How does Mike J Mitch of Phantom X create AI series as compelling as The Sage? Since launching Fairground AI TV, we’ve experienced the same challenge facing every AI filmmaker: most audiences don’t yet understand and appreciate how this work is made. To turn the AI-curious into fans who realize the long hours and creativity behind every film we distribute, we’re launching Artist to Artist, a new interview series hosted by @BLVCKLIGHTai and featuring filmmakers defining this genre. Streaming on Fairground AI TV and across our socials, Artist to Artist is built for education, transparency, and honest conversations about where this industry is headed. Here’s a sneak peek of Episode 1, which breaks down why story matters in AI filmmaking through Phantom X’s The Sage and Red Rainbow by Aze Alter. With more episodes on the way, which AI filmmaker should we sit down with next?👇 #aicinema# #aifilmmaking# #aifilms#

Big news: CapCut is now an official Global Sponsor of Fairground AI TV 🎉 Through the end of 2026, CapCut is backing two new initiatives that put more money and more screen time directly in the hands of AI filmmakers. Here’s what’s coming: FAIRGROUND’S ANIMATION IMAGINATION, PRESENTED BY CAPCUT A $15,000 prize pool for 100% original animated films inspired by the cartoons and anime you grew up on. Standout films will also air on Fairground AI TV, streaming 24/7 on Roku, LG, Amazon Prime Video, Xumo Play, and more. INTRODUCING: THE BEST OF CAPCUT A new primetime series for films made with CapCut, airing in some of our most-watched slots each week. Filmmakers featured in the series earn 50% of the ad revenue their films generate. If CapCut is already part of your workflow, this is a direct path to getting paid for your work and seen by a much bigger audience. WHY THIS MATTERS Partners like CapCut let us put more back into this community: prize money, programming, and new ways for creators to get discovered. We’re grateful to have CapCut in our corner and can’t wait to see what you make. Submissions open for Animation Imagination next week, are you ready? #AIFilms# #AICinema# #AIFilmmaking#

If a viewer makes it past the first 60 seconds of your film, they’ll watch 21 minutes of AI cinema on Fairground AI TV. Last month, we promised a look at what we’re learning, including a heat map of our top-performing programming windows. See our October update below and if you have questions, please comment. Submissions: the backlog is almost cleared. Submission volume has grown fast since launch, and we know many of you have been waiting longer than any of us wanted. Over the past month, the team reviewed 5,000+ films, and we’re on track to be fully caught up on the backlog by the end of November. Once we’re there, a 1-2 week review period becomes the new normal and to support that, we’re rolling out improvements to the Fairground Portal, including submission tracking. Whether it's now or in 2027, every film still gets the time and consideration it deserves, because we know you put time, money and real work into it. Retention is king. This is the number that surprised us most. Viewers who stay past the first 60 seconds go on to watch 21 minutes on average. That tells us two things. First, the audience is real, and once they’re in, they stay. Second, every second of your film needs to do a lot of work. By hooking viewers, they will not only finish your content, but watch the work of other AI filmmakers. The heat map: late nights and weekends. Viewership and monetization peak between 10PM and midnight EST with weekends outperform weekdays. Because Fairground runs dynamic scheduling, those windows are earned. Films that hold viewers move toward the best slots. Films that don’t make way for something new. What’s next? In early November, we’re issuing our initial payments covering August performance. We want our launch partners to hear the details first, including the trends we're seeing, so we’ll share more about payments publicly later in November. Until then, we’ll be highlighting our top-performing shows, sharing creator spotlights, and making a few big announcements. For now: what questions do you have about submissions, retention or scheduling? #AI# #AIVideo# #AIFilmmaking# #AICinema#

