Bali International Ai Film Festival

🏆 BIAIFF ~ The Bali International AI Film Festival🏆

🎖️Voted "TOP 10 AI FILM FEST IN THE WORLD!"🎖️
- Shaike.ai

💋The Soul of Storytelling, Reimagined by Code💋

In an age where AI generates images, narratives, and soundscapes at the speed of thought, BIAIFF stands as a singular portal ~ a meeting point between algorithm and art, ritual and recursion, soul and system.

If others are chasing the future of storytelling,
BIAIFF is listening for its soul.

🐲🏆THE GREATEST AI FILMS COME TO BALI🏆🐲

💚🏆 These are the official BIAIFF S4 Juried Award Winners. 🏆💚

🏆 BEST AI FEATURE
🥇 GOLD

ASH BOAT

Mengke Ouyang — Hong Kong
@elowen_auyeung

🥈 SILVER

HALIMUN

Rakhaad Febrikha — Indonesia
@ffebriez

🥉 BRONZE

LEGEND

Ryan Patterson — Canada
@queenonestudios

🏆 BEST AI SHORT
🥇 GOLD

UNMASKED

M S N Karthik — India
@msnkarthik

🥈 SILVER

CÉREMONY

Mark Wachholz — Germany
@particlepanic (YT)

🥈 SILVER

MAKE A WISH

Hakan Kemixiz — Türkiye
@kemixiz

🥉 BRONZE

THE EDIT

Luc Schinkel — Netherlands
@lucschinkel

🏆 BEST AI MUSIC VIDEO
🥇 GOLD

RIA - O.O.

Glen Jaques Park — South Korea
@director_glen_park @_code42_

🥈 SILVER

THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE BLOOD

Talya Lotan — Israel

🥉 BRONZE

FREED FROM DESIRE

Loïs Levy — Germany
@loislevybtw

🏆 BEST AI ANIMATION
🥇 GOLD

THE MEXICAN FISHERMAN

Matt Silverman — USA
@trackmatte

🥈 SILVER

MONK MINCHU

Jiulin Lu — China
@open_Buddha_eyes (YT)

🥉 BRONZE

GOD BLESS

Bruno Brock — Brazil
@brunobock

🏆 BEST AI EXPERIMENTAL
🥇 GOLD

CTRL+Z MY LIFE

Lena Lee & James Eric Edwards — USA
@ciaolenalee @ericedwards.syscotron

🥈 SILVER

DEVIL: ERROR_001- Kyrie

Kasamacura — Japan
@kasamacura

🥉 BRONZE

I’M NOT A WOMBAT

Jeongmin Park — South Korea
@cheongeotte_molip

🏆 BEST AI HUMAN RIGHTS
🥇 GOLD

WCNSF: Wounded Child No Surviving Family

Antonio Cortés — Spain
@malaguita

🥈 SILVER

MY FAMILY

Çağrı Erdoğdu — Türkiye

🥉 BRONZE

THREE MAKES UNICORN

Gun Lee — South Korea
@gunlee_illust

🏆 BEST AI MOVIE TRAILER
🥇 GOLD

NO SKIP AVAILABLE

Grigory Androsov — Czechia
@tramboola

🎖️ JURY COMMENDATION
REVERSED LOVERS

Adam Strzelecki — Poland
@azarro.ai

Thank you to every filmmaker who trusted BIAIFF with your work.

Together we find The Soul In The Machine🌞


🚨COMING: S5!🎥 OPENING JUNE 2026

🌋Hosted in the cultural heartland of Ubud, Bali, the Bali International AI Film Festival invites global creators to explore the evolving relationship between human imagination and alternative machine intelligence.🌴

From generative scripts and virtual actors to algorithmic music, deepfake ethics, and recursive documentary ~ this is where the boundaries blur, and new myths are born.

💬 💃🏽 Filmmaker Praise
“Thank you very much for choosing my film for the selection. 
I truly appreciate that, through BIAIFF, my thoughts and feelings can reach someone’s heart.
I felt once again that festivals like the Bali International AI Film Festival, which truly care about creators, offer a much more inspiring future and meaningful encounters after submitting a film.”
~ Hironori Tanida
 Bronze Award Winner ~ Best AI Short, BIAIFF Season 2 (flower)

At BIAIFF, we honor films that speak, films that listen, and films that reveal the hidden soul inside the machine.

