Milan AI Festival will take place on 15 April 2027 at Cinema Anteo, Milano. It is a VIA Group — Visual Innovation Awards event. The date and venue are confirmed; eight competition categories and their runtime limits are also confirmed. The start time, programme, tickets, submission dates, fees, and full entry rules are still to be announced. Save the date and use the official festival page for participation updates.
The date and venue are confirmed
The first edition of Milan AI Festival now has a date and a venue: 15 April 2027 at Cinema Anteo, Milano. The organiser confirmed these details on 14 October 2026, and they are published on the official festival information page. This announcement gives visitors and creative teams a shared reference when discussing the event.
The festival focuses on cinema, design, and visual culture made with AI. The journal approaches that subject through the decisions people make: what to create, which material to select, how to edit it, and how to communicate the process. The confirmed venue places that conversation in a cinema setting; the specific screenings and activities will be set out in the programme when it is announced.
What to put in your calendar now
Save “Milan AI Festival — Cinema Anteo, Milano” on 15 April 2027 and include a link to the festival information page in the calendar note. Leave the start and finish times unresolved until the official schedule is published. A saved calendar date is a reminder, not an admission reservation.
For a group visit, separate the shared date from individual arrangements. One person can keep track of programme announcements while others note the information they need, such as session language, step-free access, or ticket coverage. That keeps an early planning conversation useful without turning an assumption into a booking instruction.
Before finalising travel around a particular session, check its published timing and entry conditions. The exact entrance, room, access arrangements, and event timetable have not yet been specified on the Milan festival page. A venue name alone does not answer those practical questions.
What filmmakers can prepare before an open call
A confirmed festival date can be a useful personal planning milestone, but it does not establish a submission deadline. Milan’s eight competition categories and runtime limits are now published, including student and Italian eligibility details. Opening dates, deadlines, fees, technical delivery requirements, and the full selection process are still to be announced. Do not adapt another festival’s rules into a Milan submission checklist.
There is nevertheless useful preparation that does not depend on an open call. Organise the current film version, accurate credits, a short synopsis, and a concise account of the creative process. Keep working files distinct from anything labelled final, so a later application can refer to the correct version.
Our AI film project breakdown guide offers a practical way to document one scene and a meaningful creative decision. The accessibility guide for AI short films covers reviewing captions and descriptions. Both are editorial resources for improving a project; neither announces a condition of entry for Milan.
Milan within the VIA festival family
Milan AI Festival is organised by VIA Group — Visual Innovation Awards, the organisation behind Rome AI Festival and Florence AI Festival. VIA’s published work spans film and AI festivals, screenings, hackathons, and awards. Milan has its own date, venue, and forthcoming programme within that wider creative community.
For context, explore the work presented on the Rome AI Festival website and the official Florence AI Festival listing. These are ways to discover the connected events, not previews of Milan’s selections. A film, speaker, category, or ticket published for Rome or Florence should only be associated with Milan after a Milan announcement confirms it.
The next information to look for
For audiences, the next useful announcements are the programme, start and finish times, ticket arrangements, and practical access information. For filmmakers, watch for a published call and its full conditions before deciding whether a project fits. For collaborators and press, the Milan organiser page points to VIA Group’s official contact route.
This article records the date-and-venue announcement as of 16 October 2026. Keep the festival information page bookmarked for the current details, or use its Italian version. The journal will continue publishing festival news alongside practical guides to making and discussing creative work with AI.