We Are
Human Festival
Artificial Intelligence in service of human rights
An international festival and dialogue platform dedicated to human rights in the age of AI. A 30-year vision. One article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights explored through each edition.
Artificial intelligence is already transforming our imaginations, our cultures, and our societies. At this turning point, We Are Human mobilises artistic creation to question these technologies, reveal what is at stake, and explore their impact on human rights.
We Are Human is an international festival dedicated to films made in the age of artificial intelligence, committed to human rights.
Conceived as a space for dialogue and creation, the festival unfolds across multiple cities around the world, bringing together artists, filmmakers, researchers and citizens around a shared ambition: to explore how artificial intelligence can become a tool for creation, reflection, and the defence of humanist values.
We neither ignore the ecological cost of AI nor its biases. But we refuse to let these tools redefine the world without bringing a vision to them.
We Are Human practises a necessary subversion: transforming a technology of power into a vector of universalism.
Our ambition: to place artificial intelligence at the service of creation and human rights.
Article 1 · Universal Declaration of Human Rights, UN, 1948
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."
Call for Films
Edition 1 · Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Submissions open · June 1 → September 30, 2026 · Free to enter — Illustrate or question Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with AI as your creative partner.
Accepted Formats
Fiction · Documentary · Animation · Video Essay · Digital Art — 1 to 10 minutes · Solo or group · 18 and over Paris · São Paulo · New York · Johannesburg · Nairobi · Geneva
The Ethics Notebook
Mandatory at submission — Not a filter: a few questions about your process, the role of the machine, its biases. A work within the work.
3 Awards €10,000 total
Grand Prix €5,000 · Best Screenplay €3,000
· Ethics Award €2,000
Selected works will travel the world.
The festival
Film festival in the age of AI.
We Are Human explores how films and emerging audiovisual forms use AI to advance and support human rights.
Call for films
Submit your work to the Festival.
An international call dedicated to daring new works exploring artificial intelligence, creativity and human rights.
Ethics book
A record of what AI did to your work
Every filmmaker completes an ethics notebook alongside the film — feeding festival's
public debates.
Program
Screenings, talks
and conversations.
Discover selected films, panels and key moments
of the international
festival.
International
An international festival across 4 continents.
Paris and partner cities host screenings, talks and events. A global network of venues and cultural partners.
Partners
A cultural
and international project.
Join a festival placing creativity, innovation
and human rights
at its core.
Submit your film on FilmFreeway and join the first edition of the We Are Human Festival.
