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Create a compelling AI-powered film for a real brand brief. Top films share a $16,000 prize pool, and winners fly to Dubai for the AHA Film Festival.
No entry fee. No gimmicks. Just real opportunity.
Create AI Ad films based on briefs designed to reflect real brand expectations — not hypothetical exercises.
The winning films share a prize pool of $16000, with top winner receiving $8,000.
Winning films are showcased at the AHA Film Festival, starting in Dubai — with filmmakers attending the screening and receiving a festival trophy on stage.
Winning film makers receive return flights and stay to attend the film festival.
Winning and shortlisted films are featured across AHA platforms, festival content, and filmmaker spotlights.
Your film is viewed by creative leaders and brand teams — the people who actually commission work.
Your creativity counts here.
Your AHA moment can become your breakthrough moment.
Simple. Transparent. Designed for serious creators.
Browse the open challenges. Download the PDF. Get inspired.
Use any AI tools you love. Tell a story in 30–40 seconds (unless the brief says otherwise).
Upload your completed film before the submission deadline. There is no entry fee.
All submissions are reviewed. Shortlisted films are selected by a jury of creatives and industry professionals.
Winners attend the AHA Film Festival: Screenings, awards, red carpet, filmmaker spotlights — the full experience.
Your film. Your moment. Your movement.
Where winning films leave the screen and enter the real world.
AHA Movement culminates in an intimate, premium film festival where the winning films are showcased and the creators take centre stage.
This is not a digital badge or a leaderboard result.
Winning films are screened publicly, and the filmmakers are recognized in the room.
Ready to see your work on the big screen?
View open briefsTo empower AI filmmakers around the world by giving them real opportunities, real visibility, and a worthy stage to showcase their stories.
A future where filmmaking is more accessible, where creativity flows freely across borders, and where storytellers rise through imagination — not resources.
Great ideas begin with an Aha moment. AHA Movement exists to give those moments a platform — turning individual sparks into a collective movement of bold storytellers.
No entry barriers.
Just creators, stories, and a platform built around both.
Anyone aged 18+ from anywhere in the world.
No. Creativity is what matters most.
Any — video generators, image tools, editing apps, audio tools. Your workflow is your call.
Usually 30–40 seconds, unless the brief specifies otherwise.
Yes, as long as each follows the brief.
Our team shortlists top entries. A jury — including the brand — chooses the winners.
You retain full ownership of your film.
By submitting, you grant AHA Movement a non-exclusive right to showcase your film for festival screenings and promotional purposes, with full credit to the creator.
If a brand selects your film for commercial use, rights and usage will be agreed directly with the filmmaker, either as part of the winning prize or through a separate licensing agreement.
They have first right of refusal to develop it further as a paid campaign.
Yes — flights and hotel are included.
No. Entry is completely free.
Ready to create your AHA moment?
Your story deserves to be seen. Your film deserves a stage. Your creativity deserves its moment.