Beyond Limits
The Next AI Film Festival is here!
Beyond the limits of imagination and expression, and beyond the boundaries of genre,
a new platform is taking shape to showcase diverse works and discover new voices in AI filmmaking.
As an intimate and distinctive AI film festival,
we aim to provide a space to explore emerging trends in AI filmmaking from Korea and around the world, while examining the cultural and industrial potential of AI content.
Going beyond AI as merely a technical tool,
the festival seeks to explore the nature and creative possibilities of AI as a medium.
We invite creators to join us on this journey!
■ Festival Overview
- Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
- Venue: A CGV theater in Seoul, South Korea
- Program: Approximately 40 films from Korea and around the world
- Hosted by: Impact Station
- Organized by: Next AI Content Festival Organizing Committee
■ Awards
- Grand Prize: KRW 3,000,000
- Best Film: KRW 1,500,000
- Special Jury Prize: KRW 500,000
- Audience Award: KRW 500,000
■ Benefits
- Certificate of Official Selection for all selected films.
■ Sections
- Competition: Next Choice
- Korean Non-Competition: Next Vision / Next Prism
- International Non-Competition: Next Universe
■ Festival Programs
- Creators’ Day: A networking event for participating creators
- Forum: Exploring the cultural and industrial potential of AI content
- Market: Exploring distribution opportunities for AI content
- Closing Ceremony: Awards presentation for outstanding works
Each section will feature Q&A sessions with filmmakers.
International film festival of entertaining, fantastic and arthouse free genre films.
The Obscura Filmfest was founded by David Ghane in 2016 and has been run by him alone ever since. He is a passionate genre film fan since 1996, attends several film festivals per year since 2004, sometimes helps out there, acts as an extra in horror films and is an extreme film collector.
The Obscura Film Festival specializes in entertaining and fantastic films, big and small, films that almost never get a regular screening. The films shown there are mostly mainstream blockbusters or arthouse films that can be found at most other regular film festivals. Even comparable festivals are expanding their programmes to include more and more arthouse. Those who instead like entertaining, smaller and special independent films, but can also imagine bigger productions from far away countries, will find what they are looking for at the Obscura Filmfest: Films that are fun with rough edges, raw and uncompromising; from nasty little horror films to Asian battle epics, there is something for every fan, just no boredom.
It started with small, offbeat, trashy and depraved underground grindhouse films, meanwhile the Obscura also screens commercial, mid-sized films that are traded on the big film markets.
Highlights of the previous festival editions included the German premieres of the Argentinian fantasy sci fi cyberpunk action film "Daemonium", the Ukrainian thriller "Egregor", the Filipino zombie shocker "Day Zero", the Danish horror film "Finale", the ghost comedy "Deadtectives" and the two Backwoods films "What the Waters Left Behind" and its sequel "Scars" 5 years later.
The European premieres of the Indonesian comic superhero film "Valentine" and the Backwoods film "Drifter" were also screened.
Another highlight was the crazy Japanese splatterfest "Kodoku - Meatball Machine" which can look back on a long festival history including the biggest festivals of its kind, as well as the Universal/Blumhouse production "The Hunt".
With "Redbad" and "The Great Battle", two big battle epics were also screened at the Obscura.
The German premiere of the hard-hitting exploitation film "Trauma" in Hanover was even attended by visitors from the Ruhr area.
After its international premiere at the Obscura, the cowboy backwoods film "Lasso" was shown a few months later at the famous british Frightfest.
In 2022, the Obscura had its first two feature-length film world premieres with "All through the Hall" and "Hidden in the Woods II".
At every Obscura filmfest there were film guests who introduced their film in person and were available for a Q&A. They came from Ireland, UK, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Spain, Greece, Hungary, The Netherlands, USA, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia and of course Germany.
In 2024, there was a record number of guests from 7 different countries, as well as "The Witch. Revenge," a Ukrainian war horror film that was shot during and about the current war.
WE CAM FEST is the first inclusive film festival in Colombia. It brings together the cinematographic content related to disability in the world. An innovative proposal that, in addition to showing other perspectives of life through cinema, seeks to be a platform for the creation of content made by and with people with disabilities, in order to recognize their contribution and talent for the environment and society.
