dAseIn Film Festival

Dasein AI Film Festival — The Continuum Cinema at the Edge of Presence
Tuesday, June 9 | 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM 📍 Upcider, 1160 Polk St, Floor 2, San Francisco 🎟 $13 | 50 spots — bring your friends

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The first Dasein AI Film Festival happened.
22 films screened. 7 awards presented. A full room, two parts, and conversations that kept going long after the lights came up.
Now we continue.
The Continuum is the next gathering in the Dasein series — built from submissions that didn't align with the first edition's specific theme. Not because they lacked strength, but because they existed beyond its frame. This is where they are seen.
The theme this time opens wider.
Not human. Not machine. But being itself — the condition of existing in relation to a world that is shifting faster than language can follow. Inspired by Heidegger's concept of Dasein — the awareness of presence, of being here, now, in this — the evening moves beyond categories and into the question underneath all of them.

Program Format — 10 to 15 curated short films — Total runtime under 100 minutes — One award: Audience Award, voted live on the night — Post-screening conversation and connection

A Living Structure
Dasein now runs year-round. Every two months, a new theme. Every screening, a different entry point into the same question. This builds toward the second Dasein Film Festival in 2027 — a full-day event, expanded in every dimension.
If you make films, submit. If you think about AI, consciousness, or cinema, come. If you just want to be in a room where the conversation is worth having — this is that room.
Followed by connection and the continuation of the Dasein Creative Circle — a year-round space for filmmakers, artists, technologists, writers, and thinkers to meet and co-evolve.

Sponsored by the Empathetic AI Institute.

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Submit: filmfreeway.com/DaseinFilmFestival
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Limited capacity. Early arrival recommended.