Experience the push and pull between desire and disgust through short films about attraction, temptation, obsession, discomfort, and rejection. See how quickly something we want can become something we want to turn away from.
The Desire & Disgust screening explores the powerful push and pull between what attracts us and what makes us want to turn away. Some films may draw you into longing, temptation, beauty, obsession, and attraction. Others may create discomfort, rejection, unease, or even disgust.
What makes this screening different is that you won’t know whether each film was created by a human filmmaker or with AI until the reveal. Just watch the films, experience the emotions, and decide for yourself: Who can move you more: a human or AI?
The 2026 Human vs. AI Film Premiere features nominated and selected short films from the 2026 Human vs. AI Film Festival across four screening sessions:
Joy & Sorrow
Intensity & Serenity
Love & Hate
Desire & Disgust
An All-Access Pass is available for all 4 sessions. Each session explores a different side of human emotion through a collection of short films.
This session focuses on Desire & Disgust, taking audiences through moments of attraction, temptation, obsession, discomfort, and rejection. It is a fun and unusual way to experience great short films while seeing how humans and AI tell stories about what draws us in, and what pushes us away.
The festival brings together filmmakers, AI creators, and film experts from around the world, but you don’t need to know anything about AI to enjoy it. Just come watch the movies, feel what you feel, and see if you can tell who or what made them.
Event venue
Delancey Street Screening Room, 600 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States
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