About this Event
AI x XR Storytelling Showcase
Saturday, May 30; 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm
Miami Beach Convention Center Screening Room 1
The AI x XR Storytelling Showcase at the American Black Film Festival features a curated selection of AI-driven films that explore how emerging tools are transforming the filmmaking process and expanding creative possibilities. Presented in partnership with GRX Immersive Labs and moderated by Alton Glass and King Willonius, the session offers a behind-the-scenes look at the workflows, tools, and techniques shaping this new era of storytelling. It also examines how these innovations are extending beyond film into immersive and interactive experiences.
Panelists: Alton Glass (moderator), Willonius Hatcher
The Haunting of RiverFalls *World Premiere
When a matriarch witch of a powerful Black lineage teaches her daughter to cross into the spirit world, a forbidden ritual goes wrong—and a demonic entity follows the girl back, threatening to destroy their bloodline forever.
United States | 7m
FAME FARM *World Premiere
The future ain’t what it used to be.
United States | 9m
Cowbone *World Premiere
Saturday, May 30 | 1:30 pm
When a Jamaican excavator operator is left in the Jamaican jungle alone, he knocks down the wrong tree and discovers that some roots are better left buried.
United States | 2m
The B Side: The Future is Past *US Premiere
When visitors from the sky descend on a terror-haunted Jim Crow community, one young Black girl understands what the adults cannot - salvation has arrived, and it chose her.
United States | 6m
Eat The Rich *World Premiere
After the middle class is quietly “optimized” out of existence, a starving Dracula pivots to a new menu—wealthy professionals who are about to learn that money doesn’t buy immunity, just a later appointment.
United States | 6m
Please visit our website for the full screening schedule. www.abff.com
Event Entry
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, United States
USD 53.82
