Our winners

The jury has made its decision. Here are our two winners. Thanks to everyone who participated!

Topics

The themes for Framed Futures are live! Choose one of the four headlines below as the spark for your 2-minute short film. You have 72 hours to bring your vision of Switzerland in 30 years to life.

Competition

FRAMED FUTURES  is a short film competition presented by GenAI Zürich, Stories AG, Das Alte Lager and the After the Algorithm Festival. In just 72 hours, participants bring their vision of an AI-shaped Switzerland in 30 years to life through film. Die Filme sollen dabei maximal 2 Minuten lang sein. Ob KI-gestützt oder mit klassischen filmischen Mitteln realisiert – die Wahl der technischen Umsetzung steht den Teilnehmenden frei.

Production & AI Tools

Whether you choose to shoot traditionally or push creative boundaries with AI tools is entirely up to you. For those looking to explore AI for the first time, we have put together a few resources to get you started:

To create images, videos, and audio, platforms like Midjourney, Krea.ai, Higgsfield, Leonardo.ai, RunwayML, Elevenlabs or Suno are at your disposal—a comprehensive overview can be found in our tool directory.

To get started, you will also find a general guide here, as well as initial introductions to Midjourney and Higgsfield.

Upload & Deadline

We will send you the link for the video upload via email on Sunday evening (March 22). The final submission deadline is Monday, March 23, at 8:00 PM—after which the jury will begin the review process.

Jury

Together, they will review your short films. The focus is not on technical brilliance but on storytelling. Don’t just be flashy.

Profilbild Reta Guetg

Reta Guetg

Zurich Film Festival ZFF Festival Head & Co-Owner

Tobi Fueter

Producer & Director Co-Owner Stories AG

Sabine Boss

Director & Principal Zurich University of the Arts

Prizes

Winners can look forward to prizes such as a post-production session by Unsere Farben, Sounddesign from Dub Dub Tonstudios, equipment vouchers from Eberle Filmequipment, industry passes to the Zurich Film Festival as well as professional mentoring from Stories AG, Sabine Boss and Das Alte Lager. Die Gewinner*innen präsentieren ihre Arbeit live vor 500 KI-Expert*innen an der Konferenz GenAI Zurich.

Register

Registration for the 72-Hour Filmmaking Sprint is now closed. Everyone who registered by the deadline will receive detailed information about the event and the schedule via email.

After the topic is announced on March 20 at 8:00 PM, participants will have time until March 23to submit their films. The award ceremony will take place on April 2 as part of the GenAI Zurich Festivals .

Awards Ceremony

Die Preisverleihung findet am 2. April im Rahmen des GenAI Zurich Festivals statt.

Dabei werden die drei Gewinnerfilme präsentiert.

Dabei wird es abhängig von den Eingaben Bronze, Silber, Gold or Mit KI, ohne Ki, Hybrid Auszeichnungen geben