Artefact AI Film Festival — Third Edition
the third edition theme is:
At a time when images are created, circulated, and transformed at an unprecedented pace, the question is no longer just about technology, but about what it connects.
This theme explores the new connections being forged between cinema, artificial intelligence, contemporary creation, and digital experiences.
Between human and machine, real and virtual, author and tool, boundaries are shifting, opening up a fluid creative space where new forms of storytelling, perception and emotion emerge.
Calen
DAR
Sept. 2nd - Dec. 2nd, 2026
Submissions
oPEN
DeC. 9TH, 2026 - JAN. 13TH, 2027
audience vote
jan. 2027
jury’s deliberations
FEB. 2027
Awards Ceremony
@MK2 Bibliothèque
€10,000
Our top prize is awarded to the best film of the festival. In addition to the prize money, a trailer of the winning film will be screened in all Mk2 network theatres before the main feature.
€1,000
The Jury Award recognizes an original piece of filmmaking or cinematography.
€1,000
Our Audience Award goes to the most popular film, according to our audience vote.
€1,000
This special award recognizes the film with the best or most innovative use of artificial intelligence.
more to be announced …
“Through this festival, we want to encourage the empowering uses and positive appropriation of AIs.”
Vincent Luciani
Co-founder of Artefact
“This festival is, above all, a film festival: what matters is the emotion conveyed and the story being told. AI opens up new possibilities and allows amateurs to access technical tools that were previously reserved for professionals.”
François Brogi
Head of Artefact 3000
