Festival application · Spring 2027 · Adjacent to Cannes Be first.

The First Room.

You're not buying tickets. You're not watching from the cheap seats. You're in the room before it has walls.

LeleKai is a festival of hybrid cinema for the next generation, adjacent to the Cannes Film Festival. Spring 2027, European base, programming alongside Cannes. We're building it now.

This page is not for the people who'll show up at the door once it opens. It's for the people who help us build the room — innovators, builders, troublemakers, teachers, businesses that fit, journalists who get it, people with energy.

"Cinema has always coexisted with new technologies. What truly matters is how people use technology."
— Jia Zhangke · Cahiers du Cinéma · March 2026

Pick your door. We'll route from there.

The First Room · application

What brings you here?

Six doors into the festival. Pick the one that fits — relevant fields appear. Everyone lands in the same room. Different chairs.

Creator.I make things. Films, AI, both. Educator.I teach. Or run a program. Partner.My business fits this room. Press.I cover this beat. Builder.I want to help build it. Other.Something else. Let me explain.

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School / organisation Company / brand Publication *

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Link to your work *

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Age bracket

Helps us know if you fit "next generation" — doesn't gate anything.

What are you making, why LeleKai? What's your school doing, what would you bring? What's your business, why this room? What are you working on? What would you bring to the build? Tell us everything. What brings you here?

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