
Absolute Cinema! AI Filmmaking & Storytelling 24hrs Hack
Absolute Cinema! π₯
Join us for an exciting AI Filmmaking & Storytelling Hackathon during SIGGRAPH Week in Los Angeles! π This two-day event will delve into the future of AI filmmaking, cinema, VFX, 3D, storytelling, and interactive media.
This hackathon unites filmmakers, artists, creative technologists, developers, designers, researchers, and AI builders to prototype innovative production workflows for the next era of cinema. Move beyond one-off AI clips toward reusable, interactive, and scalable creative pipelines! π
What to Expect:
- Tracks:
- Filmmaking, Entertainment
- Branched Storytelling & Edutainment
- Best GenAI Character/Product/Brand Placement
- One Shot Challenge
Prizes Await! π
- $20,000 prize pool
- $2,000 in World Labs API credits
- XGRIDS PortalCam (valued at $5,000)
- SIGGRAPH 2026 tickets
- Showcase opportunity at SIGGRAPH β26
- Win exciting items like GTA 6 and Playstation 5
This is for anyone passionate about AI cinema, VFX, 3D, storytelling, and interactive media. Come and build the next AI cinema pipeline with us!
Sessions Include:
- How to Use AI & MCP for Blender, Unreal & Godot
- Worlds in Action Hack [02-LA]: Info Session & Ideation & Team Formation
- How to Turn Gaussian Splats into Structured, Interactive 3D Worlds
- How to Build with 3DGS Across World Labs, Web, Unity & Unreal
- Decoding Kotlin for Unity Developers - Overnight
- How to Build Multi-View Apps with Emulator, Spatial SDK & WebSpatial
- Pre-Hack Keynote, Workshops & Networking
Meet Our Hack Advisors & Judges:
- Alex Coulombe, CEO of Agile Lens
- Avik Sethia, Founding Engineer at Reactor
- Benny Guo, Chief Scientist of Tripo AI
- Rachel Cooper, AI Strategy & Creative Technology Executive at Lionsgate
And many more inspiring leaders from the industry!
Need more inspiration on what to build? Ideas will be shared post-sign-up! π‘
π© For any questions, reach out at hello@sensaihack.com
π More information: Visit our website




