AI Video ‘Jia Zhangke Wishes Everyone Happy New Year’ Emerges Online

Variety

by Naman Ramachandran

February 17, 2026

An AI short featuring a digital Jia Zhangke is circulating online, showing the filmmaker confronting an AI version of himself in a meta dialogue.

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Originally published on Variety on 2/17/2026