Partner With Dasein
Bring thoughtful AI cinema to your students — and give their work a real audience.
Dasein is an AI film festival built on a simple belief: engaging artificial intelligence should be critical and creative, not hype. We'd love to partner with your program to give students exhibition, mentorship, and a serious, ethics-forward space to explore where cinema is heading.
What your program gets
A real stage for students
Selected student films receive a city screening in San Francisco and an official festival laurel — genuine exhibition for their portfolios.
A guest lecture or workshop
Ilgaz Kuren ("Q") comes in as a guest lecturer on AI filmmaking — a ready-made way to give students exposure to a field many programs are still building out.
A faculty jury seat
An honorary, visible role on our jury — helping shape what thoughtful AI cinema looks like, with visibility for your faculty and program.
An AI-forward reputation
Position your program as engaging seriously with AI — thoughtfully and ethically — on a subject your students are already asking about.
We're less interested in polished conformity than in singular artistic perspective.
Why Dasein is a credible partner
Two San Francisco editions and a year-round screening series. Films that have gone on to the Academy Awards shortlist, the World AI Film Festival, and beyond. A global community of filmmakers across 30+ countries. Founded and directed by Ilgaz Kuren — a filmmaker trained at the Sorbonne and Bahçeşehir, with credits across the Turkish film industry and festival-selected AI work of her own.
A note on the guest lecture: it's a free taste of the practical, hands-on approach behind the Dasein AI Film Bootcamp — so students who want to go deeper have a clear next step.
Let's find the right fit
Every program is different. The best place to start is a short conversation — 15 minutes to explore what would work for your students.