Questions: what entrants ask
Each question starts from something an entrant needs to know, whether a film made on one platform counts, which festivals are free, who asks for a tool list, and names the festivals whose rules answer it. As of 2026-09-25.
Answers list festivals alphabetically, each linked to the rules that say it.
Each question links to the rule it draws on.
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- Can AI-assisted films enter the Oscars or Sundance? — Yes, with conditions. The Academy's 99th Oscars rules do not ban generative AI but require human-authored screenplays and human performers…
- Do AI film festivals accept films that are partly AI? — Several do. Reply says a film need not be fully AI-generated, WAIFF in Cannes welcomes hybrid live action and AI, the AI for Good Film Festival takes work…
- Do AI film festivals let the public vote? — Some do, beside a jury. Gen:48 put its finalists to a public vote online for a People's Choice prize while a jury chose the Grand Prix…
- Do AI film festivals require a human author? — Two say so in their rules. The World AI Film Festival's US edition has a named director take authorial responsibility and calls AI a tool…
- Do you keep the rights to an AI festival entry? — At AIFJ, Bochnia, WAIFF in Cannes, the AI for Good Film Festival and Higgsfield's festival the entrant keeps copyright and grants a licence.
- How long can an AI short film be for festivals? — It depends on the festival. The shortest caps are 60 seconds at LTX's competition, four minutes at Gen:48 and 314 seconds at Artefact.
- How recent must an AI festival film be? — Three festivals say. T-AIFF takes only films completed after January 1, 2025; the AI for Good Film Festival only films completed between September 1, 2026…
- What do AI film festivals award besides cash? — Seven festivals put something other than money first. The African AI Film Festival stresses prestige and opportunity over cash…
- Where are AI film festival winners shown? — New York, Los Angeles and Tokyo for Runway; Venice for Reply; Cannes and Los Angeles for WAIFF; Tokyo for AIFJ; Seoul for KCAIF…
- Which AI film contests require one platform? — Four do. Higgsfield's festival wants films made within its own tools, LTX's competition clips created with LTX, Gen:48 at least 75% Runway-generated…
- Which AI film festivals are still taking entries? — On the reading day, six took entries: the African AI Film Festival until September 30, T-AIFF until November 1, WAIFF USA until November 30…
- Which AI film festivals charge no entry fee? — Six state that entry is free: Astana, the Chroma Awards, Higgsfield's festival, Reply, the Runway AI Festival and Runway's Gen:48.
- Which AI film festivals offer cash prizes? — Ten state cash: the 1 Billion award a single $1,000,000; Higgsfield $1,000,000 across 14 placements; Astana $1,000,000 in prizes…
- Which AI film festivals take place in Asia? — AI Film Festival Japan runs in Tokyo from October 31 to November 2, 2026; KCAIF in Seoul on May 1, 2027; the Astana festival from October 1 to 3, 2026…
- Which festivals ask which AI tools you used? — Eleven do. Seven want the tools listed: the African festival, AI Cinema Festival NYC, AIFJ, Astana, Bochnia, Chroma and WAIFF USA.
- Which festivals set a minimum of AI use? — Six do. WAIFF in Cannes asks for three generative tools, one for images; Bochnia for half the picture or sound, from two tools…
2What a generator hands an entrant
For an entrant reading “Questions”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:
Every character, scene and prop card can carry a short list of the other names your script uses for the same thing.
SceneMixer, Also Called: Nicknames, Old Names, and How the Storyboard Knows Who Is Who (read 2026-10-13)
The final cut ends on an end card: your main image plus four lines — Brand, Product name, Tagline, Call to action. The first two are read from your photo and your brief; the tagline and call to action are written with the script.
SceneMixer, The End Card (read 2026-10-13)