AI MEDIA AWARD 2026 – Official Film Reel
A NEW CREATIVE LANGUAGE IS EMERGING
21 award-winning films. Six international categories. One Swiss Special Award. Creators from around the world exploring what becomes possible when AI meets human imagination.
The AI Media Award 2026, presented on 27 October at Kongresshaus Zurich, offered a compelling snapshot of a creative field evolving at remarkable speed.
Across advertising, animation, art, fashion, music and narrative filmmaking, this year’s awarded works demonstrated that generative AI is moving beyond technological experimentation. It is becoming a creative instrument in its own right — enabling individual creators and small teams to develop cinematic worlds, distinctive visual languages and ambitious stories that only a few years ago would have demanded considerably larger productions.
Yet the strongest works also made one thing clear: technology alone does not create compelling content. As technical barriers continue to fall, the qualities that matter most become increasingly human — the idea, storytelling, direction, taste, rhythm, selection and point of view.
International Jury
The 2026 works were evaluated by an 18-member international jury of experts from film, advertising, technology, fashion, media, communications and AI content creation.
To ensure an independent and impartial assessment, all works were anonymised during the judging process. Jurors were not informed of the identity or country of origin of the creators. The evaluation focused entirely on the work itself: its creative concept, narrative quality, visual execution and professional use of AI.
The International Winners 2026
Category: AI Advertising
| Rank | Film Title | Author | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIA PRÉSENCE | Claudia Lalau | France |
| 2 | Everyone Needs | Seok Young Yoon | South Korea |
| 3 | The Wipemare | Axel Schilling | Germany |
Category: AI Animation
| Rank | Film Title | Author | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LOT 94 | Tamara Llorens | Spain |
| 2 | The 8th Candle | Amaru Zeas-Sigüenza | United States |
| 3 | Shadowless | Jinseon Seong | South Korea |
Category: AI Art
| Rank | Film Title | Author | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Message | Zuxin Hou & Mark Wachholz | China / Germany |
| 2 | Zero | Valerio Calsolaro | Italy |
| 3 | Elsewhere | Roxanne Ducharme | Panama |
Category: AI Fashion
| Rank | Film Title | Author | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Hipsters | Glen Jacques Park | South Korea |
| 2 | VIVID | Yanson | Switzerland |
| 3 | The Living Garden | Nastya | Switzerland |
Category: AI Music Clip
| Rank | Film Title | Author | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pillow Men | Jacky Wong | China |
| 2 | I Hit Like I Matter | Loïs Levy | France |
| 3 | Männer | Sebastian L Wiessner | Germany |
Category: AI Narration
| Rank | Film Title | Author | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WEAVER | Dr. Shaikha Hussain Alzahrani | United Arab Emirates |
| 2 | AA Meeting | Jia Chang | South Korea |
| 3 | A Dollar Story | Sheng Qiu | China |
Swiss AI Creator · Special Award
The Swiss AI Creator Special Award recognises outstanding work by creators connected to Switzerland and reflects the growing quality, diversity and ambition of the Swiss AI content creation scene.
| Rank | Film Title | Author | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Invisible Friend | Hekuran Avdili | Switzerland |
| 2 | Joseph | Laurent Cliquet | Switzerland |
| 3 | What We Carry | Ivan Bruno | Switzerland |
A particular highlight in the international competition came from Switzerland: VIVID by Yanson achieved second place in AI Fashion, making it the highest-ranked Swiss work in the international categories.
Official Film Showcase 2026
The AI Media Award 2026 Official Film Showcase brings together all 21 award-winning works — the Top 3 from each of the six international categories as well as the Top 3 of the Swiss AI Creator Special Award — presented in full length.
Together, these films form more than a collection of winners. They document a moment in which a new creative discipline is taking shape.