The International Cinematographers Guild (ICG) has announced the winners of its third annual Short Film Showcase competition.
The winners include: Cynthia Pusheck’s One Hand Left; Ken Glassing’s Everyday; Todd A. Dos Reis’ Fortunate Son; Philip Hurn’s Rebirth; Jay Williams’ The Boy with the Flip-Top Head; Hisham Abed’s Mi Abuela; Ed Gutentag’s Cosmos Tale; Frederick Iannone’s Decent; Richard Cantu’s The Dog People; William Molina’s Reducing Stanley; and Rodney Taylor’s Grind.
The films will be initially screened at the Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles, on May 2, and later be shown at the TriBeca Film Center, New York, on May 8. They will also be featured at The American Pavilion at the Cannes International Film Festival, May 12-23. Dates for subsequent screenings in Chicago and Orlando, Fla., will be announced.
Perplexity AI has presented a new proposal to TikTok's parent company that would allow the U.S. government to own up to 50% of a new entity that merges Perplexity with TikTok's U.S. business, according to a person familiar with the matter.
The proposal, submitted last week, is a revision of a prior plan the artificial intelligence startup had presented to TikTok's parent ByteDance on Jan. 18, a day before the law that bans TikTok went into effect.
The first proposal, which ByteDance hasn't responded to, sought to create a new structure that would merge San Francisco-based Perplexity with TikTok's U.S. business and include investments from other investors.
The new proposal would allow the U.S. government to own up to half of that new structure once it makes an initial public offering of at least $300 billion, said the person, who was not authorized to speak about the proposal. The person said Perplexity's proposal was revised based off of feedback from the Trump administration.
If the plan is successful, the shares owned by the government would not have voting power, the person said. The government also would not get a seat on the new company's board.
ByteDance and TikTok did not immediately responded to a request for comment.
Under the plan, ByteDance would not have to completely cut ties with TikTok, a favorable outcome for its investors. But it would have to allow a "full U.S. board control," the person said.
Under the proposal, the China-based tech company would contribute TikTok's U.S. business without the proprietary algorithm that fuels what users see on the app, according to a document seen by the Associated Press. In exchange, ByteDance's existing investors will get equity in the new structure that... Read More