MyFilm48 Season Two: Five Universes and International Recognition

December 2024 marked a dramatic evolution of MyFilm48 — from an experimental platform to a full-fledged international cultural phenomenon. The second season, held December 7–8, was the moment the project reached artistic maturity.

A groundbreaking decision was the introduction of five independent categories: film, animation, games, music and advertising — each with its own creative universe and partner support. 606 submissions from 26 countries confirmed the transformation of a local experiment into a global phenomenon, and 123 completed entries demonstrated a qualitative leap in participants' skills.

The partner ecosystem gained scale and significance: the Riki Group (creators of “Kikoriki” and “The Fixies”) supported the film and animation categories; the studio XOVP once again served as technology partner; singer Bianka provided an exclusive track for the music category; and the ANO “Sakhalin — Island of Opportunities” presented the competition's first-ever geographic category, with a unique prize package — a trip to the Russian Far East.

The creative briefs gained conceptual depth: from humanized Fixies as students in the film category to epic battles of robots and aliens in the games category. The music track invited participants to create a music video for Bianka's new single “Obnimi i pobezhali” (“Hug Me and Let's Run”), while the advertising category called for capturing the philosophy of Sakhalin as “Russia's lighthouse”.

The jury became truly international: 21 jurors from Russia and Iran, including director Indar Dzhendubaev, producer of the legendary “Masha and the Bear” Dmitry Loveyko, music producer Alexander Tolmatsky, and Iranian specialists led by Mostafa Zabet, Saeed Tarkhani and Afrooz Bavafa.

A prize fund of 500,000 rubles and a gala ceremony at the Museum of Moscow as part of the “Short Film Days” established MyFilm48 as an event of national scale.

Winners of MyFilm48 Season Two:

“Film” Category

• 1st place: Anatoly Geiko — “Autofixes: The Chinese Way”
• 2nd place: Denis Popenkov — “The Fixies. A New Reality”
• 3rd place: Egor Burasov — “The Fixies at the Movies”

“Animation” Category

• Winner: Andrei Gladkov — “A Mermaid in a Studio Apartment”

“Games” Category

• Winner: Egor Appolonov — “Dominion | Supremacy”

“Music” Category

• Winner: Alyona Malinka — “Obnimi i pobezhali” (Bianka)

“Advertising” Category

• Winner: Konstantin Tuchinsky — “Sakhalin — Adrenaline Island”

The winners demonstrated that generative art can create works in any genre and format.

MyFilm48's second season became a point of no return: the project firmly established itself as a leading international platform for AI art, able to unite diverse creative industries in a shared drive to rethink the boundaries of the possible.

The works of the second season's winners and finalists can be viewed in this playlist.