Balaji Announces Astana AI Film Festival
Network School event in partnership with Kazakhstan accepts global entries for AI-created cinema.
Balaji Srinivasan posted that it is time to decentralize Hollywood with AI. He introduced the Network School Astana AI Film Festival run in partnership with the Republic of Kazakhstan. The post states that the festival awards $2M in prizes and accepts entries from around the world. The linked site describes AAIFF 2026 as the International Festival of AI-Created Cinema and lists the dates as 1 to 3 October in Astana.
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Balaji@balajisIt's time to decentralize Hollywood with AI. Introducing the new Network School Astana AI Film Festival, in partnership with the Republic of Kazakhstan. We're awarding $2M in prizes with entries accepted from around the world. So: submit your film now at .
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@L @levelsio@levelsioGreat argument actually for making Hollywood movies with AI It can let directors create what they actually want to create without having to bend for financial interests and propaganda that's infilitrated Holywood films these days And the audience lets the best production win
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