Curious Refuge Workshops: Node Based Creation Made Easy with Adam Nieri
Curious Refuge Workshops are 1-hour live sessions designed to give you deeper insight into industry workflows, cutting-edge tools, and real creator experiences.
Curious Refuge: First To Know + Q&A with Caleb Ward
Join us for “Curious Refuge: First to Know,” a weekly 1-hour Zoom with Caleb where we break down AI tools, updates, and creative workflows, plus Q&A.
UNHUMAN SHORTS II – THE TRACE
A global study of the marks left by human and machine creation.
The second season of UnHuman Shorts continues an experiment exploring how technology is reshaping the very language of cinema.
Runway ML Meetups Twin Cities
Runway ML Meetup — Twin Cities
This is an official Runway ML community event for creators working with or interested in generative AI video.
The Bionic Awards
The Bionic Awards is more than an AI film festival. It’s a global showcase for bold visual storytellers, live in London.
KOREA•JAPAN AI FILM MAKERS MEETUP 2026
The Korea–Japan AI Filmmakers Exchange Screening : Selected works from each country will be cross-screened in Seoul and Tokyo, followed by an online GV (talk session).
LundinStudio AI Film Festival
LundinStudio Ai Film Festival is a celebration of the art and artists embracing new and emerging Ai tools for filmmaking.
Ai Short Films will be judged on storytelling, character consistency, pacing, cinematography and overall production value.
AI Movie Awards | Mallorca 2026
AI Movie Awards (AIMA) is an international AI film festival dedicated to exploring the future of cinema in the age of artificial intelligence.
Chicago AI Film Festival Hosted by Playground Pastime
Chicago AI Film Festival hosted by Playground Pastime is a contest celebrating diversity, imagination, and innovation! Unlike the Playground Pastime AI Film Contest, this festival will have a live event in Chicago to showcase winning submissions. This festival is a movement designed to amplify the voices of underrepresented communities, challenge AI bias, and showcase the limitless possibilities of AI-generated storytelling.
World AI Film Festival: 2026 Next Edition in Cannes
Two major official evenings are scheduled at the Palais des Festivals: the first features entries from our international editions in Japan, Korea, China, and Brazil, where WAiFF has established satellite festivals for filmmakers from these countries. The second evening concludes with a grand finale showcasing A.I. creations from around the world.
AI on the Lot 2026
The largest AI film conference bringing together filmmakers, innovators, artists, media execs, startups, and developers.
Illuminate Film Festival 2026
The ILLUMINATE Film Festival invites storytellers, creators, and visionaries from around the world to submit to the 2026 Oneness of Humanity Micro-Short Film Contest which is a celebration of connection, creativity, and our shared human family.
AI Filmmaking Meetup - Denver - (Curious Refuge Community Meetup)
Meet fellow AI enthusiasts in Denver organized by the Curious Refuge community. This is a casual meet-and-greet to make new friends!
Curious Refuge: First To Know + Q&A with Caleb Ward
Join us for “Curious Refuge: First to Know,” a weekly 1-hour Zoom with Caleb where we break down AI tools, updates, and creative workflows, plus Q&A.
AI Filmmakers Berlin – Berlinale Creator Session
A Runway Creator Meetup · Berlinale Edition
A curated, Berlinale-adjacent creator session bringing together AI filmmakers, creative technologists, and industry voices to explore how AI is reshaping contemporary cinematic practice.
Runway Meetup – Rajahmundry
Step into the Future of Storytelling at the Runway AI Meetup – Rajahmundry
Get ready for an engaging and inspiring evening where creativity meets cutting-edge technology. The Runway AI Meetup – Rajahmundry is designed for filmmakers, designers, advertisers, students, and AI enthusiasts who are curious about how artificial intelligence is reshaping storytelling, filmmaking, and visual design.
Curious Refuge Workshops: No-Flicker Video-to-Video: Mago Workshop with L'udovit Nastisin
Curious Refuge Workshops are 1-hour live sessions designed to give you deeper insight into industry workflows, cutting-edge tools, and real creator experiences.
Arcade
Hosted by Aquin & Launchd, with The Residency
This isn’t a conference.
It’s a collision of builders, creators, and founders set across a multi-floor playground overlooking the Bengaluru skyline.
AI Filmmaking Meetup - San Francisco - (Curious Refuge Community Meetup)
Meet fellow AI enthusiasts in San Francisco organized by the Curious Refuge community. This is a casual meet-and-greet to make new friends!
AI Filmmaking Meetup - Palm Beach - (Curious Refuge Community Meetup)
Join us for an exciting AI Filmmaking Meetup in Palm Beach! Get ready to meet fellow artists, screen a handful of AI films, and geek-out over new tools and techniques for pushing your projects further with AI.
