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Los Angeles, United States · Est. 2016 · Established legitimate festival with meaningful track record
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LIFEART: AI FILM FESTIVAL IMDb-Qualifying | Since 2016 | USA Hollywood Miami New York · Bollywood INDIA · Greece LifeArt Festival & EyeMix Visuals | An Exclusive AI Showcase The AI Visual Revolution: Hollywood 2026 https://www.lifeartfestival.com/hollywood2026 ABOUT LIFEART FESTIVAL ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Established in 2016, LifeArt Festival is a premier international platform uniting cinema, artificial intelligence, music, and humanitarian storytelling. As we enter our landmark 10th Anniversary Season, LifeArt continues its mission: to empower visionary creators by bridging traditional studio excellence with the cutting edge of digital innovation. The Global Stage: From the screens of Hollywood and New York to the heart of Bollywood (Mumbai), Delhi, and the historic venues of Athens and Santorini, LifeArt provides an unmatched international footprint. We have proudly premiered works featuring icons such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Antonio Banderas, and Javier Bardem, while collaborating with industry giants like Netflix, National Geographic, and PVR Cinemas. 👉 Submit your film, AI project, TV series, VR work, or art today. WHAT IS LIFEART AI FILM FESTIVAL? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ LifeArt is the world's premier IMDb-qualifying platform dedicated to AI-driven cinema and digital storytelling. We celebrate creators who use artificial intelligence not as a shortcut — but as a new creative language. Whether you used Runway, Sora, Kling, MidJourney, Pika, ElevenLabs, or any other AI tool — if your work tells a powerful story, this is your stage. 🔗 Learn more: www.lifeartfestival.com/ai TITLE SPONSOR: EyeMix Visuals ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ LifeArt is proud to partner with EyeMix — the AI-powered creative studio behind the #1 viral AI video in history — to present the EyeMix AI Award, honoring the most outstanding AI film of the festival. The winner receives an official trophy, global press coverage, featured placement on the EyeMix platform, IMDb recognition, and an exclusive job offer opportunity to join the EyeMix creative team. WHAT WE ACCEPT ▷ Fully AI-Generated Films — created entirely with generative AI tools ▷ AI-Assisted Projects — AI used in editing, animation, VFX, music, or direction ▷ Hybrid Films — traditional footage enhanced or transformed with AI ▷ AI Documentaries — exploring AI's ethics, culture, and societal impact ▷ AI Animation & Vertical Series — shorts, micro-dramas, social-first formats ▷ AI Music Videos & Commercials — creative AI in advertising and music WHY SUBMIT TO LIFEART? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ LifeArt offers unmatched opportunities for creators working with AI and traditional media. Join us and be part of a movement that is redefining cinema. Celebrating over 10 years of empowering creators since our founding in 2016, our primary mission is to promote artists from all over the world. ➣ Global Film Screenings & Premieres: Showcasing independent and studio films, documentaries, VR, and web series to international audiences across major global hubs, including past prestigious venues like the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles and iconic cultural centers in Athens, New York, and Mumbai. Our festival stage has premiered remarkable works by renowned artists, including the World Premiere of Netflix's "The Angel", and the European Premieres of Leonardo DiCaprio's "Before the Flood", National Geographic's "The Story of Us" (narrated by Morgan Freeman) and "Genius: Picasso" (starring Antonio Banderas), Tom Hanks & Emma Watson's "The Circle", and Javier Bardem & Penélope Cruz's "Loving Pablo". ➣ Art Exhibitions: Hosting physical and digital gallery spaces in major cultural capitals for visual artists to connect with institutions, galleries, and private buyers. Our commitment to the highest standard of art is symbolized by our prestigious ZOE Award, meticulously crafted for our top winners by the legendary heritage jewelry house, Zolotas. ➣ Music Distribution & Live Events: Championing composers and musicians through live global performances and official soundtrack distribution. Winning artists' music and albums are distributed globally through the official LifeArt Label across major streaming platforms, including Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon. ➣ Global Media & PR Campaigns: Maximizing creator visibility and career momentum through comprehensive international press and promotional campaigns. Selected projects and artists have been featured by major global media networks, including CNN, Fox, NBC, ABC, Euronews, The Times of India, News India, and Bollywood News. ➣ Summits, Panels & Forums: Giving artists a prominent voice in industry trends, humanitarian issues, and activism through the LifeArt Forum and LifeArt Youth Forum, organized in partnership with global institutions such as the Michael Cacoyiannis Foundation, the China Film Archive, LIKE (European Regions and Cities for Culture), and The Ohio State University. ➣ Mentorship & Networking: Providing professional mentorship programs, co-production opportunities, and a digital creator community by collaborating with industry leaders, top studios, and platforms including Netflix, National Geographic, Apple TV, Nu Boyana Film Studios, the New York Film Academy, and the International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV). FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHT ✧ Films: Feature films, documentaries, shorts, web series. ✧ AI-Generated Content: Films, art and immersive digital media. ✧ Art Exhibitions: Fine art, AI digital innovation, and NFTs. ✧ Music & Sound: Original scores and live performances. ✧ Panels & Forums: Global conversations on cultural impact. OUR MISSION We empower storytellers, innovators, and changemakers to share their voices with a global audience. By bridging film, art, AI, and music, LifeArt shapes the future of creativity and international collaboration. 👉 Submit your project today and join the LifeArt Festival experience.
Last updated Sep 13, 2026
Founded
2016
Avg. rating
3.5/ 5
Reviews
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Our project is very pleased that it was chosen. However, it is not at all clear whether the festival was held this year. No one answers the mail, unfortunately everything is very confusing. We wish you success in such a difficult time and hope that the festival will take place in 2022.
Thank you for giving my project The World Around Us a platform to be seen.
Thank you LifeArt International Film Festival ! They show big love for filmmakers and make them feel special. Brilliant festival! Thank you for having our film, DO OVER Selected and winning an award. Enjoy being a part of the LifeArt International Film Festival .. Thanks for the support and accepting us into your festival. The entire team was prompt, responsive, and incredibly kind. It was an honor to be selected and awarded and we will definitely be submitting again for future projects.
I love this guys! Organized, very cool
We were delighted to have My Name Is Robert Ruark selected for LifeArt Festival. We appreciated the opportunity to be part of the festival and are grateful to the programming team for including our documentary in the official selection. Thank you for supporting independent storytelling.
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