# Middle Eastern Filmmakers Showcase Generative AI in Live Productions at Cinema Night

_Event · published 2026-09-04_

At the annual Cinema Night event, filmmakers and technologists shared concrete examples of generative AI being deployed in active productions. Highlights included AI-generated secondary characters in the series Alaska—where a teaser was assembled in a single day using Unreal Engine and LED screens displaying AI-generated Alaskan landscapes—and the hybrid live-action/generative production Kaifsk: City of Gnomes, which combined filmed human actors with AI-generated gnomes and environments for streamer Okko. Soyuzmultfilm also described using AI to generate character prototypes, costumes, and locations for productions featuring classic characters like Cheburashka.

Beyond on-screen content, the event spotlighted workflow automation: Magic Studio co-founders demonstrated a script breakdown tool that analyses over 100 parameters—including characters, camera movement, and lighting—to decompose a script into individual shots in 1.5 seconds. Speakers framed AI as a cost- and time-reduction tool that keeps filmmakers in creative control, with applications seen as particularly suited to trailers, vertical series, and large-scale background work. The showcase reflects growing regional momentum, with Dubai's Expo City AI Film Festival and its $1 million AI Film Award drawing additional attention to the space.

## Sources
- [khaleejtimes.com](https://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-network/ai-cinema-gains-momentum-in-the-middle-east-as-filmmakers-unveil-new-production-applications)
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