Marfa AI Film Festival

Crowley Theater
Marfa, Texas · 2027

The Shining: a face peers through a broken door.

New films made with machines, screened in a small-town theater in the high desert of West Texas.

Presented by Maxand98 & Justin Trimble Venue Crowley Theater Dates To be announced maiff.xyz

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Call for entries

Submit your film

MAIFF screens features, shorts and experimental work where AI is part of how the film was made: generated images, synthetic performers, machine-scored sound, or something nobody has named yet. Tell us how you made it.

FeatureOver 40 minutes

ShortUnder 40 minutes

ExperimentalAny length, any form

West TexasMade in or about the region

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Program strands Draft

Three ways in

Program announced 2027

Strand A

Reels & Remakes

Classic cinema in conversation with new tools. Restorations, re-imaginings, and the filmmakers who argue with their source.

Strand B

High Desert Originals

New features and shorts, in competition. Judged on story first, with the process disclosed in every program note.

Strand C

Marfa Lights

Late-night experimental work, live-generated sets and installations around town after the main screenings.

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The venue

Crowley Theater, Marfa

One screen, one room, one town of about 1,800 people about three hours from the nearest major airport. That distance is the point: you come to Marfa to watch.

Where: Downtown Marfa, Texas
Fly into: El Paso (ELP) or Midland (MAF)
Stay: Lodging guide coming 2027

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