“It’s like an Academy Awards but for AI films — now monthly.”
Judged blind, screened one at a time, discussed on stage before the next film screens.
Selected from 184 film submissions. Press Details on any tile.
“I was surprised by just how realistic you could make people’s emotions and feelings. They were flawless, absolutely flawless.” — Kiran Bhagotra, who has written AI for two decades and runs three AI companies in the United Kingdom.
In the film, a superintelligence is given a subconscious and begins to dream.
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Global players — On Arrival. On Stage. On Screen.
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Eighty-five percent of the room is filmmakers and industry. This is built for the people making the work.
“I was surprised by just how realistic you could make people’s emotions and feelings. They were flawless, absolutely flawless.”
“I work in the space, but I saw new ways that we can apply this new technology to the incredible art of filmmaking.”
“The format is super engaging, it allows for discussions between the filmmakers and the audience after each film is screened. I got huge value out of it by connecting with extremely talented and creative filmmakers from all around the world, and getting real-time feedback from the artists and the audience.”
“As a film professional, I drove 75 miles to see this festival, and it was worth it. Fantastic films, all of them, and it was fascinating to discuss each film interactively together with a panel of such wonderful international filmmakers and an engaged audience.”
“We had cutting-edge AI filmmakers from all over the world on Zoom discussing the tools they used and their motivations. The interaction between these filmmakers alone was worth the price of admission, but even the films themselves are really amazing.”
“Now that AI tools have democratized creativity, curation is more important than ever. During the festival, I was amazed at the quality of the selected films, and excited to interact with such talented creators via Zoom. As such, taking home two major awards was certainly an honor.”
“It was amazing. I do believe that the best AI films in the world right now were carefully selected for this. The screenings and selection were top notch.”
“The discussions between the filmmakers were enlightening — filmmakers were critiquing each other’s works and discussing how they were made. The films were out of this world.”
“It usually takes a year, hundreds of crew, and a medium budget to make a short film professionally. My film Railbound took us six weeks, around thirteen talented crew, and a quarter of the budget.”
“Artificial intelligence is not a threat, but an essential creative accelerator.”
“It’s leveling out the gatekeepers and opening it up for a lot more people to have exposure and opportunities in creative media.”
“AI is not cold. It’s also warm. It has its own temperature there.”
“Any filmmaker now has the power to be shown to the world using AI. That is a remarkable empowerment.”
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A global challenge inviting filmmakers to envision how superintelligent AI might change our world. Any format, any length, any vision of the future.
First Film Superintelligence show December 12 · Los Angeles Performing Arts Conservatory
Vol. 28 · AI International Film & Music Video Awards. Red carpet, welcome reception, screenings one at a time, unscripted Q&A after every film.
● Previous festivals have sold out — booking early is advised
“We do not look at the name of the filmmaker, we do not look at the country they are from, we don’t care who they know. We watch only the film.”
No festival circuit connections. No agent. No festival in their country. None of it matters here, because none of it reaches the jury.
Early bird deadline October 31 · regular deadline November 21
Winners from a recent festival in Hollywood.
Audience awards. Jury awards. A red carpet. An afterparty. The conversation is real, and the room is full of the people who actually make this work.
Copyright, craft, labor and consent — argued on stage, not settled in a press release.
“When you use somebody's data, images, or voice to build your model and don't compensate them for it, I don't know what else you call it other than stealing.”
“AI is like the tool I always have been waiting for, because the only limit now is imagination.”
“AI is just a tool. It's powerful, yes, but it cannot replace your creativity, your sensitivity, your perspective. Don't wait for the producer to open the door for you.”
“I feel like AI is just moving in a direction where it's open to everybody. It's sort of trying to democratize what anybody can create.”
“AI gives us open opportunity for filmmakers to spend $500,000 to make something that looks like $30 million. Kind of a District 9 type level quality.”
“Making a movie still takes a lot of work. But maybe it doesn't take millions of dollars?”
“There will be regulation. It's going to be written in blood. AI is a problem that is not going to be solved without enormous amounts of fraught regulation.”
“Hollywood and other major players are watching us. What's happening now is a very interesting rise in new generations of storytellers: people working with essentially no budget, creating amazing movies using AI.”
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“The vision isn’t artificial — intimate, artsy and private.”
“Where every voice finds its stage — dismantling barriers, one story at a time.”
“Raw, emotional, hilarious — AIIFF 2026.”
“Fascinating.”
“Move over Sundance.”
“From prompt to screen: beyond human imagination.”
“City lights, new realities: inside the AI revolution of music visuals.”
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The whole archive streams on our channel — award-winning AI related cinema from 70+ countries. Available on every smart TV, laptop, phone or tablet worldwide.
The Winners Guild is a community of winning AI filmmakers for mutual education and benefit. The Creator Guild is the community of all submitters, also for mutual education and benefit.
27 events · 4,000+ submissions · 3,000+ filmmakers · 380 winners · 70+ countries — and an in-person home in Hollywood supporting and educating filmmakers, technologists and the culturally curious.
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