Moonshots LIVE · 2026 finalists
Watch the five ranked Future Vision XPRIZE finalists through their official trailer releases, starting with grand prize winner The Gifted.
Future Vision XPRIZE is the optimistic science-fiction competition associated with Peter Diamandis and Moonshots. The finalists screened at Moonshots LIVE on September 25, 2026. XPRIZE’s official results name Jeff Synthesized’s The Gifted the grand prize winner.
These are contest trailers for proposed films, not completed feature films. They are presented in a separate showcase and do not increase our completed-film catalog or playable-film totals. AI-production methods vary; each entry below distinguishes documented techniques from unverified details.
Results, official upload metadata, and embed availability checked September 27, 2026. Runtime refers to the trailer; release date refers to the official YouTube upload.
An eleven-year-old reconstructs his mother from the digital traces she left behind. Her presence spreads through a town, turning a private act of grief into a test of trust in a powerful intelligence.
Official upload: August 18, 2026 · Published by Jeff Synthesized
A chef arrives on Mars and loses his sense of taste. An unexpected relationship with an alien companion gives this interplanetary story an intimate starting point: learning to connect when familiar ways of experiencing the world disappear.
Official upload: August 18, 2026 · Published by Verena Puhm
Third place · Official trailer
By J. Ryan Williams · Science fiction · 2:46 · 2026
A teenager finds a biological clue to activating a mysterious device left behind by a billionaire. Its promise of clean energy places a young inventor at the center of a struggle over who gets to shape the future.
Official upload: August 18, 2026 · Published by ThorneProtocol
A programmer gives an artificial intelligence room to learn through experience. As institutions try to contain it, the story asks whether a new consciousness should be treated as a threat, a tool, or a being that deserves to grow.
Official upload: August 18, 2026 · Published by JellyfishDAO
An approaching cosmic threat leaves Earth with an extraordinary escape plan. A reluctant man and his robot companion face a decision that would send the entire planet on an irreversible journey beyond its solar system.
Official upload: August 18, 2026 · Published by Wonder Studios
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This page covers the five ranked finalists. The competition’s own collection includes all 65 official selections, with additional creators and audience-choice entries to discover.
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