Take a leap into the future of cinema – join an innovative educational program dedicated to AI!
The project “Innovative AI Education for the Audiovisual (AV) Industry” is a unique opportunity to gain practical skills that combine the art of filmmaking with the latest artificial intelligence tools. The program will prepare you to work with AI in film and audiovisual productions – from the first ideas to professional execution.
The training includes: theory – an online course, practical workshops in the mobile Cinebus laboratory, and individual consultations, through which you will gain competencies sought after in today’s market. We invite audiovisual creators as well as technicians (programmers and AI specialists), because the future of the industry lies in the collaboration between “Artists and Programmers.”
The most talented Participants will be invited to the Film Spring Open Workshop in Kraków!
The project is implemented under the Erasmus+ program and is addressed to creators at various stages of their careers – from students, through young professionals, to those changing their career path.
During the online course, participants will develop an outline of the project script that they will later produce during the mobile, hands-on course in the Cinebus. Thanks to this preparation, during the in-person workshop sessions they will be able to immediately begin the practical implementation of their previously planned project.
Two online courses will be held — one in Polish and the other conducted in French.
AV production online course with AI (conducted in Polish) 
Number of participants: 30
Duration: 8 sessions of 6 hours each
Dates: 28.03.2026 – 26.04.2026 (the course will take place on weekends from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.)
Course Objectives
Developing a project outline, including a draft script and preliminary documentation, for projects that participants will realize during the on-site course.
Format
8 six-hour online workshop sessions + individual work supported by the instructor
Due to the rapidly evolving landscape of Artificial Intelligence systems, the course is conceived as an innovation sandbox.
The workshops will be dynamically adapted to new possibilities; the selection of tools will follow the latest trends and will be based on continuous experimentation together with participants.
Participants will be encouraged to experiment, share knowledge, and develop and implement their own production workflows.
WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
Day 1 (28 March)
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
1. The scale and significance of the AI revolution
2. What is AI?
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
3. Key challenges in the development of AI systems
Day 2 (29 March)
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
How do current generative AI systems work? Basic concepts
Prompt crafting – what it is, how and why to develop this skill
AI in film production – introduction
Algorithmic systems
Analytical systems
Generative systems
AI in screenwriting
AI in image creation and editing
AI in sound creation and editing
AI in production
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
4. Environmental footprint of AI implementation in audiovisual production
Day 3 (11 April)
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
4. Developing an individual spectrum of message, style, and dramaturgy in collaboration with language models
Day 4 (12 April)
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Overview of image generation systems
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Day 5 (18 April)
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
3. Specifics of AI-based video generation.
4. Methods for improving the quality of generated video clips.
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
5. Ensuring originality and uniqueness of AI-assisted video content
6. Current limitations of AI video generation and the pace of development
7. Sources of knowledge
8. Selected practical case studies
Day 6 (19 April)
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Music generation and sound design using text-to-sound, text-to-music, image/video-to-sound, and sound/music-to-music models
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Speech generation: text-to-speech, dubbing, voice cloning, and sound design elements, using Eleven Labs as an example
Day 7 (25 April)
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Using text-based and multimodal models to develop full conceptual project documentation
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
2. Exploring interdependencies between project aspects and working toward a holistic conceptual approach with AI models
3. Presentation of possibilities for building custom systems for holistic conceptual development of audiovisual works
4. Developing a project outline, including script and documentation, during on-site sessions
Day 8 (26 April)
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
1. Building custom systems for prototyping complete audiovisual works
2. Between recording and animation: developing critical analysis skills and testing individual aspects of AV production when deciding whether to record or generate specific elements.
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
3. Developing a project outline, including script and documentation, during on-site sessions
4. Developing full production documentation for an AV project using AI systems
Workshop Outcomes
Participants will gain:
Tutor:
Jacek Nagłowski is a film producer and director, as well as a researcher and creator working in the field of new media. He has produced over thirty feature and documentary films. Between 2018 and 2023, together with Paulina Borkiewicz, he led the VR/AR Studio within the Visual Narration Lab at the Łódź Film School (vnlab.org).
During this period, the studio produced 12 VR works (both cinematic and interactive), created by interdisciplinary artistic teams, with Nagłowski and Borkiewicz acting as tutors and creative producers. These works were presented at major international festivals, including Sundance, Angoulême, Venice, London, Berlin (DokLeipzig), and IDFA, as well as at most major Polish film festivals such as Krakow Film Festival, Warsaw Film Festival, New Horizons, Gdynia Film Festival, Against Gravity, among others.
