Grand Prix — Best AI Cinema Work
Highest honour for a film that feels like cinema first and technology second.
Awards built around cinema craft.
Not a prompt contest. The awards recognize direction, story, rhythm, sound, worldbuilding, performance design, responsibility and audience connection.
Major + craft awards
Serious festival logic for the AI cinema era.
Best Human + AI Direction
For clear creative leadership across human roles, AI tools and final screen language.
Best Full AI Film
For a fully AI-generated cinematic work with authorship, consistency and emotional command.
Best AI Short Film
For short-form work with precision, rhythm and audience impact.
Best Future Format
For vertical, immersive, interactive, music-driven, trailer, live or hybrid screen forms.
Best AI Cinematography
For light, camera logic, composition and synthetic image control.
Responsible AI Cinema Award
For disclosure, consent, rights awareness and human-first creative practice.
City signature awards
Amsterdam gives these awards their own cultural voltage.
Synthetic Truth Award
Amsterdam-specific award for the edition’s unique signal: amsterdam gives ai cinema an unusually sharp public frame.
Canal Interface Prize
Amsterdam-specific award for the edition’s unique signal: amsterdam gives ai cinema an unusually sharp public frame.
Documentary Ethics Signal
Amsterdam-specific award for the edition’s unique signal: amsterdam gives ai cinema an unusually sharp public frame.
Archive Remix Award
Amsterdam-specific award for the edition’s unique signal: amsterdam gives ai cinema an unusually sharp public frame.
Design Restraint Frame
Amsterdam-specific award for the edition’s unique signal: amsterdam gives ai cinema an unusually sharp public frame.
European Trust Award
Amsterdam-specific award for the edition’s unique signal: amsterdam gives ai cinema an unusually sharp public frame.
Media Art Future Format
Amsterdam-specific award for the edition’s unique signal: amsterdam gives ai cinema an unusually sharp public frame.