[LA SVAIFF 2026] On site in Beverly Hills on Nov. 1… Advisory Committee Chair Dr. JAY HOYOUNG LEE poses with SVAIFF founder SING CHANG

'LA SVAIFF 2026', the Los Angeles edition of the Silicon Valley AI Film Festival, was held on Sunday, November 1 (local time) at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. There, Dr. JAY HOYOUNG LEE, Advisory Committee Chair of the SVAIFF KOREA 2026 Organizing Committee, and SING CHANG, who founded SVAIFF, posed side by side for a commemorative photo.

Presented by the U.S. organizer Star Alliance Culture Inc., the event ran from the red carpet and screenings through keynote speeches, two panel discussions and the awards ceremony. Filmmakers, investors and technology leaders gathered to talk about AI filmmaking, creativity and copyright.

Dr. JAY HOYOUNG LEE, Head of the Americas chapter of the Korea Association of AI Management and Distinguished Professor at aSSIST (Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Technologies), took part in the first panel discussion and named talent, speed and national will as the three strengths of Korean AI filmmaking. He also personally introduced SVAIFF KOREA 2026, to be held in Seoul on December 17, to the audience in LA.

SING CHANG, CEO of Star Alliance Culture, is the founder of the Silicon Valley AI Film Festival. The LA competition is a separate event run by the U.S. organizer, and the 50 winning works of the Korea competition advance to the Silicon Valley global final in January 2027 (the host covers the evaluation fee for the 19 prize winners; the 31 Global Final Encouragement Award winners pay their own).

Supported by Co-Chair JI LIN, SVAIFF KOREA 2026 and the Global AI IDOL Award 2026 are public-interest events with no participation fees, no paid seats and no sales, held together on Thursday, December 17 at Gabin Art Hall in Samseong-dong, Seoul. Entries are accepted until November 25 at korea.svaiff.com.