Dasein Creative · 2026
Dasein AI Film Festival
A San Francisco festival and screening series presenting international films about technology, consciousness, identity and the human experience.
- Focus
- International AI-assisted short films
- Available films
- 1 to watch across editions
Dasein Creative
2026
Watch films
Recognized films available here, across the festival’s editions.
About the festival
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.
2026 edition
Winners published
- Next milestone
- Dasein Continuum: Emergence · September 17, 2026
Results & selections
Results & selections
- JoinWith.Me
Dasein Grand Prize; AI Trailer / Proof of Concept
JoinWith.Me
Mike Meier - Before Us. The Silicon Bible
Best AI-Integrated Narrative
Before Us. The Silicon Bible
Iskra Pinchuk - Mamma Robot
- I Create as I Speak
Best Documentary / Essay Film
I Create as I Speak
David Stout and Robert Campbell - AHIMSA
Emergent Artist Award
AHIMSA
Craig Lew - I Don't Trust Artists
Most Insane Story
I Don't Trust Artists
Salvatore Frisina - The Red Creature
Audience Award
The Red Creature
Azzedine Wahbi
Entry criteria
2026 published awards and programme record
The programme accepts AI-assisted and AI-integrated screen work across narrative, documentary and experimental forms.
Judging
- Clarity of creative intent
- Meaningful integration of AI
- Emotional or intellectual impact
- Originality of form and perspective
The festival jury presents named awards across narrative, experimental, documentary and emerging-artist work, with a separate audience vote determining the audience award.
Official rules