BHAI brings together filmmakers reimagining cinema, designers crafting impossible visuals, marketers revolutionizing campaigns, and storytellers exploring new narrative frontiers.
Our community thrives on collaboration, knowledge sharing, and pushing the creative limits of generative AI. From text-to-video breakthroughs to AI-assisted post-production, we're building the future of creative industries together.
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A vibrant community platform connecting creators, filmmakers, storytellers, and innovators pushing the boundaries of AI-powered creativity.
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FILMMAKERS
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31st May, 5pm onwards @ antisocial, mumbai
Registrations, Guest Arrival & Networking
Check-in, meet creators and industry leaders, and get ready for an inspiring evening.
Opening Remarks & Festival Introduction
Welcome to IAIFA 2026 – the India edition of the global AI Film Awards.
Content Creators’ Roundtable
Open conversations with India’s leading creators shaping the future of storytelling.
Transition Break
Network, recharge and transition to our next session.
Microsoft × Whistling Woods International
with Smita Roy (Microsoft) & Rahul Puri (Whistling woods international)
AI, Education & Creative Futures
Transition Break
Short break before the next session.
Storytelling in the Age of AI with Shakun Batra & Guru Vaidya (Adobe India)
Creativity, technology and storytelling in the age of AI.
Seating & Awards Setup
Please take your seats as we prepare for the screenings and awards.
AI Film Screenings & Awards Ceremony
Celebrating the best AI films and the visionaries advancing storytelling for the future.
Afterparty
Celebrate, connect and create the future together. Let the conversations continue!
EVENT SCHEDULE
5:00 PM – 5:45 PM
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM
6:00 PM – 6:45 PM
6:45 PM – 7:00 PM
7:00 PM – 7:30 PM
7:30 PM – 7:45 PM
7:45 PM – 8:15 PM
8:15 PM – 8:30 PM
8:30 PM – 9:45 PM
9:45 PM Onwards
Registrations, Guest Arrival & Networking
Check-in, meet creators and industry leaders, and get ready for an inspiring evening.
Opening Remarks & Festival Introduction
Welcome to IAIFA 2026 – the India edition of the global AI Film Awards.
Content Creators’ Roundtable
Open conversations with India’s leading creators shaping the future of storytelling.
Transition Break
Network, recharge and transition to our next session.
Microsoft × Whistling Woods International
with Smita Roy (Microsoft) & Rahul Puri (Whistling woods international)
AI, Education & Creative Futures
Transition Break
Short break before the next session.
Storytelling in the Age of AI with Shakun Batra & Guru Vaidya (Adobe India)
Creativity, technology and storytelling in the age of AI.
Seating & Awards Setup
Please take your seats as we prepare for the screenings and awards.
AI Film Screenings & Awards Ceremony
Celebrating the best AI films and the visionaries advancing storytelling for the future.
Afterparty
Celebrate, connect and create the future together. Let the conversations continue!
5:00 PM – 5:45 PM
5:45 PM – 6:00 PM
6:00 PM – 6:45 PM
6:45 PM – 7:00 PM
7:00 PM – 7:30 PM
7:30 PM – 7:45 PM
7:45 PM – 8:15 PM
8:15 PM – 8:30 PM
8:30 PM – 9:45 PM
9:45 PM Onwards
I A I F A J u r y
Hridaye Nagpal
Content Strategy Lead @ Invideo
Founder @ Its.GOBO
Hridaye A Nagpal is a content strategy lead and creative technologist with a focus on the future of storytelling.
He works at the intersection of content, technology and platforms-helping brands and creators build meaningful connections in a changing media landscape.
Shakun Batra
Aashay Singh
Filmmaker • Kapoor & Sons • Gehraiyaan
Founder @ JouskaAI
Director @ Grail
Creative Partner @ Runway • Freepik • Dreamina
Shakun Batra is a filmmaker known for his intimate, emotional storytelling and strong character worlds.
His work explores relationships, vulnerability and the nuances of modern life.
Aashay Singh creates cinematic worlds using Al tools. He blends storytelling with emerging Al workflows.
Prateek Arora
Indofuturism • Hauntology
Building new visual worlds through Al
Prateek Arora (Ek Praet) is an Al artist and filmmaker whose work blends speculative world building with cultural memory and emerging technologies.
His practice explores the future through the lens of the past-crafting images and narratives that feel both otherworldly and deeply rooted.
Priyarth Mukherjee
Founder @ The Al Theatre
Al Filmmaker • Storyteller • Creative Technologist
Priyarth Mukherjee is an Al filmmaker working at the intersection of cinema and generative Al.
Founder of The Al Theatre , building Al-powered films, campaigns, and creative ecosystems. Creating cinematic work that explores the future of storytelling.
Uzma Memon
Music Executive & Creative Strategist
Uzma Memon is a music and creative strategist. She has worked in A&R, music supervision, artist scouting and development, music IP creation and AI-led music systems with companies including Eros International, Saregama, Zee Studios and Universal Music Publishing India.
Intersection of storytelling, culture and AI
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Whether you're an AI filmmaker, creative professional, tech enthusiast, or curious cinephile , this is the night where India's generative AI creative movement takes the stage. Get your tickets ASAP! and Join us on 31st May 2026 for the India AI film Awards
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