Dubai and Google Launch $1 Million AI Short Film Competition

Dubai is teaming up with Google’s Gemini AI for an awesome film competition, offering $1 million to those who create amazing short films using AI. This is the first competition of its kind! The competition filmmakers and digital artists! Want to mess around with AI and tell stories? There’s a contest for that! Make a short film that shows you get AI and tells a cool, meaningful story. Shorts are great since they’re quick and get attention online.

The Dubai Government Media Office is having this AI film contest to help the UAE’s content creation scene. This scene is getting big for the economy and making noise everywhere. Dubai is pushing AI to make a spot where tech and creativity meet, making new entertainment, creative ways, and media ideas.

The judges will check out the storytelling, how creative the AI is, how good it’s filmed, and the film’s impact. Winning films should use tech in a smart way and get viewers to feel and think. Anyone can join, so it’s a global thing that pushes teamwork and sharing in AI creativity.

The rules and when to enter are coming next month, so filmmakers and creators, start thinking! This contest is a way to be at the front of AI creativity, mixing art, tech, and stories in cool ways. Dubai is showing again that it’s all about what’s current, proving the UAE is helping make the future of media, entertainment, and creative jobs is set to take place during the 1 Billion Followers Summit, happening January 9–11, 2026. The aim is to show just how awesome AI can be for creative stuff. This also proves that Dubai is really serious about being a leader in new ideas, creativity, and tech.