Curious Refuge · 2026
Curious Refuge Film Competitions
Recurring global filmmaking challenges built around a creative brief, with winners selected for storytelling as well as technical craft.
- Focus
- Brief-led AI filmmaking
- Available films
- 2 to watch across editions
Watch films
Recognized films available here, across the festival’s editions.
About the festival
Curious Refuge's short competitions turn a single public brief into a global field of finished films, making them a practical source for discovering emerging directors.
Results & selections
2026 Feel-Good AI Film Competition
View official resultsResults & selections
- In Another Breath
First place
In Another Breath
Asi Oren - A Little Water Bear
Second place
A Little Water Bear
Vincent Marie - Spring
Third place
Spring
Fabian Dürr - The Birdwatcher
Audience Favorite
The Birdwatcher
Marion Michelle
Entry criteria
2026 Feel-Good competition rules
Films must be original, use AI in every shot, run no more than three minutes, avoid existing third-party intellectual property, use the required music and sound-effects source, and include the competition end card.
A professional creative jury selects first, second and third place; the community separately determines the audience favourite.
Official rules