Following the announcement of the Award Winner, 2nd Place Winner, Finalists, and Semi-Finalists, the Organizing Committee of AI FilmFest Serbia 2026 is pleased to announce this year’s Official Quarter-Finalists and Honorable Mentions.

After reviewing more than 1,700 submissions from 126 countries and territories worldwide, the International Jury recognized an additional selection of outstanding productions whose originality, artistic quality, storytelling, and innovative use of artificial intelligence distinguished them during the evaluation process.

These films will be presented during the Official Quarter-Finalist & Honorable Mention Screening on Saturday, July 4, 2026, at 4:30 PM CEST (Belgrade, Serbia) as part of the official festival program.

The screening will be open to audiences both live in Belgrade and worldwide via the official FSU YouTube channel.

Official Quarter-Finalists

The Museum of Fatigue — Jhonattan Sarmiento — Colombia
Catatumbo: House of Thunder, Memory, and Dignity — Jhonattan Sarmiento — Colombia
REIMAGINE — Yang Xin Li & Xi Wen Wan — China
Danza #FFFFFF — Fran Gas
Echoed in Water — Yossi Galanti — Israel
Echo — 天舒谢 & 重麟朱
KOPI – The Human Journey Behind Your Coffee (Director’s Cut) — Budiyan & Rebeltech Collective — Singapore
The Motherland — Aisha Hajiyeva — Azerbaijan
La Libertà (Freedom) — Robert Delirio — United States
The Blend — JeongHoon Kwon — South Korea
Warped Memories — Pedro Bayeux — Brazil
The Man and His Memories of Life — Bernardo Rocha Lins — Brazil
Man In The Mirror — Kassdan Chen — China
The Bird Never Lands | AI Experimental Short Film — Réka Harsányi
Knock on the Void — Joon Ho Kim — South Korea
16 Meters — Tal Sela — Israel
Burn Vertical — Fabio Bola
CRAITURES — Jeff Balek — France
La Cumbia – The Last Connection feat. Arlo Lopez — Kateryna Grechko — Montenegro
Cosmic Glimpse — Natali Brasil — Brazil
TOYS — Accursio Graffeo — Italy
Escape with Me to an Alternate World — Robin Shahid — United States
OVERRIDE (feat. Alyte) — David J. Badurina — United States
SEED — Adrien Cohen — France
Hamlet & Ophelia – Love Drowned in Silence — Damla Ayzeren — Türkiye
By the Roadside, You Play at a Fragile Home — Allabhya Ghosh — India
Baby Hero Uturi: Re-Bloom — Nayeong Kim — South Korea
Something Worse — Paulo Godoi — Brazil
Doradilla — Fernando Gabriel Sosa — Argentina
The Way Home — Wanghao / Maya_Wh
HALO — Jingtian Zhu — China
The Image That Should Not Exist — Vanja Elez — Serbia
Joan of Arc: Witch Hunter – Episode 1 — Bobby Guions — United States
I Am Real. Now What? — Rosa Aranzazu Lykiardopoulos — United Kingdom
THE GARNISH — Hendrik van Zwol — Netherlands
Heir of the Forgotten Forest — Firas Samer Al Khuffash — Jordan
Silence Between Us — Volodymyr Shpak — Ukraine
Limbo — Effie Wang — China

Honorable Mentions

The Green Protocol – Diary — Sulafa Hijazi — Germany
Maybe She Sleeps (Možda spava) – Cinematic Edition — Mirko Ristanović Petković — Serbia

Official Screening

📅 Saturday, July 4, 2026
🕟 4:30 PM CEST (Belgrade, Serbia)

Venue

Faculty of Contemporary Arts (FSU)
Multimedia Studio
Svetozara Miletića 12
Belgrade, Serbia

Live Stream

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7184s9Ts0DWQCOIlq_xAeQ

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Thank You to All Participants

Every submission was an important part of this year’s festival. We sincerely thank all filmmakers for sharing their creativity, vision, and innovation with us.

The selected films represent an extraordinary diversity of ideas, cultures, and artistic approaches that define the future of AI cinema. We are honored by the trust shown by every participant and look forward to welcoming both returning and new filmmakers to future editions of AI FilmFest Serbia.

Thank you for being part of AI FilmFest Serbia 2026. Together, we are shaping the future of AI-powered filmmaking. We look forward to seeing you again at the next edition of the festival.