For the first time this year, the awards were presented at the Chicago AI Film Festival 2024. The AI Film Festival, founded by director Cj Vecchio, took place at the Facets Theatre at 1517 West Fullerton Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60614, United States. It is the 17th official festival selection for ‘TRANSFORMATION’. The winner was ‘The Abyss’ by Andres Aloi, an AI short film that alternates between real images and AI images. I didn’t win, the competition was very high quality, but i’m very proud to have been nominated with all these fantastic films. There are not many renowned and good AI festivals at the moment, as the first festivals started in 2023. Thanks to festival director Cj Vecchio, the facets origanisation and the festival team, I’m looking forward to further challenges.