Total Pixel Space , a hypnotic, essayistic 9-minute film by Jacob Adler , won top honors at the third annual AI Film Festival.

Backed by Runway , the growing AI firm valued at more than $3 billion, the one-night festival unfolded Thursday at New York’s Lincoln Center. The setting, Alice Tully Hall, is hallowed ground for the film industry and cinephiles, having hosted the New York Film Festival and other events for decades. (An L.A. edition of the festival is set for Thursday at the Broad Stage Theatre.)

Runway CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela acknowledged the step-up for the fest in its third year, snapping a mobile phone picture of the near-capacity crowd as he reached the lectern.

“Three years ago, this was such a crazy idea,” he said. In 2022, he recalled, the festival received abou

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