AIgekijo2026 to Screen 40 AI Short Films at United Cinemas Odaiba
The event moves generative AI video from timeline scrolling to a theater screen, and the follow-up to the 2025 edition's 170 attendees is the clearest test of whether AI shorts are judged on storytelling rather than the novelty of their tools.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Benevo Inc. will hold AIgekijo2026, an AI film screening event, on September 20, 2026 at United Cinemas Odaiba. Forty 90-second works selected from creators across Japan will be shown, along with screenings by guest creators ICO, AI-sama no Geshuku, AI FREAK, AI Taro, Tanaka, Touya, YUUUKI, and Lime Light. A 15-second AI commercial competition presented by aicrew is also on the program.
The venue is United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba, and the bill runs to forty short films. The open call set a 90-second limit, and the selected works span live-action-level human drama, science fiction, fantasy, animation, and music videos. The program also includes a competition for 15-second AI commercials for aicrew Inc., judged on planning, direction, and music as well as visuals. Guest creators will screen their own work and meet attendees in person, with sessions covering how the works were made.
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