WAIFF Buenos Aires 2026: AI-made cinema at the Convention Center

What is confirmed

The World AI Film Festival Buenos Aires 2026 will take place on Friday, October 30, 2026, at the Buenos Aires Convention Center, Av. Figueroa Alcorta 2099, according to the city’s official agenda. The listing runs from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and states that admission is free.

The local edition is listed as part of Tecweek and connected to WAIFF, a festival devoted to audiovisual works created with artificial intelligence or with significant AI use in the creative process. The festival’s official page presents Buenos Aires as the Argentine host city for the initiative.

Why it matters for the audiovisual scene

The Argentine angle is not only about screening work: the call was aimed at Argentine creators or legal residents in the country. The official WAIFF rules accepted both fully AI-generated works and hybrid pieces, as long as the tool played a meaningful creative role.

The rules published by WAIFF require original works, respect for intellectual property rights and restrictions on deepfakes of identifiable people without authorization. They also require pieces to be in Spanish with English subtitles, a detail that links local production with possible international circulation.

Key points for planning a visit

For planning the day, the main details published by the city agenda are the date, venue, general schedule and admission format. The event is presented as a cultural program within Tecweek, focused on new audiovisual narratives shaped by artificial intelligence.

WAIFF’s site says the Buenos Aires Grand Prix winner will be invited to the WAIFF Cannes 2027 stage and that selected works may be screened within “Caminito a Cannes.” That information refers to benefits announced by the festival, not to results that have already taken place.