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AlphaGo (film)

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AlphaGo
Poster
Directed byGreg Kohs
Production
companies
Moxie Pictures
Reel As Dirt
Distributed byNetflix
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]

Premise

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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

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

Reception

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Critical response

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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

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

References

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  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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