About Us
For now, I'm on my own.
What do I want
Open the first year of the festival and do it well! At first, I wanted to make a small online film festival, which culminated in a small film evening. But as time went on, I realized it was necessary to push through. However, my own work began to pile up, which I would like to screen with dignity, so I simply told myself that I would rent a cinema and open the first year of this AI film festival on my own, with my own projects.
Petr Chroustovský, DiS. – graphic designer, director, and digital creator. He is a techno-optimist with a long-standing interest in cybernetics, transhumanism, and cyberpunk, approached with his own unique, slightly bizarre sense of humor.
He comes from Jihlava and lives in Hradec Králové, where he has realized a number of artistic and audiovisual projects (painting exhibitions, screenings of his own documentary film). Annual Garden, adventure game author Dark Disharmony, winner of the 2008 nationwide Canon photography contest, minor literary and journalistic works). He is the founder and owner of the studio d3arts.cz.
Chroust, as he calls himself, is a quirky entertainer and a „one-man army.“ His penchant for technology naturally led him to artificial intelligence, with which he actively experiments.
He graduated in mechatronics from the Secondary School of Industrial, Technical and Automotive Engineering in Jihlava and the Secondary and Higher Vocational School of Applied Cybernetics in Hradec Králové in the field of Computer Art and Design.
Filmography
One Year Garden 2014
Documentary, Short, Experimental
Dolito! 2022
Musical parody
Bubola and the Space Journey 2025
Fairly tale
Prayer of Hyperfantasy 2026
Animation, Short, Experimental
Secrets of Kandahar - Cosmic Dance 2025
Music Video
Secrets of Kandahar - Broken Heart 2024
Music Video, Short
Secrets of Kandahar - Parallax 2024
Music Video, Short, Experimental
Secrets of Kandahar - Saucers 2024
Music Video, Experimental
Bubola and Space Journey 2025
Fairy tale
Partners
Appreciation
Semi-Finalist
Secrets of Kandahar - Cosmic Dance
San Francisco Arthouse Short Film Festival
San Francisco, California
2025
Semi-Finalist
Secrets of Kandahar - Cosmic Dance
MIRADA CORTA SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Mexico City
2025
Semi-Finalist
Secrets of Kandahar - Cosmic Dance
Vienna Independent Short Film Festival
Vienna
2025
Semi-Finalist
Secrets of Kandahar - Cosmic Dance
Austin International Art Festival
Austin, Texas
2025
Award Winner
Secrets of Kandahar - Cosmic Dance
Filmzen International Film Competition
Chicago
2025
Semi-Finalist
Secrets of Kandahar - Saucers
Paris International Short Festival
Paris International Short Festival
2025
Award Winner
Secrets of Kandahar - Saucers
Chicago Filmmaker Awards
Chicago
2025
Award Winner
Secrets of Kandahar - Saucers
Critics' Choice International Film Festival
Nagercoil, Tamilnad
2025
Nominee
Secrets of Kandahar - Parallax
Love & Hope International Film Festival
Barcelona
2025
Official Selection
Secrets of Kandahar - Parallax
EUROPE MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS
Košice
2025
Best Micro Short
Secrets of Kandahar - Parallax
New Jersey International Short Festival
New Jersey
2025
Semi-Finalist
Secrets of Kandahar - Broken Heart
Tokyo Women Film Festival
Tokyo
2025
Finalist
Secrets of Kandahar - Broken Heart
Humro Cinema Film Fest
Pokhra
2025
Official Selection
Secrets of Kandahar - Broken Heart
Czech International AI Film Festival
Prague
2024
Award Winner
Secrets of Kandahar - Saucers
Pageant Film Festival
Gangtok, Sikkim
2025
Award Winner
Secrets of Kandahar - Dreams
Whispers of the Universe: IFF Melbourne
Melbourne
2026
Nominee
Prayer of Hyperfantasy
Subtelny Cinema and AI Festival
Warsaw
2026
“Film je pro mě jedinečné médium pro možnost sebevyjádření.”
Petr Chroustovský