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AI Cinema Festival Cairo — Where the Cradle of Storytelling Meets Synthetic Cinema

AI Cinema Festival

Cairo — birthplace of image-making — is opening its arms to AI cinema. Screen at Hilton Cairo Nile Maadi Sept 18–20 alongside the Grand Prix Cairo, Best Human + AI Direction, Best AI Cinematography, and the Responsible AI Cinema Award. Judged on story, performance, craft control, and emotional truth — not tech demos. Deadline: Aug 23, 2026.

Prize

Grand Prix Cairo + 4 named awards

Grand Prix Cairo
Best Human + AI Direction
Best AI Cinematography
Responsible AI Cinema Award
Audience Signal Award

Who can enter

Open worldwide. Hybrid human + AI or fully AI-generated works.

AI tools allowed

Any AI tool

Runway, Sora, Kling, Veo, Midjourney, ElevenLabs

Tagged

africa, middle east, egypt, cairo, ai cinema, human led, responsible ai

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