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Al Film Award finalists: Al can be a tool to empower creatives

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January 26, 2026

Two Filipino creators of Portrait No. 72, a short film created with the assistance of generative artificial intelligence (AI), said AI is not a threat to human creativity but merely a tool to assist in production for those without the means.

Al Film Award finalists: Al can be a tool to empower creatives

Filmmakers Rodson Verr Suarez and Darryll Rapacon discussing the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in films at Google Philippines' office in Taguig City.

Portrait No. 72 recently made it to the top five in Google’s international AI Film Award out of 3,500 entries. Co-presented with 1 Billion Followers Summit content creators expo, the top prize for the AI-assisted filmmaking competition is $1M.

The two Filipino finalists, Rodson Verr Suarez and Darryll Rapacon, created the nine-minute digital film with over 1,500 video generations using the AI platforms prescribed by the awarding body, but made sure to keep the storytelling and post-processing human-made.

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