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Oct 15 - Oct 19, 2024
BAIFF is the first European AI Film Festival, embracing the future of storytelling. It brings together innovative filmmakers, technology enthusiasts, and art lovers to celebrate the transformational power of artificial intelligence in the field of narrative. The festival's theme is 'Where artificial intelligence and film collide, where creativity and technology come together to weave enthralling stories that blur the lines between fantasy and reality.'
visit websiteOct 25 - Oct 25, 2024
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
K-AIFF is an international festival for videos created with generative AI. With a total prize pool of 81,000,000 KRW (approx. 57,300 USD), it features categories for Narrative, Documentary, Arts&Culture, and Free Format contents. Submissions are open from August 1 to September 6, 2024. The festival aims to showcase innovative AI-generated content across various genres.
visit websiteOct 31 - Nov 2, 2024
Renaissance Phoenix Glendale Hotel & Spa, 9495 W Entertainment Blvd, Glendale, AZ 85305, USA
AI Film 3 showcases AI Film and Art from a carefully curated collection of works by filmmakers, creatives, and artists from around the world. The event features AI Films on multiple screens at AMC Theatres, an AI Art exhibition with over a hundred works displayed, music videos, live stream broadcasts, and special events in the Westgate Entertainment District.
visit websiteNov 13 - Nov 16, 2024
Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA
Neu Wave Fest is committed to screening the most innovative and thought-provoking AI-generated films from around the world. The festival showcases a diverse lineup of AI cinema, including feature-length films, shorts, and TV commercials. Chosen finalists will have their films screened at the renowned Chinese TCL Theater and Cinelounge Sunset in Hollywood.
visit websiteNov 14 - Nov 15, 2024
Larissa, Greece
Larissa Lumina AI Short Film Festival is Greece's premier AI short film competition. As the nation's inaugural event of its kind, it showcases innovative short films driven by artificial intelligence, fostering creativity and technological advancement in the film industry. The festival explores how AI serves as a catalyst for augmented imagination, propelling progress along uncharted paths.
visit websiteNov 17 - Nov 17, 2024
Building on a successful first edition with over 1000 participants at Paris Convention Center, the AI ShortFest will return to spark up more discussions on AI's transformative impact in filmmaking. This year again has been marked by a surge in research breakthroughs like SORA and in numerous filmmaking support tools, including those from our previous sponsor, Pika. The festival serves as a vital hub for dialogue, driving the narrative on how artificial intelligence is shaping and will shape the future of the cinematic landscape. Keep an eye out for updates on call for entries, prizes, and distinguished guests.
visit websiteDec 6 - Dec 8, 2024
Busan Cinema Center, Small Theater, Sky Theater, Busan, South Korea
The Busan International AI Film Festival is dedicated to showcasing films created using artificial intelligence technology, serving as a platform for presenting creative content produced through AI. It aims to provide opportunities to artistically experience new forms of art and diverse genres of films created by innovative AI technologies, while offering a stage for filmmakers who challenge themselves with creative work through AI, thereby uncovering and supporting new talents.
visit websiteJun 8 - Jun 8, 2025
SVA Theatre, New York City
In partnership with Runway, Tribeca introduces some of the most creative examples of AI-generated short films and music videos. This program showcases what can happen when filmmakers take control of the new enhanced creators toolkit, featuring a diverse selection of AI-generated shorts followed by an extended Q&A with filmmakers.
visit websiteAug 7 - Aug 10, 2025
Oberursel, Germany
Established in 2010, Filmfest Oberursel is an International Film Festival with the theme 'About Eating, Living and Loving'. While not exclusively an AI film festival, it's embracing technological advancements in filmmaking. The festival is currently running a crowdfunding campaign to support a paid internship position, aiming to provide hands-on experience in festival organization and enhance the dialogue between audience and filmmakers.
visit websiteOct 16 - Oct 16, 2024
KUMST, Údolní 495/19, Brno, Czech Republic
The AI Film Festival showcases films created by both human talents and artificial intelligence throughout the day. It's free to attend and suitable for schools, creatives, curious individuals, and passersby. The festival features a competition for AI-generated films up to 5 minutes long in categories including Music Video, Advertisement, Film Trailer, and Others.
visit websiteOct 15 - Oct 15, 2024
DIFC, Emirates Financial Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Following Cannes and Venice comes the Dubai edition of AI Film Awards. Watch AI films, witness the Crystal Brain awards ceremony, and enjoy a caviar party. The event features an awards ceremony, panel discussion, cocktails & caviar party, and an AI Film Market showcasing the latest AI filmmaking tools.
