Grand Prix
The supreme award. All categories and all techniques.
Olivier Dahan
Director
Olivier Dahan will preside the jury of this first edition, in the town where he grew up. The director of La Vie en Rose, the Édith Piaf biopic that won two Academy Awards and five Césars, and of Grace of Monaco and Simone, Woman of the Century, will be joined by figures from cinema and the creative industries to award the prizes on Friday, October 2nd at the Eden Théâtre, at the close of a day of panels on the future of the screen industries.
Friday, October 2nd, 2026 · Eden Théâtre · La Ciotat
For a century, cinema has absorbed the revolutions of sound, colour and digital without splitting into rival competitions. AI is the next chapter, not a chapter apart. SHAIKE brings all techniques together within a single Official Selection, judged by a single jury against a single question: does the film move us, challenge us, stay with us?
Every application declares its tools on the SHAIKE Index, our transparency standard. What earns a place at the Eden is not the process, it's the work.
Where your film belongs.
Feature Film
Original narrative works of 60 minutes and more.
Short Film
Fiction under 40 minutes. All techniques welcome.
Documentary
Non-fiction, long and short format.
Music Video
Image in service of sound.
Animation
Hand-drawn, stop-motion, CGI, generative. All techniques.
Commercial
Commercial creativity, short formats.
TV Pilot
First episodes of series and TV formats.
Short Drama
Condensed stories, all short narrative formats.
Student Award
For filmmakers still in training. All categories.
Bring your film to La Ciotat.
Submissions for the first edition are open. Deadlines, fees and technical requirements are handled on our submission platform.