Upcoming Events
June 9 at 4:00pm - 5:15pm ET: Sundance Collab
Webinar: Real Documentaries, Synthetic Media: How Filmmakers are Using GenAI
With AX Mina, Eloise King, Sandra Luckow, Rachel Antell & Stephanie Jenkins
(Virtual)
June 17 at 9:00am - 5:00pm ET: National Summit on Local News Preservation
Panel: The 13 Millisecond Memory: Preserving Local News Images and Moving Images
National Harbor, MD
July (date/time TBD): Archives and AI: Meeting the challenges and opportunities of a technological revolution
Society of American Archivists (SAA) Annual Meeting. Peter Boticelli, Kevina Tidwell, Philip Sulentic & Krista Hollis will represent the Trust in Archives Initiative.
New Orleans, LA
September 24 at 9:15am-10:15 Meeting the Moment: Addressing the Impact of Generative AI on Archival Media Collections
Representatives of the Trust in Archive Initiative will present this panel at the 2026 Int'l Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries and Museums
Spokane, WA
Past Events
2026
May 12 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm ET: AI + Documentary Working Group - Sign up to join here.
May 9 11:30am Demystifying AI in Filmmaking
AX Mina speaks on this panel which aims to offer clarity for filmmakers who are curious but cautious about what’s on the horizon.
Part of CAAM Fest's TeaHouse Salon at KOHO Creative Hub
San Francisco, CA
May 1 from 9:00am - 4:30pm: F(r)ictions: Creative Work in an Age of AI
Stephanie Jenkins will represent APA at a day-long symposium presented by Parsons Lab for AI, Ethics and Creative Labor
New York, NY
April 14 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm ET: AI + Documentary Working Group - Sign up to join here.
Ongoing series hosted by Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Doc Lab and Witness).
(Virtual)
April 8 at 4:00pm CET Panel Integrity of Audiovisual Content in the Age of AI
EUscreen Symposium: Reframing Openness – Empowering Authenticity and Reuse in Audiovisual Heritage; Fabio Paul Bedoya Huerta presenting on behalf of the Trust in Archives Initiative.
Warsaw, Poland
March 26 at 3:30pm CET: Ethical Approaches to AI in Documentary
Presentation by Eugen Bräunig at DocVille
Leuven, Belgium
March 19 at 6:30pm: Third World Newsreel and the Doc Forum at CCNY - Sign up to join here.
AI, Ethics, and the Future of Nonfiction Storytelling with AX Mina
(Virtual)
March 17 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm ET: AI + Documentary Working Group - Sign up to join here.
Ongoing series hosted by Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Doc Lab and Witness).
(Virtual)
March 7 at 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM PT: Television Academy AI Summit (for Television Academy Members)
Eugen Braeunig will speak on a panel about AI in production (time of panel TBA)
Saban Media Center, North Hollywood, CA
February 17 at 2:00pm - 3:30pm ET: AI + Documentary Working Group - Sign up to join here.
Ongoing series hosted by Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Doc Lab and Witness).
(Virtual)
February 16: Panel about Generative AI - Doc Shop at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
APA Member Eugen Braunig with represent APA
Missoula, MT
February 16: Global Artist Assembly: Nonfiction and Truth, hosted by Video Consortium
APA Member Stephen Bergson represents APA at exciting panel about AI & Truth
Berlin, Germany
February 7: Future of Non-Fiction Video hosted by Video Consortium
Day-long convening at Columbia University
New York, NY
2025
December 9: AI + Documentary Working Group - Sign up for info here.
Ongoing series hosted by Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Doc Lab and Witness).
(Virtual)
December 6 - 7: Atlanta Film Society
Finding Your Compass: A Documentary Ethics and Accountability Workshop
Atlanta, GA
December 3 - 5: Association for Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) Conference
Panels about GenAI and Archives, Local TV News Preservation initiative, & Round Tables
Baltimore, MD
November 25: AI + Documentary Working Group - Sign up for info here.
Ongoing series hosted by Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Doc Lab and Witness).
(Virtual)
November 21 at 12:00pm ET: Webinar with Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN)
Creating with AI: Copyright Issues Related to Authorship, Authenticity, and Preservation for AI-assisted Works
(Virtual)
November 19 at 1pm ET / 10am PT: BAVC Media & Independent Film & Media Arts Group (IMAG)
Generative AI and the Future of Media Arts: A Fieldwide Conversation
Registration link coming soon
(Virtual)
November 15 at 10:00am: IDFA
Panel: Industry Talk: Who's Watching Whom - Documentary, AI and Ownership of the Image
Amsterdam, NL
November 14: DOC NYC at 3:30pm
Panel: Whose Voice Is It Anyway? AI, Authenticity, and the Application Process (with Ax Mina)
New York, NY
October 28: AI + Documentary Working Group - Sign up for info here.
Ongoing series hosted by Co-Creation Studio at MIT Open Doc Lab and Witness).
(Virtual)
October 17: Archivist Round Table (A.R.T.) Annual Symposium at the Center for Brooklyn History
Symposium theme: "What is Past is Prologue: The Future of Memory"
Panel: Where Have All the Archives Gone? The State of Local TV News in NYC
Brooklyn, NY
October 14: Best Practices for Use of Generative AI in Documentaries at CUNY Graduate Center
More information for CUNY students here
October 9: Film & AI Summit
Panel: AI Accountability in Documentary Practice
(Virtual)
September 26 - 28: Uniondocs Workshop
APA Co-Director Stephanie Jenkins leads a 3-day workshop titled
"Yesterday's News, Tomorrow's Cinema: The Afterlife of Historical Images"
Queens, NY
September 25- 27: FootageFest
Panel about GenAI and Archives
Los Angeles, CA
September 20: Video Consortium presents "Press Play Chesapeake Bay"
Panel on Generative AI, presented by Talia Rosen
College Park, MD
September 12: Camden International Film Festival (CIFF)
Panel: Nonfiction in the Age of Generative AI, Part 2
Panel: Who Gets the Archive?
