AI Cinema Festival
Dubai
Gulf · Future City · July 14–16, 2028 · Deadline: June 18, 2028

إشارة المستقبل الصحراوي

مشهد مدينة المستقبل مع إشارة إنسانية في المركز. تمنح دبي سينما الذكاء الاصطناعي مقياساً وطموحاً وعمارة ومنطقاً للفعاليات الفاخرة وبيئات غامرة ورمزاً لمدينة المستقبل.

Submit your projectWhy Dubai
Abstract cinematic aperture
Listed live-event venue targetHilton Dubai Palm Jumeirah, Palm West Beach, The Palm Jumeirah, P.O. Box 31200, Dubai, UAE
DatesJuly 14–16, 2028
DeadlineJune 18, 2028
WorksHybrid + full AI cinema
Local signal

Dubai is not a backdrop. It is the method.

دبي مدينة تفهم قوة الصورة المبنية. الأفق المعماري، الصحراء، الساحل، الضيافة، التصميم، المشهد والبنية التحتية المستقبلية تشكل لغة بصرية عامة قبل أن تظهر الكاميرا.

الفرصة المحلية هي الحجم مع الانضباط. يمكن لدبي أن تجمع المبدعين والعلامات والتقنيين والمستثمرين والجمهور الدولي، لكن أقوى الأعمال لن تكون مجرد لمعان.

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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 Dubai: 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 CinematographyFuture City Spectacle AwardDesert Light FrameLuxury Format Signal
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Path to screen

Clean process. Clear deadlines. Serious review.

  1. NowSubmissions open for consideration.
  2. June 18, 2028Final submission deadline.
  3. ReviewOfficial selection and jury review period.
  4. July 14–16, 2028Screenings, conversations and awards in Dubai.
“The future of cinema is not just generated. It is directed, edited, performed, cleared, questioned and felt.”
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