{
  "id": 10684442,
  "title": "‘Light Pillar’ Director Xu Zao Readies AI-Themed Follow-Up ‘Easy, My Friend’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/light-pillar-director-xu-zao-readies-ai-themed-follow-up-easy-my",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-29T11:57:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/light-pillar-director-xu-zao-ai-themed-easy-my-friend-1236877974/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "“Light Pillar,” the Berlinale Perspectives animated feature from first-time director Xu Zao, is competing in the Hidden Dragons section for Chinese-language films at the Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival. The film is still seeking distribution in China. The story follows Zha, who works at a dilapidated film studio in northern China and […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}