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Filmmakers behind two 2026 Sundance Film Festival documentaries about artificial intelligence – Valerie Veatch (Ghost in the Machine), Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell, and Daniel Kwan (The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist) – examine the evolving technological landscape in this session that unpacks the intricate history and potential futures of AI in society.


Featuring: Valerie Veatch (Director, Ghost in the Machine), Daniel Kwan (Producer, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist), Daniel Roher and Charlie Tyrell (Co-directors, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist)


Moderated by Diana Williams (CEO & Co-founder, Kinetic Energy Entertainment)


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Daniel Roher
Daniel Roher is a filmmaker from Canada. He is best known for the 2022 documentary, NAVALNY, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature and the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary. His latest film, TUNER, is a jazzy crime thriller he wrote and directed, starring Dustin Hoffman and Leo Woodall. His latest documentary explores the promise and the peril of the AI revolution. He is an accomplished visual artist. Ask him for a drawing. Seriously. See what happens. more...
Charlie Tyrell
Charlie Tyrell is a Canadian filmmaker whose work has screened at the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, TIFF, Hot Docs, DOC NYC, Tribeca, and more. His autobiographical short My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes was shortlisted for the 2019 Academy Awards and won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary. more...
Daniel Kwan
Director
Daniel Kwan has been writing and directing for over a decade as a part of the duo DANIELS with Daniel Scheinert. They got their start with a slew of viral music videos, commercials, and short films, before breaking into the feature film and TV space. more...
Valerie Veatch
Hailing from London by way of New York by way of Seattle, Valere Veatch is an acclaimed independent documentary filmmaker. Veatch is a writer, director, and producer of documentaries "Me @ The Zoo" (HBO), "Love Child" (HBO). Veatch is a graduate of the New School for Social Research with a degree in Culture and Media Studies. Her award-winning work deals with the intersection of technology and society. more...
Diana Williams
Producer, Innovator
Diana Williams’ career has revolved around storytelling – reinventing the way stories are told in new mediums, reigniting experiences on traditional platforms, and pushing the limits of technological innovation. more...
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