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 generated or enhanced with AI, and Sundance puts no limit on AI use either way. From 4 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

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

The festivals that want more are explicit about it. Artefact asks for AI in every phase of production, Astana for AI that is integral rather than limited to effects, T-AIFF for AI throughout the production, Sparknify's AI track for a film made wholly with generative tools.

For a hybrid film, the question is how the festival counts. WAIFF in Cannes still wants three generative tools, including one for images, even in a film that mixes in live action.

1From the rules themselves

AI for Good Film Festival

submit original works that are generated or enhanced using AI tools

AI for Good Film Festival, ITU page

Reply AI Film Festival

It’s not required for your short film to be 100% AI-generated.

Reply AI Film Festival, how it works

Sundance Film Festival

We do not currently have any restrictions surrounding the usage of Artificial Intelligence technology.

Sundance Institute, 2027 submissions FAQ

World AI Film Festival

must use at least three generative A.I. tools , including one for image creation. Hybrid live-action and AI films are welcome.

World AI Film Festival, competitions page

• Call for submissions
  Works generated or enhanced using AI toolsAI for Good Film Festival, ITU page / recorded 2026-09-25
• FAQ
  The film does not have to be fully AI-generatedReply AI Film Festival, how it works / recorded 2026-09-25
• FAQ 12
  No restrictions on the use of AISundance Institute, 2027 submissions FAQ / recorded 2026-09-25
• Competition rules
  At least three generative AI tools, one of them for images; hybrid live action welcomeWorld AI Film Festival, competitions page / recorded 2026-09-25

What the rules ask of AI at every festival · Which AI film festivals are still taking entries? · Do you keep the rights to an AI festival entry?

2What a generator hands an entrant

For an entrant reading “Do AI film festivals accept films that are partly AI?”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:

Every episode is scored for you once its first shot is generated; the music is written for the episode and mixed in under the voices.

SceneMixer, Background Music in an AI Short Drama: The Built-in Score — “Do I need to add music to my episode?” (read 2026-10-13)

An AI short drama is a serialized show of 60–120 second vertical episodes whose cast, sets and footage are generated by AI. Making one takes six steps: analyze the script into episodes, lock a consistent cast with reference art, localize for your market, write and edit storyboards, generate each 4–15 second shot, then composite and publish.

SceneMixer, How to Make an AI Short Drama, Step by Step (read 2026-10-13)