iHUMAN

Name: iHUMAN
Director: Tonje Hessen Schei
Released: 2019

Tonje Hessen Schei 2019

iHUMAN is a political thriller that explores the creeping expansion of artificial intelligence under an illusion of democracy and freedom of choice. The film follows pioneers on the front lines of the invisible AI revolution, exposing how this technology is being developed and implemented. In iHuman, some of the brightest minds in the AI industry decrypt a roadmap to our future. Who is really holding the code?

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Running Time:

99 min.

Spoken Languages:

Chinese, English

Subtitles:

English

Directors:

Tonje Hessen Schei

Producers:

Jonathan Borge Lie

Cinematographers:

Henrik Bohn Ipsen

Editors:

Torkel Gjorv, Aleksander Kvam

Production Companies:

UpNorth

Investigative Journalism

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theverge.com - I Am Human is a tech doc with a refreshing focus on people

Welcome to Cheat Sheet, our brief breakdown-style reviews of festival films, VR previews, and other special event releases. This review comes from the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.

Adi Robertson
Other Worlds Film Festival ‘19- Annette Marvels at Science Doc I AM HUMAN!

Over the last six years, the Other Worlds Film Festival has become well known for championing smaller genre films, but the festival has also included some world-class documentaries in their programming.

Annette Kellerman

Festival Participation

IDFA - 2019
CPH:DOX - 2020
Hotdocs - 2020
HUMAN International Documentary in Oslo - 2019
Best Norwegian Documentary
Amanda - 2020

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