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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, Artefact until December 2, the AI for Good Film Festival until May 1, 2027 and AI Cinema Festival NYC until June 20, 2027. The AI International Film Festival runs monthly. From 7 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

Festivals listed here, and the rest7 festivals are listed for this question; the other 18 are not listed on this page.AnswersRules answer it7 festivalsNot listed for thisquestion18 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
African AI Film FestivalDeadlineRegular deadline September 30, 2026; late deadline October 20, 2026
AI Cinema Festival NYCDeadlineSubmission deadline June 20, 2027
AI for Good Film FestivalDeadlineSubmission deadline May 1, 2027
AI International Film FestivalDeadlineMonthly editions; the next regular deadline was September 22
Artefact AI Film FestivalDeadlineSubmissions open September 2 to December 2, 2026
Turkey International AI Film FestivalDeadlineApplications June 25 to November 1, 2026, through FilmFreeway
World AI Film Festival USADeadlineRegular deadline November 30, 2026; late deadline January 20, 2027

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

Most of the register had closed by late September: the big spring and summer deadlines, Runway's, Reply's, the Oscars' first deadline for short films, had passed, and the platform contests had run their course.

Deadlines move. Reply extended its 2026 deadline by a day, Bochnia extended its own to August 27, and several festivals run early, regular and late deadlines. KCAIF opens its 2027 call on October 1. The calendar lists every date in order.

1From the rules themselves

African AI Film Festival

Regular Deadline September 30, 2026 Free for all Late Deadline October 20, 2026

African AI Film Festival, home page

AI Cinema Festival NYC

Submission deadline: June 20, 2027

AI Cinema Festival NYC, submissions page

AI for Good Film Festival

After the submission deadline on May 1, 2027, at 23:59 CEST

AI for Good Film Festival, ITU page

AI International Film Festival

Regular deadline September 22 · screens November 14

AI International Film Festival, home page

Artefact AI Film Festival

Sept. 2nd - Dec. 2nd, 2026

Artefact AI Film Festival, home page

Turkey International AI Film Festival

Applications are accepted between June 25, 2026 — November 1, 2026 .

T-AIFF, official site

World AI Film Festival USA

Regular Deadline November 30, 2026 Late Deadline January 20, 2027

World AI Film Festival USA, home page

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2What a generator hands an entrant

For an entrant reading “Which AI film festivals are still taking entries?”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:

Recommended is a badge on the tier the site suggests for most finished segments. You stay on the default, 480P, until you pick another tier.

SceneMixer, Wan 3.0 · 720P: the recommended tier — “Does Recommended mean 720P is the default?” (read 2026-10-13)

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)