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Nikolay Shestak won $450,000 with The First Honest Day
$450,000 grand prix
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Nikolay ShestakThe First Honest Day
An AI-assisted short film that won the $450,000 Grand Prix at the first Astana AI Film Festival.
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The festival's Grand Prix and $450,000 prize, equivalent to around 201.5 million tenge, went to Latvian filmmaker Nikolay Shestak for The First Honest Day.
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The result was reported by Kazakhstan's state news agency and the same figure and winner appear in other outlets; the festival says it is for AI-created films.