Onassis ONX invites directors, filmmakers, producers, advertisers, photographers and videographers, visual effects artists, and musicians to rethink the grammar of the moving image and reexamine the ethical and legal questions that arise in the age of algorithms and AI-assisted co-creation.

What is the future of cinematic storytelling? Who is the true creator of a work when it is co-created with Artificial Intelligence? How are Mixed Realities transforming the way moving images are produced? The new Onassis ONX program in Athens arrives as a “survival guide” to today’s creative process.

ONX Futures is a hybrid skills development program within Onassis ONX, designed to provide professionals in the creative sector with up-to-date knowledge and tools in emerging creative technologies, essential for their professional practice.

Through a three-month intensive capacity-building program, it invites directors, filmmakers, producers, advertisers, photographers and videographers, visual effects artists, and musicians to rethink the grammar of the moving image and reexamine the ethical and legal questions that arise in the age of algorithms and AI-assisted co-creation.

Talks, open discussions and masterclasses with international speakers and collaborators make up a program that explores the many ways new technologies are transforming contemporary storytelling and the production process of audiovisual works, from script development and writing to post production and distribution. Among the speakers are acclaimed artists and professionals such as Athens Surreal (Tina Marinaki), Aaron Santiago, Matthew Rader, Andrea Gatopoulos, Yolanda Markopoulou, Sam Pressman and Michaela Ternasky-Holland.

At the same time, the program opens up the discussion around the ethical issues that arise in the age of co creation with artificial intelligence tools and guides creators as well as production companies through legal matters to ensure the proper use of new media. Participants include the World Intellectual Property Organization and guest speakers from the field.