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Welcome to Red Rocks AI Film Festival! A celebration and awards ceremony that takes place both live and virtually allowing for viewing from all over the world and for those who are unable to join us live in Southern Utah.
The theme of Red Rocks AI Film Festival is: Illuminate and Uplift and we here to honor an exciting new adventure in AI Filmmaking - illuminating inspiring and uplifting films that connect human creation with AI technology.
SUBMISSION ARE NOW OPEN! You are invited to be a part of this exciting adventure in AI filmmaking.
Our in person festival will be held on May 8th, 2027 in beautiful St. George Utah. It will be an exciting and uplifting evening of networking, film screening and awards. If you are not able to make it out to our live event, we will be live streaming virtually, so you can experience the film festival from right where you are. We hope to see you there!
2026 Winners & Official Selections
The Red Rocks AI Film Festival saw an incredible turnout, making the selection of winners a challenging yet rewarding experience. With 250 Submissions from 41 Countries, each participant showcased remarkable talent and creativity, and we would like to commend everyone for their hard work.
Winners, Finalists, Semi-Finalists, Quarter-Finalists and Official Selections have been listed to celebrate additional outstanding films. Thank you for making this year’s festival an unforgettable event, and we look forward to seeing your submissions next year. Until then, enjoy your inspirational AI filmmaking journey!
Winner
The Greatest Revolution in World History
William Clark Brown
United States
Best AI Film
Semi-Finalist
MAGELLAN
Michael Wheeler
United States
Best AI Film
Quarter-Finalist
Brock and Urick do Logic Problems
Matt Greene
United States
Best AI Film
Official Selection
Strings
Hooroo Jackson
United States
Best AI Film
Official Selection
The City of Fishing Glow: The Return of the Goddess
yuqi shao
China
Best AI Film
Winner
Kupua, l'Isola Perduta
Riccardo Fara
Italy
Best AI Short Film
Finalist
Unmasked
Adwhyta
India
Best AI Short Film
Finalist
Breadcrumb Orchestra
Alec Goldberg
United States
Best AI Short Film
Finalist
AI short film《99.6%》
钱 塘
China
Best AI Short Film
Semi-Finalist
Wonderland Syndrome
Luke Mazey
United States
Best AI Short Film
Semi-Finalist
Out There. Somewhere
Patrick Tang
Netherlands
Best AI Short Film
Quarter-Finalist
You Can't Imagine
Rune Degett
Netherlands
Best AI Short Film
Quarter-Finalist
The Egg
David Colclasure
United States
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
THE 18TH HOLE
Michael Ferrara
United States
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
The Detective
Jae Solina
United States
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
The Matriarch Covenant
David Maddux
United States
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
Robofauna
Gerardo Escudero Samara
Panama
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
The Curtain of Time
Amir Bozorgzadeh
Spain
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
Time Squares
tim hamilton
Australia
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
Recurrence
Ruo Jian
China
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
Buzz Junction
Fischer Knapp
United States
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
Artificial Ascension
Mickaël FARINA
France
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
The Huntress and The Horde: Shadow of the Warchief | Part II
Kenneth Bryant Jr
United States
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
Young Baba
Humphrey Caswell Jr
United States
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
PAPERNAUGHT
Glenn Triggs
Australia
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
Hyman Schwartz is AI
Dave Spector
United States
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
The Great War of the Magical Woodlands
Vernon Rowlette
United States
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
AI - Assisted Movie "274"
Zarina Maizel
Andorra
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
Flea
Kedi Kat Studios
United States
Best AI Short Film
Finalist
Abuelita Knows Best
Adam Norton
United States
Best AI Short Short Film
Quarter-Finalist
TABLADA
tarek fahmy
United States
Best AI Short Short Film
Official Selection
Thank you for your service
Eyal Padan
Israel
Best AI Short Short Film
Official Selection
Two Robots
Eyal Padan
Israel
Best AI Short Short Film
Official Selection
Bloodline Royalty: Rebis Wizard vs The Illuminati
Chris Storey
United Kingdom
Best AI Short Short Film
Official Selection
Terminal Lover
口干 鹿
China
Best AI Short Short Film
Official Selection
THE SEVENTH SENSE
Pleasant Sound
Israel
Best AI Short Short Film
Official Selection
Fireworks
Yoav Yariv
Israel
Best AI Short Short Film
Finalist
Zombie Elementary
Fernando Dominguez Sarmiento
Argentina
Best AI Animation
Finalist
Dial-A-Mate
Catherine Hicks
United States
Best AI Animation
Quarter-Finalist
Aria: Memories of a Distant Present
Ryan Patterson
Canada
Best AI Animation
Official Selection
FANGS - The Veggie Vamp
Ivan Barretta
United Kingdom
Best AI Animation
Official Selection
Mr. Snowman Kim
Hyun Cheol PARK
South Korea
Best AI Animation
Official Selection
雨后 After the Rain
tham wai mun 谭伟文
Malaysia
Best AI Animation
Official Selection
AIDOL.
