[Newsflare] On-site footage from LA SVAIFF 2026 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on Nov. 1 released… Advisory Committee Chair Dr. JAY HOYOUNG LEE featured among speakers and judges

Source: Newsflare 「Exclusive footage from the Silicon Valley AI Film Festival (SVAIFF), celebrated at the historic Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.」 (filmed November 1, 2026, by AlbertoSibaja, 9 min 3 sec) · The copyright of the footage belongs to the videographer and Newsflare, so this article does not carry the video and only introduces its content.

Newsflare, a London-based video news platform, has released a nine-minute exclusive video from 'LA SVAIFF 2026', held on Sunday, November 1 (local time) at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, USA. The footage takes a close look at film directors, independent creators and AI technology leaders from around the world, and Dr. JAY HOYOUNG LEE, Advisory Committee Chair of the SVAIFF KOREA 2026 Organizing Committee, is listed among the event's speakers and judges.

Newsflare describes the video as a record of a gathering of people shaping 'the future of cinematic storytelling'. According to the video description, it features participating directors, including Bing He, director of the AI-made feature 「Wolves」, along with festival leaders such as Rui (Vanessa) Lu, Global Executive Director of SVAIFF, Sarah Wang, CEO of LA-SVAIFF, and Guy Ronen, COO of the AI studio Arcana Labs.

The venue, the Saban Theatre, opened in 1930 as the 'Fox Wilshire Theatre'. The Art Deco theatre was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2012 and is now one of Beverly Hills' signature cultural venues, with a steady stream of concerts and performances. That day, Dr. JAY HOYOUNG LEE took part in the first panel discussion and introduced the Korea competition, to be held in Seoul in December, to the local audience.

The LA competition is a separate event run by the U.S. organizer Star Alliance Culture Inc., and it is connected to the Seoul competition through the SVAIFF global network. The 50 winning works of the Korea competition advance to the global final (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, and both entry and admission are free. They will be held on Thursday, December 17 at Gabin Art Hall in Samseong-dong, Seoul, and entries are accepted from October 25 to November 25 at korea.svaiff.com.