AI in Moving Images – The Report for Film & Streaming

Artificial intelligence is also transforming the moving-image industry: established production companies are setting up entire AI teams, humans and AI are working hand in hand at every stage of production, and new startups are emerging that are revolutionizing and complementing the market in innovative ways. Find out in our new report how AI is changing the film and television landscape.

Apr 17, 2026 2 min. reading time

AI in Video – How Technology Is Transforming the Industry

How is AI transforming the video industry? What new projects and ideas is this technology giving rise to? And how much film will humans still create themselves in the future? You’ll find the answers to these questions and more in the first report of our new AI series.

Update for the video industry

You can find these topics on film, streaming, and AI in the report:

Strategy & Expertise: The Big Interview

Hear from Waheed Zamani, Head of AI Solutions at Bavaria Film, about how processes at the film production giant are shifting from post-production to pre-production, and why human nuances remain at the heart of filmmaking despite the perfection of AI.

AI for every stage of production

We’ll show you how AI supports operations throughout the entire value chain:

Concept: Faster idea development and visualization using AI storyboards.
Production: Hybrid workflows that combine live-action footage with AI-generated elements.
Post-production: Significant time savings in editing, visual effects, and audio editing.
Distribution: Automated creation of highlights and subtitles for all platforms.

Best Practices: Bavarian AI Success Stories in Video Format

Learn from the pioneers: We take a closer look at five projects in which Bavarian media companies and production firms have used AI in innovative ways. From Bayerischer Rundfunk to startups: The minds behind these AI film ideas are creative, innovative, and bold. Plus: Discover how the award-winning startup WeDaVinci uses “Human-AI Co-Creation” to create book trailers that bring literary works to life visually and revolutionize the marketing of film rights.

AI presents a real opportunity, especially for Bavaria and Germany. We’ve often looked “across the pond” and seen what’s possible there, thanks to the massive financial resources available. There were many stories we couldn’t tell the way we really wanted to because we didn’t have the budgets of the big U.S. studios. With AI, we can narrow that gap.

Waheed Zamani, Bavaria Film

Compared to last year, I’m seeing a much greater openness toward AI—and a very concrete interest in how such tools can be integrated into existing processes.

Veronika Gamper, WeDaVinci