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6:00pm - Friday, Apr 17, 2026
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
From the Oscar-winning director of NAVALNY, a father-to-be who tries to figure out what is happening with the AI insanity, exploring the existential dangers and stunning promise of this technology that humanity has created.
There’s something deeply compelling about art born out of acute anxiety — perhaps because it stems from vulnerability and a need for clarity. THE A.I. DOC: OR HOW I BECAME A APOCALOPTIMIST grew out of co-director Daniel Roher’s profound unease about the future, especially the role artificial intelligence will play in shaping it. Together with Charlie Tyrell, Roher explores both the dazzling possibilities and risks of these fast-evolving tools, along with the price they may carry.
Combining expert interviews, home videos and animations, the film meets this pressing AI discourse with curiosity and heart, clarifying complex ideas while acknowledging how much remains uncertain and deeply human. Rather than claiming to have all the answers, THE AI DOC offers a conversation that feels urgent, hopeful, and impossible to ignore.
"A scary, dizzying and essential documentary. If you have any interest in artificial intelligence (which is to say: the future), you should go out and see it right now." (Variety)
''The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist' is a panic attack, in a good way." (Mashable)
"Parenting isn’t for everyone, but the specificity of Roher’s story becomes universal when you realize that we all have to navigate the peaks and valleys of our own lives while also finding a way to think about the definitive topic of our era." (IndieWire)
"For all its scattered focus, this is when the film is at its most persuasive, showing how a once‑fringe worry has become a serious global project." (Toronto Star)
Friday, April 17
Doors 5:30 pm | Movie 6:00 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST (Daniel Roher, Charlie Tyrell / 2026 / PG / 104 mins) Hoping to figure out what's happening with artificial intelligence, a father-to-be embarks on an eye-opening journey to learn more about the most powerful technology humanity has ever created -- and what's at stake if we get it wrong.