Since 2019, the FICC - International Cannabis Film Festival - has put the theme of cannabis on the table through cinema and culture, helping to break down prejudices regarding its different uses, providing information and contributing to access to more rights.
The Festival takes place in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and the incorporation of Brazil for our next edition.
The FICC grows in public, alliances, support and exposure in the media, achieving, between face-to-face and virtual spectators, an audience of more than 4,000 people.
With different categories of national and international competition with cash prizes, specialized juries and a public award chosen by the vote of the viewers through our website: www.ficc.ar
Our intention is to provide information through cinema, as a trigger to debate, break down taboos, normalize regulation, from its medicinal, recreational, industrial, cultural, educational and social aspects, without promoting consumption.
Thematic Festival of Police, Military, and Crime Short Films
We seek stories that explore the human, technical, or social aspects of those who live "in uniform" or on the fringes of the law (police officers, military personnel, agents, or criminals). The festival is open to works of any film genre (action, thriller, drama, comedy, horror, sci-fi, etc.), as long as the central theme of the story corresponds to the proposed theme.
A departure from the usual archetype we've become accustomed to seeing on screen.
The Terrícola Audiovisual Festival arises with the purpose of promoting audiovisual production from the country and neighboring countries, from Patagonia, and from the Andean Comarca in particular, creating a meeting space for filmmakers, the general public, locals, and tourists. Faced with the scarce film infrastructure in the region, the festival seeks to guarantee equitable access to quality productions, promote the local audiovisual industry, and strengthen the regional cultural identity.
In addition to screenings, the festival offers open talks and workshops on agroecology, ancestral knowledge, fire prevention, pollution, and regional economy, with the objective of integrating local and territorial knowledge.
The 3 Margens Latin American Film Festival is a film screening and training event that has been taking place since 2017 in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, in the state of Paraná.
Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it extends its activities to two neighboring countries, Puerto Iguazú and Ciudad del Este, Argentina and Paraguay, respectively.
The Festival promotes competitive screenings of short films and also screens invited feature films. All screenings focus on Latin American and Caribbean productions.
The event also features a Screenwriting Lab and the 3 Fronteiras Market meeting, focused on the audiovisual industry of the Triple Frontier.
The Val Ceno Film Festival is a short film festival that takes place in Varano De Melegari (PR), a medieval village dominated by the Pallavicino castle, located in the Ceno valley.
Bodhak International Children's Film Festival is organised by Bodhak Studio and seeks to create a welcoming space where young audiences can experience meaningful cinema from India and around the world.
The festival is dedicated to stories for, about, and inspired by children. The festival aims to celebrate imagination, curiosity, courage, friendship, and the many experiences that shape childhood.
We invite filmmakers from around the world to submit short films, documentaries, animation films, and live-action works that engage young audiences through meaningful storytelling.
Whether heartwarming, adventurous, educational, or thought-provoking, we are looking for films that entertain while encouraging creativity, empathy, and discovery.
The selected films will be screened as part of a specially curated festival programme designed for children, families, educators, and film enthusiasts.
"Sezze Film Festival" is a cinema and entertainment event dedicated to Italian and foreign short films.
The Festival will be held in Sezze (LT) on 19-20 september 2026.
Prizes will be dedicated to the best works and their artistic and technical figures.
For information and applications:
sezzefilmfestival@libero.it
https://www.facebook.com/sezzefilmfestival/
The festival was created in 2015 and has the goal to become a space for professional development for filmmakers and amateurs that are looking for a platform to show their films and do some networking.
It has different categories for competition open for high school and university students and international filmmakers. In addition, it has his own Videogame official Selection, where developers can use the festival as a platform to diffuse their games and get motivated to keep making videogames.
You can find more info in cchfilmfest.com
This artistic-cultural mediation initiative seeks to bring cinema closer to people with a physical/ mental or neuro-atypical disability. As part of this festival, several documentary films (short and medium-length films) will be broadcast in connection with the experiences of these people.