Curious Refuge: First To Know + Q&A with Caleb Ward
Join us for “Curious Refuge: First to Know,” a weekly 1-hour Zoom with Caleb where we break down AI tools, updates, and creative workflows, plus Q&A.
Curious Refuge Workshops: Inside the Making of a Pixar-Style TV AD with Juan Cruz Bobillo
Curious Refuge Workshops are 1-hour live sessions designed to give you deeper insight into industry workflows, cutting-edge tools, and real creator experiences.
AI Filmmaking Meetup - Miami - (Curious Refuge Community Meetup)
Join us for an exciting AI Filmmaking Meetup in Miami! Get ready to meet fellow artists and geek-out over new tools and techniques for pushing your projects further with AI.
AI, Storytelling & the Future of Visual Worlds
AI, Storytelling & the Future of Visual Worlds with Hypernatural
📍 Chicago
Curious Refuge: First To Know + Q&A with Caleb Ward
Join us for “Curious Refuge: First to Know,” a weekly 1-hour Zoom with Caleb where we break down AI tools, updates, and creative workflows, plus Q&A.
Second City GenJam: AI Video Workshop - Learn & Create AI Videos!
GenJam: Second City Edition with Hypernatural
📍 Chicago
Machine Cinema: Online GenJam America
Machine Cinema presents our Virtual GenJam — a live, four-hour creative experiment in human-machine collaboration, hosted entirely on Google Meet.
Curious Refuge Workshops: Next - Level Weavy with L'udovit Nastisin
Curious Refuge Workshops are 1-hour live sessions designed to give you deeper insight into industry workflows, cutting-edge tools, and real creator experiences.
GenJam SF: World Building Edition
GenJam: World-Building Edition is a hands-on, collaborative jam where creators use AI tools to design an original universe from the ground up—then bring it to life across multiple mediums.
Curious Refuge Workshops: Real or Fake? How AI Worlds Break (and How to Fix Them) with Karin Suvaryan
Curious Refuge Workshops are 1-hour live sessions designed to give you deeper insight into industry workflows, cutting-edge tools, and real creator experiences.
Machine Cinema NYC Work-In-Progress Salon
The Work-in-Progress Salon is your opportunity to present your work to a group of fellow AI creators and enthusiasts. And for audience members, it's a chance to look "under the hood" and learn how local AI artists are creating their work.
Curious Refuge Workshops: AI Showrunners: Building a Production-Grade AI Filmmaking System with Michael Eng
Curious Refuge Workshops are 1-hour live sessions designed to give you deeper insight into industry workflows, cutting-edge tools, and real creator experiences.
Double Festival - AI International Film Festival and AI International Music Video Festival
HOLLYWOOD, CA —In a creative landscape shadowed by doubt, imitation, and digital perfection, the AI International Film Festival continues to point the way.
AI Cinema Award Winners Night January Edition
AI CINEMA is a recurring, curated screening series presented in collaboration with the AI International Film Festival @aifilmfestorg and BitSlam @bitslam.
Runway ML Meetups Twin Cities
Runway ML Meetup — Twin Cities
This is an official Runway ML community event for creators working with or interested in generative AI video.
GenJam Sundance: Make a Trailer with AI in 2 Hrs!
Bring your Laptop and an empty stomach! We'll have food for you! (Dumplings and Hotpot!)
Make the trailer. Test the film. Watch together!
Gen&Juice LA January 2026
Machine Cinema welcomes our you to join our friends and co-hosts at Freepik to join us for a start-of-the-year Meetup in L.A.! 🎉 We’re gathering friends, creators, and anyone who loves tinkering with AI tools for a fun, hangout.
Curious Refuge Workshops: From Star Trek to Your Garage: AI + Virtual Production for Live Action with Benji Bakshi
Curious Refuge Workshops are 1-hour live sessions designed to give you deeper insight into industry workflows, cutting-edge tools, and real creator experiences.
HeyGen Hands-On Lab: Create Your First AI Video
You're invited to our first-ever in person HeyGen Hands-On Lab at HeyGen office in downtown San Francisco!
Join us for an hands-on workshop designed specifically for knowledge-based creators and businesses who want to create their first AI-generated video. No prior experience required.
Curious Refuge Workshops: Which Aggregator Should I Use? with Adam Nieri
Curious Refuge Workshops are 1-hour live sessions designed to give you deeper insight into industry workflows, cutting-edge tools, and real creator experiences.
NYC Walk&Jam: Animate the MET
Let’s go on a walk at the MET, take pictures, animate them with AI while we walk, and have lunch! Casual invite to folks in the Machine Cinema who want to get some steps in and play!