Oct 16 & 17
Austin, TX
2nd Annual
AI Film Festival
AAIFF 2026






















Highlights from the 2025 Festival
What to Expect
Two days of the best hybrid and generative films, with the filmmakers walking through how each one got made. Plus keynotes, panels, and a virtual GenJam the weekend before.
Our Community
Directors, writers, producers, editors, animators, VFX artists, brand and advertising creatives, and technologists.
This is where we meet.
Our Mission
We showcase bold creators using AI to build richer experiences for their audience.
The Lineup

Award-winning producer and studio executive, formerly Head of Production at Disney+, Paramount Television, and AMC Networks, with credits including The Mandalorian, Loki, and Breaking Bad. Now founder and CEO of StageRunner, a global soundstage marketplace and media platform.

CEO of Genre.ai and one of the most-watched filmmakers working in AI, with over 400 million views in the past year. Has led AI campaigns for Nike, LVMH, Qatar Airways, Oracle, Popeyes, Ramp, and Google. Creator of Nexus, a Dreamina Original Series now in development as a feature.

Production and Partnerships Lead at Beeble AI, making sure its AI relighting and VFX tools meet the standards filmmakers expect on set and in post. A DGA Assistant Director with 15+ years in production, and co-founder of Virtual Production Partners.

Award-winning producer of 70+ series, films, and pilots for major networks and streamers, including Criss Angel Mindfreak, Ghost Hunters International, and Paramount+'s That Animal Rescue Show. Founder of All Entertainment Business, a 30k-strong community of entertainment professionals.

Executive creative director, creative technologist, and Advisory Board Member of Austin AI Film Festival. His 20+ year career spans motion design, VFX, production, immersive media, AR/VR/XR, experiential design, brand systems, and responsible AI-enabled creative workflows.
The Lineup

Award-winning director, cinematographer, and producer whose time-lapse imagery spans five decades. Credits include Fantastic Fungi, Disneynature's Wings of Life, National Geographic's Mysteries of the Unseen World, and Disney's Soarin' Around the World, plus TED talks viewed 60M+ times.

EVP and Head of FoxNXT, the innovation group inside Fox Entertainment, where he brings advanced production technology into development and production. Previously led Google's AI go-to-market for media, entertainment, and gaming. Author, board director, and advisor to media and sports companies.

Two-time Oscar-winning production designer for Avatar and Lincoln, and a longtime collaborator of Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis. His worlds include Jurassic Park, Back to the Future Part II and III, Forrest Gump, The Fabelmans, and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Production Designer

Award-winning medical journalist, documentary filmmaker, and host of the podcast Brain In Progress. A former CNN and CBS affiliate reporter, her work has earned a National Edward R. Murrow Award, a Lone Star Emmy, and an Amnesty International Human Rights Award.

Generative AI filmmaker with roots in painting, photography, writing, and music, making surreal, horror-tinged films that blend monsters, gaming, and social commentary. Creator of the viral Cryptid Dating Game series and a growing universe of original AI films and IP.
Generative AI Artist & Filmmaker
The Program
A virtual GenJam the weekend before, then two days at Zach Theater built around the craft, the people making hybrid and generative cinema, and the work they’re putting on screen.
Day One
Day One goes deep on how AI films get made. Keynotes, panels, and masterclasses with the community and platforms shaping the craft, every session led by people doing the work.
Day Two
Day Two is the films, and the people who made them. We screen the Official Selection and the year’s standout work, and after each block the filmmakers come up and walk through how it was built. The awards show closes the night.
Virtual
GenJam is a virtual event running the weekend before the festival, putting the tools in filmmakers’ hands. Workshops led by the platforms behind the work, live builds, and time to learn alongside peers and mentors, from wherever you are.
Tickets on sale
Early bird prices are live. October 16 & 17 at Zach Theater.

Screening October 17
40 films made the final cut, chosen by our selection committee from submissions around the world.

Work the committee kept coming back to.
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