Lumara Film Festival Presented by MoonPay and Venice Announces Finalists for Its Inaugural AI Film Festival
Lumara, the AI film festival presented by MoonPay and Venice, has named six finalists from 700+ submissions. Winners will be announced live in New York on October 26.
By Team MoonPay
Published on Oct 16, 2026
Last modified on Oct 16, 2026
More than 700 films came in from filmmakers around the world. Today, six are finalists.
Lumara Film Festival, presented by MoonPay and Venice, has announced the finalists competing for its Grand Prize and Jury Selection awards, along with 16 nominees across five category awards. Winners will be revealed live at the Lumara screening and awards night at the Roxy Hotel Cinema in New York City on October 26.
Lumara Celebrates the Next Generation of Filmmakers
Cinema is going through a transformative moment. AI has handed filmmakers a new set of tools and a new creative language, and it has opened doors that were closed to many artists. Lumara exists to find and celebrate the films coming out of that shift.
Submissions ran from July 24 to September 15. Entry was free and open worldwide, and filmmakers could use any AI filmmaking platform they wanted.
Who judged the Inaugural AI Film Festival
A jury of leading AI artists, filmmakers and internet-culture figures reviewed the submissions: