Movies
Kyoorius Group announces partnership with The one club for creativity to serve as official representative in india
MUMBAI: Kyoorius Group today announced it has formed a partnership with The One Club for Creativity, the leading global non-profit organisation behind The One Show, ADC Annual Awards and other programming, to serve as the club’s official representative in India.
Under the agreement, The One Club will also contribute to the composition of the jury for all future editions of Kyoorius Creative Awards (http://awards.kyoorius.com), as well as provide the club’s high-integrity judging process and proprietary back-end voting technology platform.
The One Club for Creativity (https://www.oneclub.org) is the world’s foremost non-profit organisation recognizing creative excellence in advertising and design. In this new partnership, Kyoorius Group (http://kyoorius.com) will work closely with agencies, media and the entire creative community in India to support and promote the club’s awards programs including The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Creative Week, Young Guns, Young Ones student awards, One Screen Short Film Festival, Creative Hall of Fame and others.
In addition to these awards and recognition initiatives, The One Club for Creativity also gives back to the creative community through nearly 20 programmes throughout the year representing its four pillars: Education, Inclusion & Diversity, Professional Development and Gender Equality. Programming includes Creative Boot Camps and Portfolio Nights for young creatives, Creative Leaders Retreats for senior creatives, Executive Creative Summits for agency founders/CCO/managing partners and more. Kyoorius will work with agencies throughout India to sponsor local versions of these and other One Club programming starting in 2018.
“India is a very important market for the global advertising industry, and for The One Club in particular,” The One Club for Creativity, CEO, Kevin Swanepoel said. “There is tremendous work coming from agencies here, and we look forward to working with the Kyoorius team to help recognize and promote the country’s creative community.”
An initiative of Transasia Fine Papers, Kyoorius is a not-for-profit organization that celebrates all aspects of creative communication and marketing. It seeks to provide a platform to empower and sustain the creative industries in India, and secure their rightful place in shaping the growth of the country. Surpluses go straight to educational programs created for students and professionals.
“Since 2006, Kyoorius has been at the forefront of connecting the creative community in India through programs that inform, inspire and stimulate,” Kyoorius Group, founder and CEO, Rajesh Kejriwal said. “We are very excited to serve as the official representative of The One Club for Creativity in India because their recognition, education and professional development programs are the perfect fit for our mission to support and promote creatives in India.
Kyoorius also runs Designyatra, one of the foremost international design conferences attracting creative minds from all over the world, and MELT (the magazine, the event, as well as the portal) focuses on the changing face of marketing communications as seen through the lens of the marketer.
Through events, publications and other initiatives, Kyoorius is committed to galvanizing creativity in India and inspiring future innovators.
For more information about Kyoorius, please visit http://kyoorius.com.
International
Utopai Studios unveils 4K three-minute video generation for PAI platform
New Story Agent and editing tools aim to streamline AI-led filmmaking workflows
MUMBAI: Utopai Studios has announced a major upgrade to its PAI storytelling AI platform, introducing what it claims is an industry-first capability to generate three-minute videos in 4K resolution, alongside enhancements to its Story Agent feature.
The update, rolling out from April 15, expands the platform’s capabilities across the filmmaking process, from early concept development to post-production. The company said the new features are designed to help filmmakers maintain continuity across characters, scenes and visual styles, a key challenge in AI-driven storytelling.
At the heart of the release is a next-generation model that enables more structured narrative development, allowing creators to move more seamlessly from idea to execution. With tools such as multi-shot sequencing and multi-turn editing, the platform aims to give both studios and independent creators greater control over complex storytelling workflows.
Commenting on the launch, Utopai Studios co-founder and CTO Jie Yang said, “The next phase of AI in media will not be defined by isolated tools, but by systems that can carry story, continuity and collaboration across the full creative process.” He added that the update is a step towards enabling more practical, end-to-end narrative development at a professional level.
Echoing this, Utopai Studios co-founder and chief scientific officer Zijian He said, “Generative video is opening the door to a new production model, where creative ambition is less constrained by traditional cost and complexity.” He noted that the platform combines multimodal models with iterative editing to give creators more speed, control and consistency.
The company said PAI is already being used in professional film and television productions, particularly in Hollywood, for tasks such as pre-visualisation, scene design and post-production refinements. The latest update adds features including improved voice options, character consistency, unlimited editing and more flexible asset management.
Utopai also emphasised that its models are not trained on copyrighted material, positioning the platform as a cleaner alternative for creators and rights holders navigating the evolving AI landscape.
As AI continues to reshape content creation, Utopai’s latest push signals a shift from standalone tools to integrated systems, aiming to make high-quality filmmaking faster, more flexible and increasingly accessible.
