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Persistence Resistance to showcase 46 documentaries
NEW DELHI: A total of 46 documentaries including 15 film premieres are being showcased at the fifth Persistence Resistance, which has this year moved to multiple venues across the capital.
The annual festival is showcasing films from the United States, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Estonia and India.
Organised by the Magic Lantern Foundation, the Festival is being held in the British Council, India International Centre, Delhi University, North Campus and Max Mueller Bhavan.
Magic Lantern Foundation director Gargi Sen, said films are being screened in auditorium, as installations, in video parlours in circular loops and in a multi-hub film library.
At the inauguration of the festival, Sen paid homage to Greek filmmaker Lucia Rikaki, Bangladeshi filmmaker Tareque Masud, and Homai Vyarawalla, (the first woman photographer in India). The festival is screening a special package of five films from the archives of the erstwhile German studio, DEFA and never-seen-before animation films by the graphic novelist, Sarnath Banerjee.
Fried Fish, Chicken Soup and a Premiere Show by Mamta Murthy would be screened as well as the IDPA-Green Screens Winner, Bitter Seeds, by Micha Peled.
Six in-depth conversations with filmmakers are a highlight of the festival as well as 13 filmmakers will be present for Q&A after the screening of their films.
Renowned environmentalist Vandana Shiva led the discussion after the screening of Bitter Seeds at the British Council this evening, and the director Micha X. Peled would join in via Skype from San Fransisco.
Homages are being paid Sabeena Gadihoke for Homai Vyarawalla and by Shohini Ghosh for Tareque Masud.
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Abundantia and invideo join hands for Rs 100 crore AI films
Studio Aion and global video tech leader join forces for 5 AI-driven films over 3 years.
When Hollywood meets artificial intelligence, the credits might soon read “Directed by Algorithm” but Abundantia Entertainment wants to keep the human spark in the frame. The Mumbai-based studio’s AI-powered division Aion has teamed up with generative-video pioneer invideo in a Rs 100 crore strategic partnership, billed as India’s largest structured commitment to AI-driven filmmaking to date.
Announced at the India AI Film Festival (IAFF) beside the historic Qutb Minar in New Delhi on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, the alliance pools Abundantia’s creative and production muscle with invideo’s cutting-edge AI video tech. The duo will channel the Rs 100 crore development and production corpus into a slate of five AI-driven films over the next three years, blending human imagination with machine-powered tools to craft stories that aim to be both emotionally rich and technologically bold.
Abundantia Entertainment founder & CEO Vikram Malhotra framed the move as cinema’s next big leap, “AI in film-making is now real! Every major leap in cinema from sound to colour to digital has expanded storytelling possibility. AI represents the next inflection point. With Abundantia Aion, we are building a future where AI strengthens and amplifies the filmmaker’s voice, not substitutes it.”
Invideo founder & CEO Sanket Shah echoed the sentiment: “At invideo our mission has always been to democratize high-quality video creation through AI. Partnering with a top-notch studio like Abundantia Entertainment enables us to extend this capability into the world of high-quality filmmaking by building tools and workflows that allow creators to move from idea to cinematic expression faster and more freely than ever before.”
The collaboration already has momentum. Abundantia Aion is developing India’s first AI-generated Hindi feature film, Chiranjeevi Hanuman, slated for release in 2026, alongside its next AI-powered project, Jai Santoshi Mata, as part of a broader slate. The partnership will explore OpenAI-style workflows, advanced generative pipelines (bolstered by invideo’s recent Google Cloud tie-up), and new ways to accelerate everything from concept to final cut.
Backed by Tiger Global and Peak XV, invideo brings deep generative-video expertise to the table, while Abundantia’s track record in storytelling ensures the tech serves the narrative rather than stealing the show. In a year when AI is rewriting rules across industries, this Rs 100 crore bet signals India’s ambition to shape not just follow the future of cinema. Lights, camera, algorithm… action.
