Cannes Film Festival showcases split views on AI's role in creative work

Norwegian multilingual drama Fjord won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival; its distributor Neon achieved its seventh consecutive Palme d'Or win.

Festival discourse revealed conflicting perspectives on AI in filmmaking: one producer argued creatives are needed "more now than ever" to distinguish between "generic AI slop" and quality work, while another filmmaker described AI as "purely additive."

The divide over AI marked the festival's most notable point of contention in an otherwise subdued event, short on other political fireworks.