In collaboration with the Institute of Psychology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Information Processing Centre, the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, and the University of Łódź, the studio also conducted a series of research projects on VR artistic tools and their impact on audiences.
Since 2020, he has been engaged both theoretically and practically in issues related to artificial intelligence. Since 2022, he has been teaching AI courses at the Łódź Film School, Film Spring Open, and for the Mozilla Foundation, as well as for cultural institutions and non-governmental organizations. He is an expert in multimedia and AI projects at the Creative Industries Development Centre (CRPK) and a member of the Inter-University AI Committee responsible for developing guidelines for the implementation of AI systems in higher education institutions.
In 2023, he created a series of video essays titled AI Backroads (Bezdroża AI) using artificial intelligence systems. As part of this project, in collaboration with the University of Łódź, he also conducted research on the social perception of AI in creative industries for the Creative Industries Development Centre.
In 2024, he created the VR experience Conversations, developed entirely with AI systems—from text and image generation, through sound design, to programming in Unreal Engine. The project explores relationships between humans and artificial intelligence systems and earned him a nomination for the Polityka Passport award.
He is currently focused on developing AI Social Lab, an initiative dedicated to designing and implementing AI systems aimed at generating positive social impact.
AV production online course with AI (conducted in French) 
Duration: 48 hours – 8 sessions of 6 hours
Dates: April 12, 19 & 26, May 3, 10 & 17, and June 7 & 14
Schedule: 10:00–13:00 / 15:00–18:00
Format: online training (theory + project preparation)
Target group: students, young professionals, technicians, creators, career changers
Overall programme objective
The programme prepares participants for the practical use of artificial intelligence at all stages of audiovisual production, in order to enhance their employability and their ability to work in modern, collaborative and environmentally responsible production environments.
The online training serves as direct preparation for the practical workshops that will take place in the Cinebus, a mobile educational laboratory, where projects developed online will be immediately implemented under professional working conditions.
Overall pedagogical approach
STRUCTURE OF THE 8 SESSIONS
Session 1 – Introduction to AI in Audiovisual Production (12 April)
Morning (10:00–13:00)
Afternoon (15:00–18:00)
Outputs: creation of several script idea proposals
Session 2 – AI and Audiovisual Project Development (19 April)
Morning (10:00–13:00)
Afternoon (15:00–18:00)
Outputs: script structure of the project
Session 3 – AI and Image: Visual Design and Previsualization (26 April)
Morning (10:00–13:00)
Afternoon (15:00–18:00)
Outputs: visual previsualization of the project
Session 4 – AI and Sound: Voice, Sound Design and Music (3 May)
Morning (10:00–13:00)
Afternoon (15:00–18:00)
Outputs: sound prototype of the project
Session 5 – AI and Post-Production (10 May)
Morning (10:00–13:00)
Afternoon (15:00–18:00)
Outputs: edited project previsualization
Session 6 – Work Organisation and Green Production (17 May)
Morning (10:00–13:00)
Afternoon (15:00–18:00)
Outputs: eco-responsible production plan
Session 7 – Preparation for Real-World Production with the Cinebus (7 June)
Morning (10:00–13:00)
Afternoon (15:00–18:00)
Outputs: project file ready for real-world production with the Cinebus
Session 8 – Summary (14 June)
Morning (10:00–13:00)
Afternoon (15:00–18:00)
Outputs: final previsualization
Tutors:
Florent Pallares – Green Production Specialist and Artistic DirectorFilmmaker, lecturer, and trainer, he has been a member of the Film Spring Open foundation since 2008 and holds a PhD in film and audiovisual studies. In 2013, he created Film Spring Open France. He is co-founder and trainer for the BTS Audiovisual course with a specialization in “Image Professions” at GRETA-CFA in Aude and Pyrénées Orientales, and a lecturer in film history at the University of Perpignan Via Domitia. He is also a representative of FRAME (Federation for Research on Audiovisual Media, Media, and Ecology) and artistic director of Red Eyes Cool, and directs two festivals: the “Image In Cabestany” short film festival and the Étoiles du court-métrage short film festival. He has been a lecturer on the CNC’s “Lycéens et Apprentis au Cinéma” program and has supervised the CNC’s “Passeurs d’Images” and the Cinémathèque Française’s “Cinéma 100 ans de jeunesse” projects for the Institut Jean Vigo.
