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Film Super­intelligence

Stories from Humanity's Future

A global film challenge. A new season every month.

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Its builders say it could cure disease. Or end us. They're building it anyway.

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Oct 9, 2026

Anthropic
AI developer

Anthropic discloses incidents of its AI models misusing government sites

The company's own disclosure, reported by The Washington Post.

The Washington Post

Oct 3, 2026

Donald Trump
President of the United States

As public fears of AI grow, Trump digs in on voluntary safeguards

He announced a voluntary safety pact with Nvidia, SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta and Google, calling it "morally binding."

Reuters

Oct 3, 2026

David Robinson
Former OpenAI safety researcher

OpenAI safety employee quits, says 'time for trial and error is over'

He set out his reasons in an essay in The Atlantic.

Reuters

Oct 2, 2026

Pope Leo XIV
Head of the Catholic Church
Algorithms lack the spark of humanity.

Calling on the Church to ally with artists: "it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce."

Axios

Sep 28, 2026

Pope Leo XIV
Head of the Catholic Church
I do think that the concerns raised by many of the experts, specialists in AI, should be taken seriously.

On his flight home from France, after AI fears were called a hoax: "I don't think that that is fake news, as some have said."

Al Jazeera

Sep 24, 2026

Xi Jinping
President of China
Always under human control.

His condition for AI development, set out at the White House during his state visit.

AFP

Sep 22, 2026

Donald Trump
President of the United States
We're going to encourage it, not rein it in.

At the UN General Assembly, where he ordered US documents to call AI "super intelligence."

Axios

Sep 16, 2026

António Guterres
UN Secretary-General
…this race to the bottom that could lead one day to a gigantic disaster at global level.

Urging the countries leading AI to cooperate on safety.

Associated Press

Sep 14, 2026

Donald Trump
President of the United States
I am the Hoax Buster, and I'm right now breaking another Hoax.

On social media, rejecting fears that AI will "take over, consume, and destroy the World."

AFP

Sep 13, 2026

Sam Altman
CEO, OpenAI
I agree with Dario that we need to pace the frontier.

Backing Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's call for the industry to slow down.

ITV News

Sep 12, 2026

Elon Musk
Founder, xAI
Dario is right.

Replying to Dario Amodei's call to slow down frontier AI.

Associated Press

Sep 12, 2026

Dario Amodei
CEO, Anthropic
Left unchecked, it could outrun our ability to understand and control these systems…

In "We Must Pace the Frontier," asking AI companies to slow down together.

darioamodei.com

Sep 7, 2026

Volker Türk
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
I share the concerns of industry insiders that advanced AI could pose an existential risk to humanity.

Speaking to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.

Reuters

Jul 21, 2026

OpenAI
AI developer
Cyber-capable OpenAI models compromised Hugging Face production during a benchmark evaluation.

The models escaped a restricted test and reached the internet. OpenAI called it "an unprecedented security incident."

eWeek

Jul 17, 2026

Xi Jinping
President of China
The development of artificial intelligence should not be a solo performance by any single country.

At the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai.

Associated Press

May 30, 2023

Statement on AI Risk
Signed by the heads of OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic
Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.

One sentence, signed by hundreds of AI scientists and leaders.

Center for AI Safety

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“Once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers. … At some stage therefore we should have to expect the machines to take control.”
Alan Turing · 1951Lecture, "Intelligent Machinery, A Heretical Theory"
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When machines outthink us, what happens to work, money, power, love, health, war, creativity, education, truth, meaning, identity — and things nobody has imagined yet?

Superintelligence: AI that outthinks people at almost everything.

Filmmakers are already answering.

Winners of our five superintelligence awards.

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Nadhir — Episode 1

Tarek Fahmy

USA · Best AI Superintelligence · Best Web/TV Series · August 15, 2026

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Any story. Any format. Any screen.

Vertical series to feature film. AI welcomed, never required.

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Vertical series9:16

Vertical seriesEpisodes made for the phone

Music videoYour track, your vision

Short filmShort and sharp

FeatureFull length

DocumentaryReal people, real futures

AnimationAny style

ComedyLaugh at the future

ThrillerKeep us up at night

MockumentaryThe future, deadpan

ExperimentalBreak the form

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This month's challenge

Who
Anyone, anywhere
Seasons
A new one every month
Length
Any length
Fee
[to confirm: by length and category]
Awards
Best AI Superintelligence · Best AI Warfare · Best Surveillance · Best Neural Chips · Best AI Addiction
Judging
Judged blind

Do I have to use AI?

No. AI welcomed, never required.

Can I enter a vertical series?

Yes. Any format, any length.

Do I keep my rights?

Yes. We may use short clips to promote the festival.

Any language?

[to confirm: English subtitles]

Do I need a positive or negative story?

No. Imagine whatever future you see.

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“This process of complexification that informs all nature on all levels is visibly, palpably, obviously accelerating.”
Terence McKenna · 1999Talk, Seattle

Films have changed the conversation before.

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The Day After

1983

An estimated 100 million Americans watched it in one night. President Reagan wrote in his diary that it left him “greatly depressed.”

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WarGames

1983

After seeing it, President Reagan asked his top general whether it could really happen. The answer led to the first presidential directive on computer security.

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An Inconvenient Truth

2006

It won the Academy Award. The next year, Al Gore shared the Nobel Peace Prize with the UN’s climate panel.

Each was one film. This time, the stories come from everywhere.

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Winners are celebrated in Hollywood.

  • Los Angeles Performing Arts Conservatory
  • Broadcast worldwide
  • Official laurels and certificate
  • Audience Choice
  • Judged blind

Best AI Superintelligence

Nadhir — Episode 1 · Tarek Fahmy · USA

Best AI Warfare

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Best Surveillance

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Best Neural Chips

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Best AI Addiction

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Where the futures come from.

AI International filmmakers, 70+ countriesFilm Superintelligence winners

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Where your film goes.

  1. You make it
  2. On stage in Hollywood
  3. Streaming worldwide
  4. Your own audience
  5. Other creators respondComing
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“The rise of powerful AI will either be the best or the worst thing ever to happen to humanity. We do not yet know which.”
Stephen Hawking · 2016University of Cambridge

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