AlphaGo (film)

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AlphaGo
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Poster
Directed byGreg Kohs
Production
companies
Moxie Pictures
Reel As Dirt
Distributed by Netflix
Release date
  • September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • Korean

AlphaGo is a 2017 documentary directed by Greg Kohs about the Google DeepMind Challenge Match with top-ranked Go player Lee Sedol. [1] [2]

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Premise

The film presents how AlphaGo, a computer program developed by DeepMind Technologies, mastered the game of Go through artificial intelligence. Its competence was tested by Lee Sedol, a South Korean world champion.

Release

AlphaGo was released in New York City on September 29, 2017, and Los Angeles the next month. [3]

Reception

Critical response

AlphaGo earned positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 100%, with an average score of 8/10, based on 10 reviews. [4] Charlotte O'Sullivan of Evening Standard gave the film 4 stars out of five, calling it a "gripping, emotional documentary, which gets us thinking, about thinking, in a whole new way". [5]

Accolades

Award nominations for AlphaGo
YearCategoryInstitution or publicationResultNotesRef.
2017Best Documentary Feature Anchorage International Film Festival Nominated— [6]
2017Best Sports Documentary Critics' Choice Documentary Awards Nominated— [7]
2017Maysles Brothers Award, Best Documentary Denver International Film Festival Won— [8]
2017Student Choice Award Philadelphia Film Festival Nominated— [9]
2017Knowledge is Power Science Prize Traverse City Film Festival Won— [10]
2017Audience Award, documentary feature Warsaw International Film Festival Won— [11]
2018Best Trailer New Media Film Festival Won— [12]

References

  1. ↑ "AlphaGo". Top Documentary Films. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  2. ↑ "'AlphaGo': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. September 29, 2017. Archived from the original on February 13, 2023. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Google AI defeats world's Go champion in gripping 'man vs. machine' film". cnn.com . September 29, 2017. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  4. ↑ "AlphaGo". Rotten Tomatoes . Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  5. ↑ O'Sullivan, Charlotte (October 13, 2017). "AlphaGo, film review: It's the benign rise of the machines". Evening Standard . Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  6. ↑ "That's a wrap: The 17th annual Anchorage International Film Festival". anchoragepress.com . December 15, 2017. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  7. ↑ "2nd Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards – List of Nominees and Winners – Critics Choice Awards". criticschoice.com . Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  8. ↑ "40 Years Strong: 2017-18 Annual Report" (PDF). denverfilm.org . Archived (PDF) from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  9. ↑ "26th Philadelphia Film Festival" (PDF). filmadelphia.org . Archived (PDF) from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  10. ↑ "TCFF XIII Award Winners". traversecityfilmfest.org . Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  11. ↑ "33rd Warsaw International Film Festival - 2017". wff.pl . Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  12. ↑ "2018 New Media Film Festival Award Winners" (PDF). newmediafilmfestival.com . Archived (PDF) from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
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