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Entry rules for AI-made films

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 footage, and the 1 Billion AI Film Award video made with Google Gemini. The Runway AI Festival is looser, naming tools similar to Runway's models. From 5 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

Festivals listed here, and the rest5 festivals are listed for this question; the other 20 are not listed on this page.AnswersRules answer it5 festivalsNot listed for thisquestion20 festivalsRegisterEight rules per festival
Fig. 1 Counted from the register on the reading day.
Festivals whose rules answer this, read 2026-09-25.
FestivalRuleWhat the rules say
1 Billion AI Film AwardAI useVideo generated with Google Gemini tools
AI Shortest Film CompetitionAI useThe clip must be created with LTX; editing allowed via XML export
Higgsfield Global Film FestivalAI useFilms made entirely within the Higgsfield ecosystem
Runway AI FestivalAI useGenerated video should come from tools similar to Runway's own models
Runway Gen:48AI useAt least 75% of the film generated with Runway's video tools

Inclusion rule. A festival is listed when its own rules state what the question asks. Order. Festivals in alphabetical order.

Platform contests are a way for a tool maker to show what its product can do, and the prize money pays for that showcase. The price for the entrant is a film tied to one tool, which may not suit festivals that ask for a different mix.

The rules also say how the platform is checked. Higgsfield keeps every generation in one project; LTX allows editing only through an export from its own tool; Gen:48 measures its share in seconds of the finished film.

1From the rules themselves

1 Billion AI Film Award

Films used Google Gemini tools for video generation

1 Billion Followers Summit, AI Film Award page

AI Shortest Film Competition

Created with LTX – Up to 60 seconds long – Post-production/editing is allowed via XML export

Forward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX

Higgsfield Global Film Festival

a $1,000,000 USD cash-prize competition of skill for filmmakers creating short cinematic work entirely within the Higgsfield ecosystem

Higgsfield Global Film Festival, official rules

Runway AI Festival

AI generated video content should use tools similar to Runway's Gen-4.5, Act-Two, Gen-3 Alpha, Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, Gen-2, or Gen-1.

Runway AI Festival, official rules for film

Runway Gen:48

Generated content using Runway video tools should comprise at least 75% of the total video, measured as a percent of total seconds.

Runway, Gen:48 official rules

What the rules ask of AI at every festival · Which festivals ask which AI tools you used? · How long can an AI short film be for festivals?

2Producing the entry with AI

For an entrant reading “Which AI film contests require one platform?”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:

Dubbing replaces the audio of a finished clip; the picture was generated for a different line, so mouth shapes, pauses and shot length all belong to the original language. Native-language generation gives the video model the line in the target language before it renders the shot, so the performance, the pacing and the cut points are built for that language.

SceneMixer, Native-Language Dialogue vs. Dubbing in AI Video (2026): Why the Cast Should Speak the Line (read 2026-10-13)

A serialized vertical-video show (typically 60–120 seconds per episode, 9:16) where the cast, scenes, and footage are AI-generated.

SceneMixer, The AI Micro Drama Production Pipeline — “What is an AI micro drama?” (read 2026-10-13)