+ Both Hands Full

World AI Film Festival · São Paulo · 600 founding members

Both Hands Full.

Hold critique in one hand. Hold curiosity in the other. Keep walking.

The keynote, the slides, the exercises, the videos — turned into a working portal for filmmakers in the age of synthetic everything.

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don't drop these — they keep you honest

The thesis

BOTH /
AND

AI is trained on stolen work without consent. AND I'm more creative, more productive, and more powerful than I've ever been in my whole life.

Both statements are true.

Not contradiction. Complexity. The interesting choice is always the third option — the one that's harder to hold.

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Three paths

Most conversations force you to pick a side.

  1. 1

    Embrace uncritically

    Become a booster. Ignore the harms. Feel clean about your enthusiasm.

    Look back in ten years and realize you were complicit.

  2. 2

    Resist completely

    Become a doomer. Maintain ideological purity. Lose influence.

    Look back in ten years and realize you had no voice.

  3. 3

    Walk forward — both hands full

    Hold critique AND curiosity. Engage with problems intact. Stay messy. Stay effective.

    Uncomfortable but influential.

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The portal

What's in here.

44 minutes · 20 slides

The Talk

Slide reel + dress-rehearsal audio + keyboard-driven lightbox. Every key line is a permalink.

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Nine widgets

Exercises

Both/And · Refuse to Outsource · Name What You See · Three Documents · 80/20 · Five Fears · Mycelium · Taste Audit · Vibe Coding.

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Six case studies

Stories

Luke. Kevin. Belgium. Larissa. Louise. Sam. Kara. The pattern that repeats.

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Curated curriculum

Library

RiP! A Remix Manifesto · Dwarkesh + Gorn · Cinema Novo · Gender Shades · the reading list.

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Film Club

BC + AI Film Club. Start a group chat. Watch each other's work. Give real feedback.

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Manifesto

The talk as a downloadable zine. Saddle-stitched. Black, white, red. Made with both hands.

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make things. not one perfect film — many experiments.

I'm here.
Both hands full.
You coming?

— from the closing of the talk