Chloe Wong
Hong Kong, Singapore, United States
Best AI Animation
Finalist
HALLOW METRO
Tamara Llorens
Spain
Best AI Comedy
Official Selection
Just Right
Seema Lakhani
Canada
Best AI Comedy
Winner
What Remains Human: Art after AI
Maddie Cardon
United States
Best AI Student Film
Semi-Finalist
Before Midnight
QinYuan Liu
China
Best AI Student Film
Quarter-Finalist
Rotten
Nandhini Ramanathan
United States
Best AI Student Film
Finalist
The Snail
Eyal Padan
Israel
Best AI Nature or Animals Film
Official Selection
The Crow
Eyal Padan
Israel
Best AI Nature or Animals Film
Finalist
Mother's Little Helpers
dustin
United States
Best AI Ad (Commercial)
Quarter-Finalist
The Hipsters
Glen Park
Best AI Ad (Commercial)
Official Selection
Royal Mail - The Wanderer
Mike Bennion
United States
Best AI Ad (Commercial)
Official Selection
"What is freedom" BMW spec
Cad Quint
Germany
Best AI Ad (Commercial)
Official Selection
Once Upon A Bright day
Zaid Al- Sabaileh
Jordan
Best AI Ad (Commercial)
Winner
How to Embrace a Tiger
Gary Weimberg
United States
Most Inspiring AI Film
Semi-Finalist
Echoes of the Mountain
Emily Harridge
Australia
Most Inspiring AI Film
Quarter-Finalist
Canon For Celeste - Short Film
Lisa R Foster
United States
Most Inspiring AI Film
Official Selection
Robot review
Eyal Padan
Israel
Most Inspiring AI Film
Finalist
Mars: Beyond 2100
Jason Wang
Canada
Most Uplifting AI Film
Official Selection
The Pirates in Disguise
Jay Lorenz
United States
Most Uplifting AI Film
Official Selection
What are you waiting for?
Wendy Robbins
United States
Most Uplifting AI Film
Finalist
Atlas i3
Gregory Toth
Best AI Film
Semi-Finalist
HAYDON: Patron Saint of the Obsessed
Lucas Sabean
United States
Best AI Film
Official Selection
Oedipus King of AI
Stéphane Lévy
France
Best AI Film
Official Selection
Ezekiel
Isaac Rodriguez
United States
Best AI Film
Winner
Make A Wish
Hakan Kemixiz
Türkiye
Best AI Short Film
Winner
Lazarite
Jim Bromley
United States
Best AI Short Film
Finalist
The Raw
AI STUDIO48
South Korea
Best AI Short Film
Finalist
Not A Cake
MICHELLE AI STUDIO
South Korea
Best AI Short Film
Finalist
The Cinema That Never Was
Mark Wachholz
Germany
Best AI Short Film
Semi-Finalist
Céremony
Mark Wachholz
Germany
Best AI Short Film
Semi-Finalist
Crownless & Bound
Taylor Matter
United States
Best AI Short Film
Quarter-Finalist
Star Fox Battle of Katina Animated Film
Adam Blocher
United States
Best AI Short Film
Quarter-Finalist
INSIDE THE MAZE
onesidemedia chanel
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
637
Shaun Savard
Canada
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
D'ombre et de lumière
Fabien Loiacono
France
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
Moulting
Hyeck Joon Son
Japan
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
PRISM : Spectrum of the Mind
MINAI .
