute film, television, publishing, gaming, and live experiences, according to a…

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From AI-powered filmmaking to taking Indian mythology to audiences worldwide, a recent gathering of filmmakers, producers, animators and technologists in Hyderabad explored how artificial intelligence is reshaping cinema. Beyond the possibilities of new technology, discussions also turned to the stories filmmakers choose to tell and whether India’s vast repository of mythology, folklore and cultural history…

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