A US stealth bomber flies across the sky towards Iran as a woman feeds stray cats amidst rubble from recent Israeli airstrikes. The footage, created entirely by artificial intelligence, is part of a 12-minute short film about last month’s US attack on Iranian nuclear sites.
Award-winning documentary maker Samir Mallal and his director Bouha Kazmi used Google’s new AI video making tool, Flow, to produce the clip. They aim to complete the film in August, which will be more than double the length of their previous work. The impact of this tool has been marked on YouTube and social media since its release in May.
Broadcasting experts are warning that an era of entertainment industry history has ended and a new one has begun with the use of AI in filmmaking. Richard Osman said, “I thought, ‘well, OK that’s the end of one part of entertainment history and the beginning of another'”.
AI film-making tools like Veo3 have provided Mallal with a new format – “cinematic news” – which allows him to create films at a high level, but fast. He added, “The creative process is all about making bad stuff to get to the good stuff. We have the best bad ideas faster.” However, there’s an issue of copyright in the background.
Mallal and Kazmi aim to use AI film-making tools responsibly and fairly, ensuring artists are compensated for their work. The UK government has proposed letting models be trained on copyright-protected work without permission unless owners opt out.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/20/artificial-intelligence-ai-tools-gamechanger-for-film-makers