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David Bond, Magic Engine's Production Director David's report direct from the Berlin International Film Festival: Ai is starting to become part of most tech savvy producers pitch kits. This is the report card: EFM 2026 felt more efficient and focused, but also a bit resigned. The dominant mood across the market was clearly risk mitigation, mixed with a kind of creeping nihilism, not panic, but a shared sense that the business feels fragile right now and everyone is adjusting

On Generative Systems in Professional Film Production The tools available to filmmakers are evolving rapidly. Generative systems now influence development, visualization, post-production, and localization. As with every technological shift in cinema—from optical compositing to digital cameras to non-linear editing—the question is not whether the technology exists, but how it is used. Magic Engine integrates generative systems deliberately and structurally within professional