visit websiteSep 7 - Oct 14, 2024
Culver Theater, Los Angeles, CA
The Culver Cup is choosing 50 top AI creators to push the boundaries of storytelling using cutting-edge generative AI tools. Creators will build on a creative treatment from director David Slade and 3D assets from Global Objects to create a short film within 3 weeks. The top eight short films will compete in a live event during LA Tech Week.
visit websiteOct 12 - Oct 13, 2024
Santa Monica, CA
Cerebral Beach Hacks is LA's Largest Gen AI Hackathon, offering participants the opportunity to turn their ideas into reality using AI tools, code, or creative solutions in 24 hours. With over $100K in prizes and perks, this event could potentially be the world's largest in-person Gen AI hackathon.
visit websiteOct 2 - Oct 2, 2024
Vancouver, Canada
Pacific Future is an AI Film Event that showcases what is possible with AI filmmaking, bringing together industry leaders and pioneers in this emerging field. The event features AI film screenings, panel discussions, artist features, and networking opportunities.
visit websiteJun 5 - Oct 1, 2024
A new film festival celebrating creativity through emerging AI technologies. The theme for this first edition is 'REALITY(IES)'. The festival seeks films that explore our collective Reality(ies), questioning how the emergence of artificial intelligence in our daily lives has changed how we understand and engage with our surroundings.
visit websiteJul 1 - Sep 1, 2024
The Reply AI Film Festival is an international competition where AI represents an innovative component of creative storytelling and involves the younger generation in the production of videos and films. The theme 'Synthetic Stories, Human Hearts' celebrates the encounter between human talent and artificial intelligence, merging art, creativity and technology.
visit websiteAug 1 - Aug 31, 2024
The AI International Film Festival is an IMDb qualified cutting-edge festival with live screening events. It brings people together from around the world to share their visions about how Artificial Intelligence is reshaping our lives. The festival has been praised by PBS as 'Fascinating' and described as 'Huge Success' by Park Record.
visit websiteJun 30 - Jun 30, 2024
Vintage Village Theatre, 820 Orange Avenue, Coronado, 92118
Independent international filmmakers will show their selected shorts. Fourteen films have been selected to be screened out of the 73 films from 24 countries which were submitted for the month ending June 2024. Film crews will discuss their films and the future of AI with the audience, followed by an Awards Show.
visit websiteJun 20 - Jun 22, 2024
AI Film Fest hosts generative AI festivals around the world including our annual flagship event AI Film Fest Amsterdam. Our festivals feature the best AI start-ups and creators from around the world.
visit websiteJun 11 - Jun 14, 2024
Barcelona, Spain
The second edition of the International Festival of Film and Artificial Intelligence +RAIN Film Festival brings together the most outstanding profiles in the fields of research, experimentation and film creation assisted with artificial intelligence. +RAIN focuses on research, aesthetic and narrative experimentation, and the integration of generative AI in the processes of audiovisual and artistic creation.
visit websiteFeb 21 - Mar 22, 2024
Runway's second annual AI Film Festival. A celebration of art and artists embracing new AI techniques for filmmaking. 10 finalists will be showcased in NYC and LA, with $60,000+ in total prizes. Submitted films must be 1-10 minutes long.
visit websiteSep 1, 2023 - Feb 29, 2024
The inaugural Artificial Intelligence Film Festival, by Expo City Dubai, concluded on 29 February 2024. After six months of exploring the convergence of AI and cinema, you can view all sessions on EXSTREAMS and continue to engage with our community on Discord.
visit websiteFeb 2 - Feb 2, 2024
Milan, Italy
The AI Film Festival is Italy's first film festival dedicated to Artificial Intelligence in cinema. It explores how AI is radically changing the way films are created, produced, and enjoyed. The festival showcases a diverse selection of films that utilize AI in various forms, from scriptwriting to special effects, production to distribution.
visit websiteDec 4 - Dec 4, 2023
Montpellier, Diagonal Theater (5 rue de Verdun)
Experience the avant-garde as Montpellier proudly hosts France's first festival dedicated to AI-generated short films and videos. The AIFF Montpellier aims to bridge the gap between technological advancement and cinematic storytelling, offering a platform for creators who are redefining the boundaries of filmmaking. As AI continues to shape our world, this festival celebrates its transformative impact on the realm of cinema, encouraging innovation and exploration in the heart of France.
visit websiteFeb 21 - Mar 22, 2023
The inaugural Runway AI Film Festival, featuring screenings in NYC (February 21st) and San Francisco (March 22nd).
visit websiteJan 20 - Jan 23, 2021
Iran
AI FILM FESTIVAL is an international short film festival aimed at promoting and screening short films while fostering global communication among short filmmakers and industry professionals. It serves as a bridge between Iranian and international short filmmakers, recognizing top short films and introducing young talents. The festival provides a platform for expanding experiences, enhancing knowledge, and endorsing skills in the short film industry.
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