Creative AI Hackathon 1.0
16.05.26 · AI.AM (de Hubb), Jacob Bontiusplaats 9
The first run of the Creative AI Hackathon. Editors, animators, musicians, designers, 3D and film people took one day to build with AI on the theme Dreams, then demoed to a jury of three. Nineteen complete films existed by the evening that had not existed that morning.
- 120
- Applications
- 60
- Makers on the day
- 19
- Finished films

Hosted with
Disciplines in the room
Video and editing, animation, music and sound, design, 3D, film, advertising. Mixed teams, one day, live demos. Prizes on the spot: a month of free office space at TAG, €500 in cash and ten days of edit-suite time, plus credits from the platform partners. Covered by four national outlets: Adformatie, Emerce, Fonk Magazine and Drimble.
The jury
Wesley ter Haar
Co-founder & chief AI officer
Monks
LinkedIn → profile for Wesley ter Haar (opens in a new tab)Dave Waldman
Creative video director
Apple Video Studios
LinkedIn → profile for Dave Waldman (opens in a new tab)How it was judged
On craft, not on prompt count. Creative directors, editors, animators, musicians and 3D artists, all working to the same deadline and the same theme.
The room










