The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist

Purchase your tickets at Belcourt or online for the showtime below.
Thursday, April 9, 2026, 6:45 PM
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Dir. Daniel Roher | USA | 2026 | 103 min. | NR | 4K DCP
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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.

If folks are up for it, we can chat about the movie afterwards over a bite nearby.
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