With funding provided by the LEF Foundation
Camden, ME
August 7 at 12:00pm Central Time: AI Literacy in GLAM-Expert Panel
Hosted by Archivists of the Houston Area [virtual]
More info here.
August 4, 2025: Authenticity and the Archive in the Generative AI Era
Visible Evidence
August 2 at 1:00pm: Asian American International Film Festival
Panel about Archival Producing
New York, NY
July 25, 2025: Archival Footage in the Generative AI Era
University Film and Video Association
June 13, 14, & 15: DC/Dox
Panel: “Reality Check: Memory in the Making”
Panel: "REALITY CHECK: How to Work with an Archival Producer"
Panel: "REALITY CHECK: Documentary in the Age of AI"
(Washington, DC)
June 13: Sundance Collab (virtual)
Panel: Documentary, Ethics, and Artificial Intelligence
APA Impact & Engagement Consultant, AX Mina presented the APA GenAI Case studies.
May 21 at 10amPT / 1pmET Sundance Collab (virtual)
Advisor Studio: Navigating Generative AI with the Archival Producers Alliance Tool Kit
May 15 at 5 - 7pm ET: Gotham Film & Television (virtual)
Panel: "Non-fiction film in the age of Generative AI: Guidance and tools with the APA"
May 14 at 10amPT / 1pm ET: Associação Brasileira de Cinematografia's Semana ABC (virtual)
Panel: Documentary, Ethics, and Artificial Intelligence
April 30 at 1pm ET: Gotham Film & Television (virtual)
Essentials Workshop: Rights Clearance for Documentarians,
April 29 & 30, various times: Hot Docs
Hot Take: What the heck is an Archival Producer anyway?
Panel: Ethical Use of AI in Documentaries
Toronto, Canada
April 29 at 7pm PT - Film Independent
Tech Talk: Independent Filmmaking and AI
Los Angeles, CA
April 28 at 2:00pm CET / 8am EST: FIAF / IFTA (International Federation of Film Archives)
Panel: GenAI and Archives
Virtual, Info here
April 2: Creative MarketPlace
Panel: Archive Producers meet the challenge of demanding projects
New York, NY
March 19: COMtalks (virtual)
Integrating AI with Film and Television
March 16: East Doc Platform
Archives, Ethics & AI
Prague, Czech Republic
March 8: The Light House at SXSW
Lightning Talk: "Protecting Futures by Protecting the Past: GenAI and Documentary Storytelling"
Austin, TX
February 27: Based on a True Story and True/False Film Festival
Panel on AI in Documentary
Columbia, MO
February 12: Documentary Producers Alliance Speaker Series (virtual)
Panel: "The APA Presents: Working With Archival Producers"
February 8: Video Consortium's Future of Nonfiction Video 2025 at Columbia University
Idea Share: Ethical AI and filmmaking in practice: the robots are coming for our docs — or are they?
New York, NY
January 25: Sundance Film Festival, Indiewire Panel at the Drop Box Studio
Panel: "How Filmmakers Can Ethically & Artistically Use AI.”
Park City, UT
2024
December 17: GenAI in Documentary Filmmaking
In person workshop, co-sponsored by BAVC, Catapult Film Fund & ITVS
December 4 - 7 Association for Moving Image Archivists conference
December 4: Keynote
December 5: Best Practices for Use of Generative AI in Archival Documentaries
December 6: Roundtable: GenAI and Archives: Understanding the Implications
Wilwaukee, WI
November 17 at 11am: DOC NYC
Editing Day Panel: Generative AI and Documentaries
New York, NY
November 14: HRTS Unscripted: The Impact of Generative AI on NonFiction
November 7 at 11:20am: Double Exposure Film Festival & Forum
Panel: Generative AI: Toward Best Practices in Doc Production / Buy a Ticket
Washington, DC
October 22: Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival and Forum (Hot Springs, AR)
Panel: The Evolving Relationship Between AI and Documentary Storytelling
October 16: Documentary Producers Alliance speaker series (virtual)
Open to DPA & APA members
October 15: MIT Open Documentary Lab & Co-Creation Studio (virtual)
September 28 at 12pm: FootageFest (Los Angeles, CA)
Guidelines Proposal For Using A.I. Presented by APA
September 13: Camden Film Festival! (Camden, ME)
Points North Forum: Nonfiction in the Age of Generative AI
September 19: Video Consortium (Brooklyn, NY)
VC Presents: Discussions on AI
July 12, 2024: Virtual talk hosted by the D-Word
Archival Storytelling in the Age of Generative AI
June 25, 2024: Sunnyside of the Doc (Virtual)
June 14, 2024: DC/Dox Film Festival (Washington, DC)
Treasure Maps – Finding Story in the Archives
May 1, 2024: DOC NYC Pro (Virtual)
AI, GAI and the Archive
April 16, 2024: Getting Real (Los Angeles, CA)
Breakout Session: Standards for Generative AI Use in Documentary
March 19, 2024: Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
PROTECTING THE ARCHIVAL IMAGE IN THE AGE OF A.I.
February 27, 2024: Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Virtual)
The Craft of Documentary: The Role of the Archival Producer
February 20, 2024: Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Missoula, MT)
AI Transparency with the Archival Producers Alliance
February 2, 2024: Producers Guild of America (Virtual)
The State of Generative AI in Non-Fiction Programming'
2023
September 29, 2023: FootageFest (Los Angeles, CA)
Artificial Intelligence: The Bad and the Ugly