Bay Area AI Film Festival & Residency at Edge Esmeralda
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7 fund applications (6 curated) · 1 season
The first AI filmmaking residency inside a popup village of 1000+ innovators, culminating…
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About
We're building a place where filmmakers live for a month in a village of scientists, artists, and builders in California wine country - making movies with AI tools - then showing those movies at a big film festival in the Bay Area.
Impact
AI is transforming how stories are told. We're giving filmmakers from around the world access to cutting-edge tools, mentorship, and a creative community - democratizing cinema and proving AI can elevate art, not replace artists.
Progress
LocalHost HQ has run 6 AI film festivals in India (5000+ films submitted, 25M+ impressions). Edge City has hosted 12000+ participants across 8 popup cities globally. Edge Esmeralda 2026 May 30-June 27 in Healdsburg, CA, is in its third edition.
Team
We know how to build spaces where creative people do their best work. Edge City runs world-class popup villages. LocalHost produces landmark AI film festivals. Together we bring the community, talent, and production expertise to make this happen.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $0 | — |
| Total | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $20 | $20 | — | — | — | $0 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 7 | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers | curated | 2026-07-09 |
| Season 7 | WildSeed Creators Fund | curated | 2026-07-09 |
| Season 7 | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living | curated | 2026-07-09 |
| Season 7 | Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration | curated | 2026-07-09 |
| Season 6 | Pressman Film Fund for New Frontiers | submitted | 2026-03-16 |
| Season 7 | Terminus Fund for Network States | curated | 2026-07-09 |
| Season 7 | Learning Layer Fund for AI Frontiers | curated | 2026-07-09 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/bay-area-ai-film-festival--residency-at-edge-esmeralda
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Top siblings
Projects that applied to the same funds.
| Project | Shared funds | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | The International Artists Project Documentary First Documentary to Tell the Stories of Music Artists Born in Every Country on Earth | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers, Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration +4 | $563 |
| 2. | Akuya I am an upcoming artist and this is my first track of the year, i need help for the produ… | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers, Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration +4 | $234 |
| 3. | Element of Chawaza Artistic fusion of culture, landscape, sound and tech that evokes a profound sensory expe… | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers, Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration +3 | $1,356 |
| 4. | FREERIDERS Cinematic journey into the global movement of women riders breaking down borders to recla… | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers, Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration, Learning Layer Fund for AI Frontiers +3 | $12,909 |
| 5. | Memethology A trading card game about tech, culture, and human flourishing. | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers, Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Learning Layer Fund for AI Frontiers +3 | $220 |
| 6. | Hands of Hope Foundation Extending Hope, Restoring Dignity. | AI Filmmaking Fund for Generative Storytellers, Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Learning Layer Fund for AI Frontiers +3 | $0 |
| 7. | ToGather Project, Documenting Living Systems Better communities are being built right now. This platform is where their experience bec… | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration, Learning Layer Fund for AI Frontiers +2 | $8,193 |
| 8. | Libp2p: The Internet Without Gatekeepers We are building the core networking layer for a decentralized internet powering peer-to-p… | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Emergent Creativity Fund for Conscious Collaboration, Learning Layer Fund for AI Frontiers +2 | $60 |
Other funds of top siblings
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