Justine Bateman Launches No-AI Credo 23 Festival

Justine Bateman's Credo 23 is staging the No-AI Credo 23 Film Festival starting March 27 at American Legion Post 43 in Hollywood, featuring speakers Sean Baker, Gus Van Sant and Matthew Weiner. The second-edition festival will screen handmade films, certify entries as free of generative AI, and pool profits to support filmmakers, backed by sponsors including Kodak, Fathom and Tablet Magazine. The event signals organized industry resistance to Gen AI in filmmaking.