Astana AI Film Festival launches with $2M fund for AI-created films
sidjustice_ · x · 2026-08-31
Balaji Srinivasan announced the Astana AI International Film Festival (AAIFF 2026), partnered with Kazakhstan. The event features a $2M total fund, split equally between competition prizes (up to $450k Grand Prize) and direct production investments for promising AI films. The festival is currently open for global submissions, aiming to define new authorship in cinema.
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