AI-era independent cinema · Montreal
The auteur
in the age of
the machine.
A festival for films with one unmistakable point of view - shot, built, and finished by the person whose name is on it.
AI Independent Montreal FestivalIndependent cinema for the age of AI, made in Montreal.
mailbox@aiindependentmontreal.com01 / Manifesto
For most of cinema's history, one voice could only go so far alone. That ceiling is coming down.
A single filmmaker with a point of view can now build what used to take a full crew and a production calendar. We are interested in what that changes about authorship, not in what it automates.
Montreal has argued about cinema in two languages for a century. It is a city of small crews, cold winters, long edits, and a stubborn belief that a film should sound like the person who made it. That is exactly the room we want for this work.
Show us the film that sounds like no one but you.
02 / Awards
Six prizes, no genre.
Grand Prize. Best film overall.
Best unconventional film.
Best debut film.
Best world-building.
Best solo-made film.
Best experimental work.
03 / The Work
What we take.
04 / Screening
An evening in Montreal.
4030 Rue Saint-Ambroise, Montréal, QC H4C 2E1, CA
SPKR.Studio
One night, one screen, and an audience that came to be surprised.
October 24, 2026 · 6:00 PM