Submission deadline: April 15. Notification date: May 15

Cinema Shift Festival is a curated film festival and conversation platform dedicated to narrative, story-driven cinema created through AI-assisted and hybrid production processes.

The inaugural edition takes place on June 5 in Toronto, at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, bringing selected films to a theatrical screen and live audience.

The festival centers human authorship, creative intention, and cinematic storytelling, treating AI as a tool in the service of narrative - not as the author.