Every show on Fairground AI TV now leads straight back to the filmmaker who made it. We’re proud to share the beta of the Fairground AI TV Schedule, built around the talent behind our lineup. Here’s what that means: 🔍 Search by Creator/Filmmaker, Not Just Title Discovery shouldn’t start and stop with a film’s name. Viewers can now search for creators and filmmakers directly. If a viewer falls for your story, visual tone, and style, they can now follow your entire body of work on our channel. ⏰ Own Your Broadcast Moment No more guessing when your film or series hits the air. You’ll know your exact slot in advance, so you can rally your community and turn your airtime into a watch party. 🤝 Find Your Creative Neighbors See who’s airing before, after, and alongside you. It’s a real creative neighborhood: a running lineup of the peers pushing AI cinema forward right next to you. This is a live beta, and we’re building it with you. The schedule currently shows airtimes on Roku and Amazon Prime Video, with LG and Xumo Play coming soon. Take a look at the Fairground AI TV Schedule below and let us know what you think in the comments 👇 Schedule: #AICinema# #AIFilmmaking# #AIFilms#

Watching The Arc on a big screen showed us what AI cinema can really do. A few weeks ago, we attended a screening of The Arc, a 5-part series directed by Darin Stewart(@bydarinstewart) and executive produced by Simone Ferretti. It opens by throwing its characters straight into battle in 1600s Japan. From there, the series spans different time periods, explores nuanced characters, and holds you from start to finish. What impressed us most on the big screen was how easy it was to lose yourself in the story. You stop thinking about how it was made and just watch. AI filmmaking is improving every day. But watching a series on a big screen, in a room full of people, made one thing clear: this genre isn't going anywhere. It's only going to expand. And just as impressive as the finished product was the journey of bringing it to life. A small team completed all 5 episodes in three and a half months, while working through: → The technical limitations and issues of the models → The time pressure of creating quality content quickly → The biggest challenge in filmmaking: building a believable world that engages the audience The Arc, an Artlist TV original series, is now streaming on Fairground AI TV, available on Roku, LG, Amazon Prime Video, and Xumo Play. We're excited to have it on the channel and to bring it to the biggest screen in your house. #AIFilm# #AIFilmmaking# #AICinema# #TheArc#

Hollywood didn’t make these monsters. AI filmmakers did. Our Halloween Special is now airing on Fairground AI TV, with four new films: Porch Stories by Daniil Volkau Four years after seven children vanished on Halloween night, a documentary crew returns to the porch where they were last seen. But when the only photograph from that night reveals an eighth child no one remembers, the childless couple who lived there must finally explain who, or what, came home with them. Holloway by Wilfred Lee Say grace. Every house on the block looks perfect. That’s the problem. An unsettling portrait of domestic life unraveling at the seams. Taotie by Nam An Trinh A man with a torch crosses a moonlit wasteland on a mythic descent into possession and horror. Inspired by the Taotie, the ancient Chinese beast of endless hunger. The Sister by JSFilmz A routine scavenging run for generator parts leads two survivors to an abandoned diner. Their nostalgic detour quickly turns into a desperate fight for survival. Watch free on Roku (channel 300), LG (channel 249), Prime Video and Xumo Play. Which one are you watching first? 🎃 #AIFilm# #AIFilmmaking# #AICinema# #Halloween#

14 days. That’s how long it took one AI film to go from idea to IMAX premiere to greenlit series. On Friday, more than 350 people filled the Ronson Theatre at London’s Science Museum IMAX for the Big Screen Hack London screening. Seeing the work of so many AI filmmakers on an IMAX screen, with a strong community in the audience, is something none of us will forget. Fairground sponsored The Greenlight Award and its first-ever winner was “Not Your Puppet” by Pablo Fernandez Eyre. Pablo receives up to $20,000 in StoryMachine credits to develop it into a series, which will air on Fairground AI TV. Neil Petrie, our VP of Studios, was in the room and loved seeing everyone’s work, as did the partners who joined us, both current ones and, we hope, a few future ones. What stayed with us most was the room itself: filmmakers cheering for each other’s work as loudly as their own. We love being part of a community like this and look forward to more events that bring everyone together. A huge shout out to Big Screen Hack founder Aaron Jones for putting this event together. And congratulations to Pablo and everyone who participated. Doing so took time, energy and courage. #AIFilm# #AICinema# #GenAI# #CreatorEconomy#

