AI Cinema Festival
Amsterdam
Canals · Design · Documentary · September 15–17, 2028 · Deadline: August 20, 2028

Kanaal Interface Signaal

Grachten, documentaire intelligentie, ontwerpdiscipline en synthetische waarheid. Amsterdam geeft AI-cinema een scherp publiek kader: documentaire cultuur, ontwerpdiscipline, mediakunst, grachten, musea, stedelijk leven op menselijke schaal en een Europees gesprek over vertrouwen.

Submit your projectWhy Amsterdam
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Listed live-event venue targetDoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station, Oosterdoksstraat 4, Amsterdam 1011 DK, Netherlands
DatesSeptember 15–17, 2028
DeadlineAugust 20, 2028
WorksHybrid + full AI cinema
Local signal

Amsterdam is not a backdrop. It is the method.

Amsterdam is een stad van beelden die vragen stellen. Documentaire cultuur, musea, mediakunst, ontwerpopleidingen, grachtenarchitectuur en straten op menselijke schaal verbinden kijken met denken.

De stad is bijzonder geschikt voor vragen over auteurschap, archief, getuigenis, interface en vertrouwen. AI-beelden kunnen bewijs en verbeelding vervagen; Amsterdam kan dat gesprek met nuance voeren.

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Official tracks

Built for cinema craft, not prompt spectacle.

Each city edition has its own identity. This one is shaped around Amsterdam: its audiences, industries, screen cultures, creative tensions and future-facing tools.

Human + AI Direction

Works where directors, writers, editors, performers, designers, producers and technologists use AI to intensify human intention.

Full AI Cinema

Works primarily generated through AI systems, judged by authorship, continuity, sound, performance design, rhythm and final audience experience.

Future Format

Vertical cinema, trailer films, immersive fragments, music-driven cinema, interactive pieces and screen experiences that point toward a new grammar.

Awards

Serious film-festival logic, sharpened for AI cinema.

The awards foreground direction, image, story, voice, rhythm, responsible AI, audience connection and the city-specific creative signal.

Grand PrixBest Human + AI DirectionBest AI CinematographySynthetic Truth AwardCanal Interface PrizeDocumentary Ethics Signal
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Path to screen

Clean process. Clear deadlines. Serious review.

  1. NowSubmissions open for consideration.
  2. August 20, 2028Final submission deadline.
  3. ReviewOfficial selection and jury review period.
  4. September 15–17, 2028Screenings, conversations and awards in Amsterdam.
“The future of cinema is not just generated. It is directed, edited, performed, cleared, questioned and felt.”
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