🎥 What Sets Us Apart
Led by PBS-distributed filmmaker Ben Makinen
(JazzTown, Who Killed Jazz, Echoes of Tradition, Nasi Merah)
BIAIFF is guided by a filmmaker-first philosophy rooted in clarity, respect for authorship, and transparent communication throughout the selection and exhibition process.

Founded with a seasonal, curated, theatrical mandate, BIAIFF also serves as a launch platform for experimental programs supporting rapid-cycle Ai cinema, allowing the festival ecosystem to evolve alongside the accelerating pace of hyper-modern machine-assisted storytelling.

💃🏽🔥BIAIFF IN THE NEWS: Rest of World-Global Tech Stories by Linda Yulisman, Oct, 10, 2025: https://restofworld.org/2025/indonesia-ai-movies/

🚢 🍿AND the BIAIFF has been featured in INDONESIA EXPAT (April 7, 2025)
"AI Meets Artistry in Paradise: The Bali International AI Film Festival Debuts in 2025"
https://indonesiaexpat.id/lifestyle/arts-entertainment/ai-meets-artistry-in-paradise-the-bali-international-ai-film-festival-debuts-in-2025/

Distribution record includes AppleTV+, Rocky Mountain PBS, and national PBS via NETA

Hosted at Cinema Paradiso, Ubud ~ Bali’s legendary 4K Projector Art Cinema in Heart of the Jungle

Partners include Dehancer, Blotato, Ocean Integrity, Big Event Music, International Modern Film Alliance (IMFA), and Tidal Breeze Jazz Arts

🌺 New Team Members ~ Season 5

The Bali International Ai Film Festival is proud to welcome Mr SAH, co-founder of Nidal Studio in Pakistan @al_nidal_studio, as a Juror for our S5 journey.

This creative partnership embodies the spirit of BIAIFF:

As Pakistan's first Ai-powered animation studio they are revolutionizing story telling with powerful narratives of resilience, justice, and culture while sculpting the Soul In The Machine.

Welcome to the team!

🌊 BIAIFF Highlights
🎬 Film Screenings ~ shorts, features, docs, music videos, experimental works
🧠 Workshops & Panels ~ AI ethics, machine-human creativity, future of narrative

🎁 Prizes include:
Free software subscriptions (1, 2 and 3 years free!) from Dehancer (Film Emulsion Enhancement)
1-year Blotato AI subscription + 20,000 content credits
Global visibility, interviews, and press features
🎟️ Live audience screening in Bali on a full 4K cinema screen
🌱 Thematic programming aligned with both technological evolution and cultural integrity

🚀 Join the Movement
Submit your film and become part of the global wave reimagining creativity in an era of fantastic change, disruption, consciousness and computation. At BIAIFF we discover what film reveals about us.

🌞 BIAIFF is committed to fostering an environment where filmmakers feel respected and free to share their work without unnecessary friction. ❤️‍🔥

🌀 Let’s find the Soul in the Machine ~ together.

📽️ Watch Winning Film from our first round: STUNNING AI CINEMA | BIAIFF 2025 WINNER’S CIRCLE PREMIERE May of 2025 on YT: https://youtu.be/lJi0lW238wU

📽️NEW! BIAIFF 2025 Official Trailer | 44 AI Films, 21 Countries, 1 Vision - Sept., 2025: https://youtu.be/lTTh7tiF0Bw

SUBMIT NOW
#BIAIFF #BaliEvent #AIandFilm #SyntheticStorytelling #BaliFilmFestival
IG @biaiff.official

🌺 Returning Team Member: ILGIZA RIAZANOVA - AI EXPERT 🌺
The Bali International AI Film Festival is proud to welcome Ilgiza Riazanova to our team. An accomplished International Lead UX/UI Designer with over a decade of experience, Ilgiza has shaped projects across diverse industries including fintech, blockchain, web3, service automation, and creative marketing. Her multidisciplinary expertise brings both vision and precision to our rapidly evolving festival platform.

In addition to her design leadership, Ilgiza is a rising creative force in the world of AI video production. Her innovative work has earned her recognition on the global stage, winning the Pika Pals’ Choice Award and the PixVerse Weekly Contest. With an active presence across Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter, she is part of the new generation of creators pushing the boundaries of storytelling through AI tools.

At BIAIFF, Ilgiza continues to spearhead digital design and creative integration, ensuring our festival remains at the forefront of art, technology. Her passion for innovation and her proven track record in bridging technology with human creativity make her a perfect fit for our mission: celebrating The Soul in the Machine.
Welcome back Ilgiza, and thank you deeply for all you have materialized this past year 🤗