Network School and the Republic of Kazakhstan are launching the Network School Astana AI Film Festival, a global competition with a total prize pool of $2 million. The announcement was made by former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan on X on August 30. The festival is open to submissions from around the world and is designed to use AI to promote the decentralization of film and television production. Participants can submit their works through the event’s official portal, aaiff.ai.