Thomas Vivien – AI Specialist and Technical DirectorAfter obtaining a BTS in Audiovisual Studies and a bachelor’s degree in Performing Arts with a focus on cinema, he worked for several technical service providers for television channels and audiovisual companies, including France 24 for Technicolor. He then created a production company, Albert Oak Production, to make a documentary in New Zealand, and worked as a producer, director of photography, technical manager, and artificial intelligence specialist for Red Eyes Cool, filming in France, Poland, and Mexico. At the same time, he worked as a technician for Disney, Universal, and Netflix and teaches audiovisual techniques in the Audiovisual BTS program at GRETA-CFA in Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales. He is also the manager of Catallums, a company that provides technical consulting for audiovisual services.
Mobile AV Course in the Cinebus, Zielona Góra, Poland
Tutor: Tomasz Bagiński
Number of participants: 15
Duration: 10 days, 8 hours per day
Date: 29.05 – 7.06.2026, Zielona Góra plac Bohaterów Westerplatte
Workshop Objective:
Creation of original short audiovisual works by participants, resulting from the exploration of AI systems for text, music, voice, image, and video generation.
Development of individual, personal workflows using AI systems.
Exchange of experiences and mutual support among participants throughout the creative process.
Format:
10 eight-hour sessions — individual and group work under the supervision of the instructor.
Workshop Outcomes:
Completed audiovisual projects
Enhanced AV production skills using AI tools
Developed individual workflows
Established knowledge base related to the creative process
Documentation of best practices and proven solutions.
Every so often, new media and tools for storytelling emerge. Stories told around the campfire once gave way to theatre. Theatre laid the foundations for cinema. For decades, cinema underwent a series of technological changes. Sound. Colour. Digital cameras. The advent of digital distribution has created new genres of visual art and channels for reaching audiences. Today, AI-assisted tools offer creators even more possibilities, though at the same time they may alter the very essence of narrative work.
But ultimately, it’s all about storytelling. Technology is merely a means to that end. It all starts with a story, and creating a few stories will be our aim during the workshop.
1. Let’s look for uniqueness in narrative or visual language. Something original. Something that isn’t a copy. We avoid trends that are already outdated. Let’s also avoid doing things that can be done better and more interestingly without AI. We’re looking for stories, methods and styles that benefit from AI. Where, technologically and aesthetically, we’re entering the realm of discovering something new – rather than merely recreating something that’s already been done.
2. But, to make things a bit more challenging, let’s draw our themes from something that has already existed. I’d like the projects to engage in a dialogue with Polish culture, and more broadly, with European culture. Ideally, by taking on works that are already in the public domain. Classical music, poems, paintings. Whether they are treated experimentally and avant-garde, parodied or remixed – there is complete freedom here, but let’s play with culture, with the motifs of monumental artists in the least monumental way possible. Culture should be malleable and wild. This is best demonstrated using examples that, in the public eye, have already become static and monumental and no longer have anything to do with wildness.
3. From a technological perspective, I am keen to explore AI tools within the context of the body of knowledge surrounding film technology. Not AI that replaces all existing tools, but AI that extends the capabilities of those tools. I want these to be hybrid projects, blending techniques. The emergence of AI does not mean we can forget about drawing, writing, editing or cameras. The most interesting things arise at the intersection of techniques, and I encourage you to explore this frontier.
Thanks to our collaboration with Kino Newa in Zielona Góra, participants will be able to test their work under cinema screening conditions. The most outstanding participants – the Leaders – will be invited to take part in the Film Spring Open Workshop Screenings in Kraków.
Tomasz Bagiński
Tomasz Bagiński – Director and producer. He has been a permanent member of the team at Platige Image S.A. since 1998. He has created internationally acclaimed animations, such as *The Cathedral* (2002) – nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Short Film category – and *The Art of Falling* (2005), which won a BAFTA Award. He was the first person in history to receive both the Grand Prize and the Jury Prize at SIGGRAPH – the most important festival for the computer animation industry – for his animations.
Tomasz Bagiński works on film, television series and advertising projects. These include visualisations for Krzysztof Penderecki’s anniversary concert *Seven Gates of Jerusalem* (2009, nominated for an Emmy Award), An Animated History of Poland – a 3D film produced for the EXPO 2011 world exhibition, the film Ambition produced for the European Space Agency, and the much-talked-about series Polish Legends produced for Allegro.
Since 2018, he has been working as a creative producer on the global hit The Witcher, produced for Netflix. He also has to his credit two seasons of the series Direction: Night produced for the same platform, and the feature film Knights of the Zodiac, starring Mackenyu Arata and Sean Bean, which premiered in 2023.
