Los Angeles Silicon Valley AI Film Festival Announces 13 Awards: Into the Rain Takes the Grand Prix at the Saban Theatre Ceremony
The 2026 Los Angeles-Silicon Valley AI Film Festival announced its winners on November 10. The awards ceremony was held on November 1 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, California, presenting 13 awards. Presented by Star Alliance Culture Inc., the festival works under the vision, With AI, You Are the Film Master.
Among the five major awards, Into the Rain, created by Visional Studio, received the Grand Prix, and Lost and Found, by Gleb Kusakin, earned the Grand Jury Prize. A Song of the Sacred Tree and the Endless Night, created by a RexTrix platform user, won Best Feature Film, Duskwood Roar, by Rui Gao, received Best Short Film, and Linko won Best Director for Apocalypse: The Seventh Prime Stone.
Additional honors included Best Screenplay for Before She Speaks, by Yuexuan Jia, Best Shot Design for The Yield, by Johnny Fine, Best AI Workflow and Innovation for Little Sun, by Liz Chen, Best Editing for Burn It For Him, by Mirrold Xie, and Best Production Design for Made with Love, by Hyeokjin Choi.
The Fungal Realm, by Huaichuan Chang, won Best Animated Film, Awaker, co-created by CHANÉE and Riccardo M, received Best Music Video, and Rubato received Best Score. Organizers said judging placed storytelling and artistic expression at its core, while also considering industry potential and copyright compliance.
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(Source: Silicon Valley AI Film Festival)
Source: Silicon Valley AI Film Festival
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