South Korea
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
Hold Your Breath
Alexandre Tissier
France
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
WCNSF
Antonio Cortés
Spain
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
Before Me
Andrew Boer
United States
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
PSYCHLE
Geno Andrews
United States
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
THE BELL
Michael Ferrara
United States
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
Endhi Mariyambu (Burnt Mariyam)
Ahmed Didi
Maldives
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
A Face Only A Mother Could Love
robert gaudette
Canada
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
THE BRAVE MIND
erfan smiley
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
Still standing
圭一 長谷川
Japan
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
JoinWith.Me (AI Trailer/Proof of Concept)
Mike Meier
United States
Best AI Short Film
Official Selection
VANDE MATARAM | Play When India Forgets
Saurabh Prakash
India
Best AI Short Film
Winner
Beyond Invisible
Sue Lee
United States
Best AI Short Short Film
Semi-Finalist
The Bird
Eyal Padan
Israel
Best AI Short Short Film
Official Selection
Two Futures
Bernard Brookes
United States
Best AI Short Short Film
Official Selection
Useless Robots
Eyal Padan
Israel
Best AI Short Short Film
Official Selection
Break,then…
Rebel Y
Best AI Short Short Film
Official Selection
Kamasutra by Vatsyayana — Different Striking Modes and Their Sounds
Keerthi Shekar
India
Best AI Short Short Film
Official Selection
The Dao Follows What Is Natural
man A
Taiwan
Best AI Short Short Film
Official Selection
Return to Genesis: A Twin Flame Journey Through Time
Chris Storey
United Kingdom
Best AI Short Short Film
Winner
Happiness
eunsoo shin
South Korea
Best AI Animation
Finalist
The Meltdown - Barky's Auto Episode 5
Russell Dreher
United States
Best AI Animation
Semi-Finalist
Proof of Life
Marion Michele
Best AI Animation
Official Selection
Kiko's Odyssey
Anima Studios
Italy
Best AI Animation
Official Selection
Unshelved
Bryan Ratliff
United States
Best AI Animation
Official Selection
VoidBorn
Frank HOUBRE
France
Best AI Animation
Official Selection
Papa! I want Shoes!
HADER
South Korea
Best AI Animation
Winner
The Hum
Olaf Taranczewski
Germany
Best AI Comedy
Semi-Finalist
Fire Horse Liberation
Robert McGinley
United States
Best AI Comedy
Official Selection
Zoey vs. AI Microwave
Tom Schoening
United States
Best AI Comedy
Finalist
《落子無悔》— "Life is a Chessboard. Every Move is Final"
turm Men
Taiwan
Best AI Student Film
Quarter-Finalist
Gills: The Final Night
예진 조
South Korea
Best AI Student Film
Winner
WHAT WE DESERVE
attila lorant
Hungary
Best AI Nature or Animals Film
Official Selection
Not So Different
William Teichner
United States
Best AI Nature or Animals Film
Winner
OUTPOST ATLANTIS
Chris Fagan
United States
Best AI Ad (Commercial)
Semi-Finalist
Confluent "Current AI"
Matt Silverman
United States
Best AI Ad (Commercial)
Quarter-Finalist
Vivanex
Wesley Johnson
United States
Best AI Ad (Commercial)
Official Selection
Gift
Florian Deyle
Germany
Best AI Ad (Commercial)
Official Selection
Pippin Durable Garden Hose — “Hose Before Bros”
Lawrence Jones
United States
Best AI Ad (Commercial)
Official Selection
An Impossible Life - The Unseen Journey of a Sea Turtle
Chris Scott
Australia
Best AI Ad (Commercial)
Finalist
The Mexican Fisherman
Matt Silverman
United States
Most Inspiring AI Film
Quarter-Finalist
Child War Diaries
Piergiorgio Montrucchio
Italy
Most Inspiring AI Film
Official Selection
TEMP CEO
Eyal Padan
Israel
Most Inspiring AI Film
Winner
The Leaf-a-teers
Stephen Hessel
United States
Most Uplifting AI Film
Quarter-Finalist
The Last Long Take
Heart Pure
South Korea
Most Uplifting AI Film
Official Selection
Deserve You
Steve Klein
United States
Most Uplifting AI Film
Official Selection
SPACE MOTHER
Syam Manohar
United Arab Emirates
Most Uplifting AI Film
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Our Valued Sponsors
Thank you to our incredible sponsors who make the Red Rocks (Illuminate) AI Film Festival possible. Their support fuels our passion for showcasing groundbreaking films and innovative storytelling. Together, we celebrate the fusion of human connection and technology, creating an unforgettable experience for all attendees. We appreciate their commitment to advancing the world of creative AI Filmmaking!