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Boy riding horse underwater - still from Magic Beach
Spencer Gilder-Smith

Magic Beach and the films that rewrote the animation playbook

Robert Connolly's Magic Beach joins a canon of films that stretch the medium of animation – technically, artistically and emotionally.
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Cyberpunk 2077 (2020) Courtesy CD Projekt Red
ACMI

Cyberpunk on screen – and what it says about us

Neon cities, AI lovers, tech noir – discover how cyberpunk has shaped our screens.
David from Prometheus examining an orb
ACMI

Screen dreams, synthetic minds – AI on film

Learn how films shape our fears and hopes about AI, from Frankenstein to The Creator, with insights from writers and sci-fi experts.

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