AlphaGo (film)

AlphaGo
Poster
Directed by	Greg Kohs
Production companies	Moxie Pictures Reel As Dirt
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	September 29, 2017 (2017-09-29)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United 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

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 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

Winner

• Denver International Film Festival (2017) - Maysles Brothers Award, Best documentary^[6]
• New Media Film Festival (2018) - Best Trailer^[7]
• Traverse City Film Festival (2017) - Knowledge is Power Science Prize^[8]
• Warsaw International Film Festival (2017) - Audience Award, documentary feature^[9]

Nominee

• Anchorage International Film Festival (2017) - Best Documentary Feature^[10]
• Critics' Choice Documentary Awards (2017) - Best Sports Documentary^[11]
• Philadelphia Film Festival (2017) - Student Choice Award^[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. "40 Years Strong: 2017-18 Annual Report" (PDF). denverfilm.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
7. "2018 New Media Film Festival Award Winners" (PDF). newmediafilmfestival.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
8. "TCFF XIII Award Winners". traversecityfilmfest.org. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
9. "33rd Warsaw International Film Festival - 2017". wff.pl. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. "26th Philadelphia Film Festival" (PDF). filmadelphia.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.

External links

• Official website
• AlphaGo – The Movie on YouTube
• AlphaGo at IMDb
• AlphaGo at Rotten Tomatoes