Where ancient culture meets artificial intelligence.

In the fifth season of MyFilm48 × AI Film Awards, participants will be invited to create short AI films inspired by the culture and aesthetics of the legendary island of Bali — once again in 96 hours. The season winner will receive a trip to the 2026 Cannes Film Market, and the best entries will be included in the AI Cinema Showcase program at the Cannes Film Festival. The winners will be honored in Bali at the three-day AI Film Awards ceremony with international AI workshops, November 7–9, 2025.

The fifth season is a strategic partnership between MyFilm48 and the international prestige of AI Film Awards. For the first time, we are creating something bigger than a competition — a direct path to the world's main cinematic stage!

About the Season

This season is dedicated to one of the most captivating cultures in the world — a place where ancient traditions intertwine with living nature, where every temple holds a legend and every sunset feels like a mystery play. We invite you to explore this culture through the lens of artificial intelligence.

The details of the creative brief, with precise references and directions, will be revealed at the moment the competition starts. Intrigue is part of the process.

Most importantly, your interpretation will be free. No advertising requirements, no brands. Only a cinematic statement and artistic courage within the given theme.

Format

96 hours from the publication of the creative brief. Four days to immerse yourself in the cultural context, develop a concept and create a finished film that matches the details of the creative brief. It is a balance between creative freedom and competition discipline.

Two judging tracks:

🎬 Professional Track — for directors, cinematographers and producers with commercial project experience, film school graduates, and specialists from production companies and studios

✨ Enthusiast Track — for self-taught and aspiring creators, students without professional experience, and everyone who makes films as a hobby or for the first time

Separate judging. Separate juries. Equal chances at the main prizes for both tracks. Each entry is evaluated in its own category — fairly and professionally.

Cinematic quality is the main criterion

We are not looking for merely technically competent works. We are looking for cinema. Directorial vision, visual dramaturgy, emotional impact. Works worthy of the big screen.

Why does this matter? Because the best films of the competition will go where the fate of world cinema is decided.

Grand Prize: The Road to Cannes

✈️ Tickets to the Cannes Film Market (Marché du Film) 2026

Industry accreditation for the winners of both tracks, with access to the world's leading platform for filmmakers (May 12–23, 2026)

🎥 Participation in the AI Cinema Showcase at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival

The best entries will be included in a curated program at the 79th Cannes Film Festival — the first large-scale presentation of AI cinema on the world's main cinematic stage

Critically important: The AI Cinema Showcase program in Cannes will not be limited to the winners. The curators will select the best cinematic entries from both tracks — which means that even if you do not win a prize, your film may still be screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

From competition entry to a Cannes screening in eight months — this is not a promise, it is a roadmap.

🏆 AI Film Awards statuettes

Three statuettes presented to the winners of both tracks at the gala ceremony

The Island Ceremony

November 7–9, 2025

A three-day event in one of the most beautiful places on the planet — where the culture that inspired the competition exists in reality.

Program:

• Screening Ceremony — a screening of the competition's best entries for an international audience
• Gala awards ceremony for the winners of the Professional and Enthusiast tracks
• Pre-party at an exclusive Beach Club at sunset
• Gala Dinner a formal dinner and reception for festival guests
• After Party under the starry sky
• The final adventure — immersion in the nature that inspired the participants

This is not just an awards ceremony. It is a gathering of creators from all over the world in the very place you have just made a film about.

AI Workshop: International Campus

A first: three days with the pioneers of AI cinema

As part of the event in Bali, November 7–9, a powerful AI workshop will take place — a gathering of top professionals from all over the world. Directors, technologists, artists, AI Film Awards experts and jurors will come together to share techniques, show their processes and discuss the future.

These are not lectures. This is a living laboratory where the language of new cinema is being created. Open to all ceremony attendees.

Who It's For

For anyone interested and ready to create, in four days, a cinematic statement about culture that follows the creative brief while preserving artistic freedom. For professionals who want to test their skills on a culturally rich theme before an international jury. For enthusiasts who understand that their first serious work could be screened in Cannes.

MyFilm48 × AI Film Awards is more than a competition. It is infrastructure for the next generation of filmmakers, where AI becomes a co-author and the journey from idea to Cannes takes eight months.

From the creative brief, through the island ceremony, to the red carpet in Cannes!