1st Edition of the MarsAI Festival
La Plateforme presents the MarsAI Festival, holding its first edition on June 19, 2026, in Marseille.
At a time when artificial intelligence is opening up new creative territories, the MarsAI Festival launches its first edition and invites filmmakers from around the world to submit one-minute films created with AI or hybrid tools. Dedicated to the emergence of new forms of storytelling, the festival explores the theme "Imagine Desirable Futures" and aims to renew our collective imagination beyond dystopian narratives. Open until May 12, 2026, this call for films notably offers a €10,000 grant to support the creation of a new project.
A Turning Point
Technology is opening up unprecedented possibilities. Artificial intelligence is not an end in itself. It is a language, a new material in the hands of creators. To create is to choose.
One Minute to Say It All
The MarsAI Festival sets one simple rule: one minute. In one minute, everything matters. Every idea cuts through, every silence tells a story, every image makes a statement. The constraint is not a limitation it is an invitation to get to the essence. The winning film will be awarded €10,000 in creative development funding by a jury of industry professionals.
A Call to Creators Worldwide
The MarsAI Festival welcomes AI and hybrid films. AI can play a small role, a passionate one, a major one and …. ! What matters is the drive, the vision, the act of creation with a flexible and varied use of the technology.
The festival is looking for those who dare, who subvert, who experiment, and who forge this new cinematic language. Those for whom AI is above all an authorial gesture, a fully assumed artistic decision.
Imagining Desirable Futures
The MarsAI Festival invites filmmakers to tell plural futures intimate or collective, rooted in reality as much as in imagination.
Futures where technology does not dominate, but reveals.
Enough end-of-the-world narratives. The festival wants to uncover what could be beautiful, just, and alive. Stories that open up, bring people together, and inspire us to build.
A Territory of Invention in Marseille
Marseille, June 19, 2026 the MarsAI Festival takes place.
An event in Marseille at the heart of generative AI: conferences, workshops, and free screenings. We will discuss Generative AI in image-based professions, host a grand awards ceremony, and close the event with a festive evening celebration.
This festival is a starting point it is up to creators to make it a territory of invention.
The Co-Creators of the MarsAI Festival
La Plateforme and Bruno Smadja
La Plateforme is a school dedicated to digital professions and new technologies, with campuses in Marseille, Cannes, Paris, and Lille. Through its Bachelor's and Master's level programs, it provides innovative training in tools, new coding languages, and careers in the digital sector. La Plateforme also pursues a social mission, designed to be accessible to all audiences regardless of age, qualifications, or professional experience. It is also committed to promoting and spreading digital citizenship culture and creative digital tools among teenagers aged 12 to 18.
Bruno Smadja has been organizing the Mobile Film Festival for 20 years a festival dedicated to discovering and supporting emerging filmmaking talent. Sébastien Vanicek (Vermines), Morgan Simon (Une vie rêvée, Compte tes blessures), and Guillaume Renusson (Les Survivants) were all discovered through the festival.
With the rise of AI, a new creative territory is opening up new stories and new talents to nurture and accompany.