SHAIKEFILM FESTIVAL - La Ciotat · October 2-3, 2026
Official Competition
Submissions are open. Submit your film and take part in the first edition of the SHAIKE Film Festival in La Ciotat.
SubmitWhere cinema was born. Where it reinvents itself.
SHAIKE Film Festival brings together two families that seem to oppose each other: those reinventing creation with artificial intelligence, and those carrying the heritage of traditional cinema. Our role is not to decide, but to create the space where both can coexist, learn from each other and shape a new visual language. AI opens possibilities; cinema upholds the craft. SHAIKE makes both come alive.
The Venue
La Ciotat and the Eden, the oldest cinema in the world. This is where Louis Lumière shot his train in 1895.
The competition
All techniques compete, same criteria, one jury. No separate category: a great film is a great film.
The manifest
The SHAIKE Index, our transparency standard on the tools used. For audiences, professionals and institutions.
400 filmmakers.
60 countries.
One cinema.
A new generation of filmmakers.
Voices from around the world, united by one demand: the quality of the work.
LOVE LETTERS TO CINEMA
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1895, La Ciotat. The Lumière brothers show a moving picture to a paying crowd for the first time ever.
On October 3rd, 2026, 100 filmmakers from 30+ countries head back to where it all began.
100 voices. One monument, built in a single day.
“The biggest tribute to cinema ever attempted.”
Jeremy Angelier, Festival director and SHAIKE Founder
Reverent, mournful, playful, unhinged, animated, abstract, a hundred dialects of the same language.
Every filmmaker builds their episode with Dreamina AI's latest tools.
Premiering this fall, only on SHAIKE.
Opening & industry day
- TimeActivityPlace
- MorningPress ConferenceBest Western La Ciotat
- DaytimePro Talks (panels, workshops, keynotes)La Chaudronnerie
- Late afternoonNetworking CocktailEden Theater
- EveningAward CeremonyEden Theater
- NightAfter PartySecret location…
Public day
- TimeActivityPlace
- All dayThe 24h SeriesHalle Lumière
- All dayCinema Exhibition and ScreeningMicroFolie Chapel
- All dayKid's digital workshopsSimone Veil Library
- All dayOfficial Selection public screeningEden Theater
- EveningFeature Film World PremiereEden Theater
A festival throughout the city
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