Sparknify Human vs. AI Film Festival
Schedule
Mon Aug 31 2026 at 09:00 am to 05:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
San Jose Californa | San Jose, CA
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The Sparknify Human vs. AI Film Festival is a global film festival exploring a defining question of our time: Can machines meaningfully express human emotion, and what does that reveal about humanity?Bringing traditional filmmakers and generative AI creators onto the same stage, the festival reframes cinematic evaluation around Emotion, not genre. Each film centers on one of seven core human emotions: Joy, Rage, Sorrow, Contentment, Love, Aversion, or Desire, asking creators to define their work by how it makes audiences feel.
More than a competition, the festival serves as both a Turing Test for AI films and a creative compass for filmmakers, examining how emotion is evoked in cinema in the age of intelligent machines.
Selected works are reviewed by leading voices across cinema, AI, and human perception, and showcased at a live premiere event in Silicon Valley with screenings and discussions on the future of storytelling.
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Where is it happening?
San Jose Californa, San Jose, California, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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