An independent film festival celebrating the new voices and tools of cinema.

Joshua Harvey, better known as Voidstomper, is the reason half the AI videos on your feed look the way they do. His formula of taking the cultural moment and warping it with dark humor, gore, and surrealism is so distinct that Dazed coined a term for it: "AI horrorcore," a style now copied by countless creators. Between his two universes, Voidstomper for surreal horror and Gloomstomper for "interdimensional dark fantasy", he has racked up billions of views across more than 8 million combined followers. Daring Creatives called him possibly "the most-followed AI-native visual artist in the world right now," and it's hard to argue with that after years of viral hits. At Lumara, he's judging with the eye of someone who built the aesthetic half the AI video space already runs on.

Tyler Bernabe, better known as JBoogxCreative, gets things out of AI models that the people who built them didn't know were in there. Locked character consistency, graphic work the tools were never meant to make, generative video that's driven over 500 million views, and for three years he's been handing out the playbook, publishing his prompt systems and production pipelines to his Patreon community the same week he uses them on paid work. Will Smith, Wu-Tang Clan, Grimes, Coachella, and Microsoft have all tapped him for AI projects, and both Meta AI and a16z have singled him out as a featured creator. He's held creative leadership roles at a16z-backed startups, but his real credential is simpler: when AI creators want to know how something impossible was made, he's usually the one they reach out to. At Lumara, he's judging with the eye of someone who knows exactly where the limits are, because he's the one who moved them.

Maarten J.N.W. Sündermann is an award-winning director, writer, and creator working across entertainment, art and fashion, with collaborators including A$AP Rocky, Lady Gaga, Tilda Swinton, and Paul McCartney. His creative work has earned 68+ international awards, including Gold at Cannes Lions twice. He started in New York on an MFA film scholarship, assisted the Coppola family, and built a rigorous cinematic foundation that still shapes his work. That craft background now meets AI-driven filmmaking, and at Lumara he judges knowing both sides: traditional cinema and what AI can push further.

Ansem is one of the most influential voices in crypto, prediction markets, and internet finance, shaping narratives across the industry. Co-Founder of Bullpen and Co-Creator & Co-Host of Market Bubble, he's built a following of 1.2M+ on X by identifying emerging trends before the broader market, with insights that regularly influence millions of traders, founders, and investors worldwide. At Lumara, he's judging with the eye of someone who spots what's next before everyone else does.

FaZe Banks is one of the internet's most recognizable personalities and founders of the FaZe movement, having spent over a decade building culture, creating viral moments, and commanding massive audiences. Co-Creator & Co-Host of Market Bubble, his unmatched ability to generate attention and shape online conversation makes him one of the most influential creators in digital media. At Lumara, he's judging with the eye of someone who knows exactly what captures the internet's attention.