The “TEATRO D’EUROPA DON FERDINANDO RENZULLI” Cultural Association, under the patronage of the Municipality of Cesinali, announces the 3rd edition of the FESTIVAL CORTO D’AUTORE CITTA’ DI CESINALI – DON FERDINANDO RENZULLI AWARD, to be held on September 12 and 13, 2026, at the Teatro d’Europa in Cesinali (AV).
Our mission is to promote the talent of emerging young filmmakers within the Italian, European, and international film scenes, with the goal of blending culture, local heritage, and tourism, while paying particular attention to innovations in the field of cinema, including those supported by new technological tools.
The call for entries is open to short films of any theme and genre. It ranges from drama to comedy to thrillers, and so on. Stories may be fictional, adaptations, or inspired by real events, as well as documentaries or reportages of any genre.
The Emerging Filmmakers Short Film Showcase is part of the inaugural Cotswolds Media Festival, celebrating outstanding independent short films from across the UK and around the world. Taking place on Wednesday 9 September 2026 at the Sundial Theatre, Cirencester College, the showcase provides a platform for established and emerging filmmakers to present their work to audiences, industry guests and fellow creatives. Alongside Official Selection screenings, a range of awards will recognise excellence in filmmaking, storytelling and performance, including the festival's unique Cotswolds Story Award, celebrating films that capture the spirit, heritage and creativity of the Cotswolds.
Since its creation in 2013, the Santurtzi Film Festival has gradually evolved to become a benchmark event in the Basque Country, expanding fields of action and gaining in solidity. Always faithful to its three founding axes –the socio-cultural promotion of the municipality, the connection with the community from the artistic point of view and the promotion and professionalization of new directors– the original motto of "cinema at street level" has consolidated a distinctive personality –close, participatory cinema with a social vocation– that has served as a platform for emerging filmmakers and for cultural revitalization, social and economic of Santurtzi.
The great success of SZ has been to position itself as a platform for emerging Basque cinema: to screen and give space to short films and debut films that have then toured national and international circuits, which has reinforced the festival's reputation and attracted media attention and institutional collaboration. Among its greatest values is also an identity marked by horizontality: bringing authors and the public closer together, eliminating barriers between professionals and spectators and facilitating direct interaction in informal venues such as hospitality or historical spaces (Cofradía, Casa Torre).
What began as a post-crisis cultural antidote of 2008, with the idea of screening short films in bars on weekends, has grown thirteen years later: since then, more than 50,000 euros in prizes have been awarded and the making of more than 200 short films has been promoted in the local section, filmed in the village of Santurtzi. In the last edition, in 2025, there have been numerous sold-outs (such as at the SKA, with a capacity of 600 seats) and an overall record of attendance, participation and institutional collaboration.
Otras Miradas, was born with the commitment to be a screen that makes social reality visible.
Likewise, we support the different social groups, so that they show their audiovisual works and in this way their projects can be known by the general public.
In addition, we believe in cinema as an educational tool to raise awareness about current social realities, reflected in the works presented to Otras Miradas.
I Corti del Cinefest is the International Short Film Competition of the 7th Marzamemi Cinefest – International Festival of Mediterranean Identities, taking place in Marzamemi (Sicily, Italy) from 6 to 10 September 2026.
The competition is open to filmmakers and production companies from all over the world. Short films of any genre are eligible, provided they present a direct or indirect connection with the Mediterranean and its identities, cultures, history, or contemporary realities.
The festival aims to promote cultural dialogue through cinema, showcasing stories that explore the richness, diversity, and shared heritage of the Mediterranean.
The fourth edition of the Pila Audiovisual Festival (FAP), produced by the Municipality of Pila and organized by the Padre Adolfo Anastasio Municipal Film Theater, will be held in person in Pila from September 03 to 06, 2026.
This festival aims to stimulate and facilitate meetings between members of the cinematography, promote the exhibition, production and reflection on audiovisual production in our locality, generate zonal ties, and present films of all genres, accompanied by their representatives, to
contribute to the development of culture and the progress and dissemination of the audiovisual industry.