Want to see AI Cinema in IMAX? Big Screen Hack London just closed submissions, and the winning film gets more than a trophy: it gets onto Fairground AI TV. Since Monday, October 5th, filmmakers and AI developers have teamed up to make films in just one week. And now that week is now over. Across 3 tracks, there’s more than $50,000 in prizes and credits up for grabs. And the shortlisted films premiere in IMAX this Friday, in front of fans, industry executives, and press. So where does Fairground come in? Through The Greenlight with Fairground, the winning film will be developed into a series and will air on Fairground AI TV. To pick the winner and give feedback on entries, our Founder & CEO Colin Petrie-Norris (@cpetrien) and Head of Production Alex Mills are joining the judging panel. Big Screen Hack brings together two things we love most: the AI filmmaking community in one place and great AI cinema on the big screen. And screens don’t get bigger than IMAX. A massive congratulations to Aaron Jones(@aaronjonesbiz) and the Big Screen Hack team, pulling something of this scale off is not only impressive, but inspiring! Want to be in the room? We have 20 tickets to give away to the screening. Comment “IMAX” and the first 20 get a ticket. And if you go, look out for Neil Petrie, our VP of Studios, who’ll be on the ground meeting AI filmmakers. Come say hi 👋 #AIFilm# #AICinema# #AIFILMS# #AIFILMMAKING#

Over 300 AI filmmakers, industry executives and the AI curious attended AI Creator Day. The inaugural AI Creator Day, organized by @TheWrap and @WhatsTrending, brought our community together in one room and the Fairground team was in attendance. Our Founder & CEO Colin Petrie-Norris (@cpetrien) joined Chris M. Williams (@chrismwil) and David Bianchi (@davidbianchi) on a panel moderated by Sharon Waxman (@sharonwaxman). Meanwhile, our team spent the day with current partners, meeting new AI filmmakers and talking about a big pain point for AI cinema: distribution. If you couldn't attend, here are our 3 takeaways: 1. The AI curious have entered the group chat. A big share of attendees were newer to the industry and they know embracing AI filmmaking is no longer optional. 2. In-person beats social media. Top AI filmmakers and execs were having honest, real conversations that never make it onto social. It gave us a clearer roadmap of where the industry is headed than anything posted online. 3. Our industry is exciting! Everyone in the room is genuinely excited about the future and it reminds us why we love this industry. We're already counting down to AI Creator Day 2027. If you were there, what was your biggest takeaway? #AIFilmmaking# #AICinema# #CreatorEconomy# #aicinema# #aifilms#

Want a sneak peek at the new AI cinema hitting Fairground AI Creator TV? As we start rolling out our next wave of programming, here are four upcoming films and series we can't wait to see on the channel. Red Rainbow: Created by Aze Alter (@AzeAlter), this Phantom X (@PhantomX_ai) original is set in The Capital, a high-tech underground utopia of absolute safety and unity, where perfection harbors its own unsettling quirks. The Last: Created by Diane Laidlaw (@misslaidlaw), The Last examines the unintended consequences of technology and what we risk losing in the pursuit of progress. Thought-provoking, cinematic, and urgent. NOCTARI 3 & 4: Jakob Söe-Pedersen's hit series continues with its next two chapters. In SHADOW REALM and THE NEW ORDER, follow Nino, Scarecrow, Tinman and the Captain as they navigate a mirror reality. the series has great action, characters and a wonderful plot if you're new to NOCTARI. Cryptid Dating Game: Created by BLVCKL!GHT (@BLVCKLIGHTai), according to him it's the only show banned in 14 dimensions and mandatory viewing in 3 hells. Watch if you dare! And that's just the start. Follow along for more sneak peeks, upcoming releases, and creator spotlights. Watch free on Roku (channel 300), LG (channel 249), Prime Video, Xumo Play, and upcoming platforms. #AIFilm# #AICinema# #AICreators# #aifilmmakers# #aivideo#