AI for Good Film Festival

Lindsey Mastis is a four-time Emmy and regional Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist and the first local news anchor in the United States specializing in artificial intelligence. As an independent AI & tech storyteller and founder of Blue Moves Media, she demystifies emerging technology through human-centered reporting, documentary-style features, and global speaking engagements.Her work spans two decades of frontline journalism from mass shootings to robots on Capitol Hill. During the pandemic, she created a daily unscripted live program that reached more than 23 million viewers, connecting the public with medical experts and trusted information.Lindsey’s reporting has taken her across the world. She produced and hosted a documentary on child survival in India as an International Reporting Project fellow, covered international issues in Mexico, and taught digital journalism to reporters in Iraqi Kurdistan.Her latest independent feature, “Is AI Ruining Music?”, includes perspectives from artists such as Rosanne Cash, Jackson Browne, and DJ CherishTheLuv, and has been featured by BBC Radio. She also scored the piece herself, drawing on her work as a singer-songwriter.Lindsey founded Blue Moves Media as a new model for independent, ethical AI journalism that helps global audiences understand and trust the technologies shaping their future.

Hans Ku is Vice President of AI & Engineering at The Walt Disney Company, leading AI strategy and execution from Disney’s Office of Technology Enablement. His work centers on AI that protects creators and the IP behind the stories. Prior to Disney, he co-founded Scenely, an AI-native cinematic script-to-screen startup, helped start TikTok as CPO of Flipagram, led product at Tubi and Instagram, and architected the Sci-Tech Award-winning DreamColor display at DreamWorks Animation.

Osnat is the Co-Chief Creator Officer of Baobab Studios, a 10x Emmy-winning leading independent animation studio that has released story franchises Invasion!, Asteroids!, Jack Crow: The Legend, Bonfire, Baba Yaga and Namoo all to commercial and critical acclaim. She brings over 30 years of animation experience to the studio. She produced Disney’s Oscar-nominated Moana and Raya and the Last Dragon. Moana remains one of the most-watched family films in the world. Previously, she led Pixar’s short films group and served as VP of Development at Walt Disney Feature Animation.

Malik Afegbua is an award-winning Nigerian filmmaker, contemporary artist, designer, and creative technologist recognized globally for his pioneering work at the intersection of storytelling, culture, and technology. Ranked among the top five AI artists in Africa, he is widely regarded as one of the continent’s leading voices shaping the future of creativity and innovation.He is the Founder and CEO of Slickcity Media and Executive Director of Gener8 and CELS AFRICA, where he leads groundbreaking projects merging African futurism, artificial intelligence, and immersive media to reclaim and reimagine African narratives.A Salzburg Global Fellow, Malik serves on Nigeria’s Council for Creative Technology Futures and is an Advisory Council Member for Young Leaders in Art and Health. His acclaimed project The Elder Series sparked a global conversation on ageing and representation, featured by major international platforms and institutions.Actively working to correct bias in the AI and digital space, Malik’s work and philosophy have been the subject of numerous academic studies, featured in art and academic books worldwide, and cited in several students final-year projects across disciplines. He has also contributed to roadmap policies on generative AI, helping shape ethical frameworks for the future of creative technology.Through film, fashion, and technology, Malik continues to collaborate with global brands, cultural institutions, and development organizations to advance Africa’s creative digital economy and inspire the next generation of storytellers.Share this speaker

Michaela A. Ternasky-Holland is a Peabody-nominated and Emmy award-winning director who specializes in creating impactful stories using immersive and interactive technology. She is one of the first directors to create and premiere a short film utilizing Open AI’s SORA platform, which screened at Tribeca Festival. Her first original animated series garnered over 2.2 million views on YouTube within a month of release. More of her prolific work in animation has been recognized as Best Directing in XR by The Collision Awards, VR Film of Year Finalist by the International VR Awards, and Grand Prize Winner at The Philippine Animation Festival. As a nominee for the Producers Guild of America’s Innovation Award, she is also a consultant, speaker, and thought leader, who has been recognized as one of the 100 Original Voices of XR and listed as one of Blooloop’s 50 Immersive Influencers.

Matthieu Lorrain navigates the frontier of creativity and technology, shaping new forms of digital experience and storytelling. He is the ex-Creative Lead, AI & Creativity Research, at Google DeepMind. He is also the co-founder of Liquid Logic, an art collective exploring the future of Augmented Creativity. Matthieu Lorrain has a long history of working with recognized artists and global organizations to reimagine interactive storytelling. He has explored creative applications of emerging technologies for the last 20 years, ranging from interactive video to connected objects, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence. His most recent work focuses on how generative AI can supercharge the creative experience. His past projects have received multiple accolades from global organizations including Emmy Awards, Cannes Lions (Gold), Clios (Gold), Webby’s, Tribeca Film Festival, ‘#1 Product Hunt of the Day,’ and FWA.

Matthieu is an educator at Columbia University School of Arts, where he teaches “Augmented Creativity” and delivered the inaugural masterclass on AI & Filmmaking in 2024. He is also a guest lecturer at New York University, Parsons School of Design, and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Matt is frequently invited as a featured speaker at major conferences. He has previously spoken at SXSW, Cannes Lions, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Ars Electronica.

Born and raised in the French Alps, Matthieu fell in love with creative technology in the underground tekno raves of the early 2000s. He has since lived in Rio de Janeiro, Montreal, and Paris before moving to New York City in 2011. Matthieu has received executive education from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds Master’s degrees in Cultural Studies from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Grenoble and in Marketing & Communication from ESCP Paris Business School.

Yiwen CAO is a young female director, screenwriter and actress from Hong Kong, China. Her debut feature film What’s next? was selected by 2025 Berlin International Film Festival (Forum). And she is recognized as the first director in the world whose AI films selected by three major European international film festivals (Cannes, Berlinale or Venice) .

Yiwen has also been invited as a keynote speaker on AI theme at the European Film Market of the Berlin International Film Festival, the Singapore Asian Film Market, and the Golden Rooster Awards AI Film Night in China.

And she has been interviewed multiple times by worldwide filmmakers, including Emmy Award winners.

Her AI short films have received awards and nominations at multiple international festivals, including Academy Award–qualifying festivals, Animation Day at both the Cannes International Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival, as well as the World AI Film Festival (Cannes) . And her other AI work won “See the Unseen” award at the 2025 First International Film Festival, which is the biggest youth film festival in China.

Before focusing on AI filmmaking, Yiwen worked in the traditional film industry as a screenwriter and actress, receiving multiple Best Screenplay and Best Actress awards at international film festivals, including BAFTA-qualifying and Canadian Screen Award-qualifying festivals.

Orri Bogdan is a repeat founder in CPG and ad-tech. His first company ALL DAY reached over $10M in revenue in year 2. Orri has raised from investors including the founder of Netflix, JUUL, and other notable entrepreneurs.