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Tradition meets state of the art.
AI is changing how films get made. Most people are still watching from the sidelines. This weekend, you'll take action. It's a 48-hour, in-person filmmaking hackathon: you align on the pipeline Friday, start building the moment the clock starts, and premiere it on Sunday. Idea to screen in one weekend.
No magic promises. AI is not the perfect solution for everything. You'll leave knowing exactly where AI helps your film, and where it doesn't make sense for you to use it.
A warm-up and hands-on session across the full pipeline before the 48-hour clock starts at 15:00. One shared toolset, one delivery spec, so no team loses Saturday to tool confusion. Teams form, and building starts the moment the clock hits zero.
Build and shoot at Riverside Studios in Berlin. Directors and AI specialists unblock you all weekend.
Your film premieres at the Colosseum Berlin, with awards, in front of a full house.
Premiered at the Colosseum Berlin, in front of a full house, with the files to submit it wherever you like. Not a rough cut on a hard drive.
A real concept-to-edit workflow you can run again on Monday morning.
Working directors and AI specialists all weekend, and people who make things, not just talk about making them.
You've made something with AI, or you've made films the classic way, and you want to find out what you can do with a real crew, a real deadline and a real screen. That's the room. AI creators: arrive knowing your tools, because the weekend is for making, not for learning the basics. Classic filmmakers: you don't need AI experience, your craft is what a film is built on. Films need every role. Come solo or with friends: teams form at the event.
You check in on Friday between 10:00 and 14:00, in person at Riverside Studios in Berlin, and you're in the room for the opening at 14:00 and the start of the countdown at 15:00. You don't have to be on site for all 48 hours. This is an IRL event: there is no remote option. Teams depend on each other; half-committed teammates break a film.
Filmmakers & Movie Nerds has been running the Movie Sprint for years: crews formed on the spot, films finished in a single weekend, premiered to a full house. Cameras, actors, real sets. Filmhack is the next one.
Almost nothing. The event is free. We're a nonprofit community. You bring your laptop and 48 hours of your weekend.
It depends on where you're coming from. If you're an AI creator, yes: you should already be comfortable with AI image, video and audio tools. You don't need to be a pro, but if you'd be opening these tools for the first time on Friday, you'd spend the weekend learning instead of making, and that's frustrating for you and your team. If you're a classic filmmaker, you don't need AI experience: directing, writing, camera, sound and editing craft is what the films are built on, and teams are there to bring both worlds together. If you want to get up to speed with the tools first, start with the free tutorials on filmakers.ai, come to our meetups and workshops, and apply for the next edition.
Yes. Ahead of the weekend we run meetups and workshops on filmmaking and AI through filmakers.ai: that's where you build the skills if you're not there yet. Next up: the Warm Up & Pitch on Sat 7 Nov, 12:00 to 18:00 at Ojin AIxHaus, where you can pitch your project and find your crew. On Friday itself, there's a Warm Up Session to align everyone on the pipeline before the 48-hour clock starts at 15:00. It's a refresher, not a beginner course.
Our tech partner LetzAI is the recommended platform for the weekend: Prompt Studio for images, video and sound, the Canvas for storyboarding, animating and cutting with your team. Every participant gets the same amount of free LetzAI credits, plus a step by step setup guide on the participant Info Page. Get a head start now: watch the interface tutorial and the Canvas tutorial, read Introducing the Canvas and Add Skills to LetzAI Chat and Canvas, and find everything else at letz.ai/guides. LetzAI is recommended, not mandatory: other tools are allowed too.
No. Filmhack is an IRL event, in real life. You have to come to Berlin, Nov 13–15, and check in at Riverside Studios in person on Friday. There is no online or remote participation.
At Riverside Studios in Berlin-Kreuzberg: Pfuelstraße 5, Aufgang 5, UG, 10997 Berlin. Doors open Friday at 10:00. The premiere and awards on Sunday night are at the Colosseum Berlin, Schönhauser Allee 123: doors 18:30, free entry. Bring your people and RSVP on Luma for the screening.
No. Come solo or with friends. If you already have people, you can form your crew now and start concepting together. If not, teams form at the event. Tell us in your application what roles you can play and we'll help you find your crew.
Real footage: yes, from now on. You can also make style frames and character, object and location sheets. AI video, assembly and the edit happen only inside the 48 hours, Fri 15:00 to Sun 15:00. The full rules are on the participant Info Page.
The world is Berlin: your film has to be set there, in any era, as long as Berlin is recognisable on screen. The modifiers that have to appear in your film are revealed at kick-off on Friday, Nov 13.
Your laptop, a charger, and your full attention for the whole weekend. We handle the pipeline, the mentors and the screen. Coffee and snacks are on us, meals are on you.
Fill in the 5-minute application. You need to be 18 or older and able to check in in person on Friday, Nov 13, between 10:00 and 14:00, and stay for the opening at 14:00 and the start of the countdown at 15:00. Most of the 100 spots are filled. Applications are still open for four roles only: Cinematographer, Sound / Music, Editor and Actor / Performer. All other roles are closed. We review on a rolling basis.
Organised by Filmmakers & Movie Nerds e.V., a nonprofit creator community, and filmakers.ai, our AI filmmaking lab. Zero gatekeeping, community first.
We run lean and nonprofit. If you want to support the weekend with tool credits, prizes or catering, or cover it as press, everything is on one page.
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