Dasein AI Film Festival
A San Francisco festival and screening series presenting international films about technology, consciousness, identity and the human experience.
Dasein Creative
2026
2026 winners published
Dasein Continuum: Emergence · September 17, 2026
Verified with the organizer · 2026-08-10
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- Organizer
- Dasein Creative
- Focus
- International AI-assisted short films
- Established
- 2026
- Edition
- 2026
About the programme
Dasein's inaugural 2026 festival screened 22 films and presented seven awards. Its Continuum screening series extends that programme through smaller community events with a separately published audience award.
View official resultsHow selections are made
Organizer-published criteria · 2026 published awards and programme record
Eligibility
The programme accepts AI-assisted and AI-integrated screen work across narrative, documentary and experimental forms.
Judging criteria
- Clarity of creative intent
- Meaningful integration of AI
- Emotional or intellectual impact
- Originality of form and perspective
Selection process
The festival jury presents named awards across narrative, experimental, documentary and emerging-artist work, with a separate audience vote determining the audience award.
Official 2026 results
All seven awards from Dasein's inaugural April 2026 festival and the one published July 2026 Dasein Continuum audience award are included. The official archive identifies JoinWith.Me as an AI trailer / proof of concept, so that outcome remains visible in the record but is excluded from editorial-film discovery.
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View the official announcementDasein AI Film Festival 2026
JoinWith.Me
Mike Meier
Dasein Grand Prize; AI Trailer / Proof of Concept
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Before Us. The Silicon Bible
Iskra Pinchuk
Best AI-Integrated Narrative
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Mamma Robot
Elettra Fiumi
Best Experimental Vision
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I Create as I Speak
David Stout and Robert Campbell
Best Documentary / Essay Film
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AHIMSA
Craig Lew
Emergent Artist Award
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I Don't Trust Artists
Salvatore Frisina
Most Insane Story
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The Red Creature
Azzedine Wahbi
Audience Award
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Dasein Continuum July 2026
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Zarina Maizel
Audience Award
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