“The Phoenix Diner” Selected for Neu Wave AI Film Festival
September 16, 2026
The festival will be October 14 in Los Angeles as part of LA Tech Week.
The festival will be October 14 in Los Angeles as part of LA Tech Week.
It’s also a finalist to be considered for screening at the annual festival in August 2027.
This selection means it survived the festival’s first round of judging.
Watch it Sept. 26 at NECAT Studios in Nashville, TN.
This has been a banner summer so far for this adaptation of the Deena Warner novella.
My optimistic version of the future is that mankind will come to peace with its AI creation.
Semi-finalist for Best Music Video.
All the credit goes to Deena Warner, who wrote the novella it’s based on.