Tomasz Bagiński is a member of the Polish Filmmakers’ Association and an expert at the Polish Film Institute.
AV production course with AI
(conducted in French)
Practical Training in the Cinebus, France
Artificial Intelligence & Audiovisual Production – Cinebus in Cabestany
Trainers: Florent Pallares – Thomas Vivien
Location: Espace Jeunesse Cabestany (France)
Format: intensive practical training, in person
Number of participants: 15 participants
Duration: 10 days – 8 hours per day (80 hours)
Dates: 14–23 August 2026
Accommodation available on site at Espace Jeunesse Cabestany
Target group: students, young professionals, technicians, creators, career changers
Objectives of the practical training
This training aims to enable participants to concretely implement an AI-assisted audiovisual project under real professional conditions, within the Cinebus, a mobile, eco-responsible educational laboratory.
At the end of the training, participants will be able to:
Pedagogical approach
The practical training is the direct continuation of the online training.
Participants arrive with:
The Cinebus enables full immersion, fostering experimentation, learning by doing and intensive collaboration.
The Cinebus: a mobile educational laboratory
The Cinebus is a mobile training centre equipped with:
It allows participants to work outside urban centres, while offering production conditions comparable to a professional studio, within a green production framework.
TRAINING STRUCTURE (10 DAYS)
Day 1 – Welcome and project setup
Expected result: validated projects and operational teams
Day 2 – Advanced previsualization and production preparation
Expected result: complete previsualization and validated production plan
Days 3 to 6 – AI-assisted audiovisual production
Expected result: usable footage and audiovisual assets
Day 7 – Post-production and editing
Expected result: edited version of the project
Day 8 – Sound design and music
Expected result: sound-designed version of the project
Day 9 – Finalisation and pedagogical version
Expected result: finalised project + pedagogical version
Day 10 – Screening, evaluation and wrap-up
Expected result: finalised projects and validated competences
Competences developed
At the end of the training, participants will have developed competences in:
Ecological and inclusive dimension
The training integrates:
Leaders selected during online and mobile courses will be invited to participate in Film Spring Open Workshop in Kraków and will be exempt from the registration fee.
21. Film Spring Open is an award-winning and one of the largest (300-350 participants) interdisciplinary, international educational workshops in Europe, focusing on the future (AI) of audiovisual art. It will take place on 13-22 October 2026 in Krakow.
Plenery is a festival of filmmaking and learning through work under the supervision of outstanding artists/technicians using the best AV equipment on the market in dedicated groups devoted to all branches of audiovisual art, with an emphasis on the role of AI. Participants will carry out their studio projects under the guidance of renowned artists. By experimenting with different forms of narrative and learning modern storytelling techniques, participants at the Workshop will acquire the skills necessary to use the latest technologies and tools available in the industry. State-of-the-art camera, lighting and IT equipment for working on projects will be provided by 52 companies and corporations, and the groups will be supervised by distinguished lecturers, including Oscar winners.
In addition to workshops, participants will have the opportunity to attend masterclasses, equipment workshops, screenings of award-winning films and meetings with their creators, as well as gain knowledge about artificial intelligence and AI tools that support work in the creative industry.
The Film Spring Open Workshop also provides an excellent opportunity to establish international contacts. Participants have the opportunity to form film crews and build professional relationships, which may result in joint commercial projects after the workshops.
See the making of last year’s Film Spring Open Workshop:
If you have any questions, please contact the Accessibility and Inclusion Specialist:
Beata Marciniak
e-mail: beata@filmspringopen.eu
YOU ARE WARMLY WELCOME!!!
Project: Innovative AI Education for the Audiovisual (AV)
Project number: 2025-1-PL01-KA210-VET-000356609
Project duration: 1 November 2025 – 31 December 2026
Programme: Erasmus+
Lead organisation: Film Spring Open Foundation (PL)
Partner: Film Spring Open France (FR)
Funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the European Union or the Foundation for the Development of the Education System. Neither the European Union nor the Foundation for the Development of the Education System can be held responsible for them.
The project “Innovative AI Education for the Audiovisual (AV) Industry” is implemented as part of the PW eSkills initiative of the Ministry of Digital Affairs, aimed at developing digital competences.
The Mobile Audiovisual Course in Zielona Góra has been granted the honorary patronage of the Mayor of Zielona Góra, Marcin Pabierowski.
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