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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; T-AIFF in Istanbul from December 7 to 9. Runway also screened its winners in Tokyo on July 30. 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
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Festivals whose rules answer this, read 2026-09-25.
FestivalRuleWhat the rules say
AI Film Festival JapanScreeningA three-day festival in Tokyo, October 31 to November 2, 2026
Astana AI Film FestivalScreeningFestival in Astana from October 1 to 3, 2026
K-Culture AI International Film FestivalScreeningOpening and awards ceremony in Seoul on May 1, 2027
Runway AI FestivalScreeningScreenings in New York on June 11, Los Angeles on June 18 and Tokyo on July 30, 2026
Turkey International AI Film FestivalScreeningThe festival in Istanbul, December 7 to 9

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

A festival's city matters when finalists are invited in person. Travel is sometimes part of the prize, as at LTX's competition in Berlin, but most rules read here say nothing about it.

AIFJ and KCAIF both run animation categories beside narrative and experimental work, and KCAIF adds documentary, music-video and commercial films.

1From the rules themselves

AI Film Festival Japan

Oct 31 (Sat) - Nov 2 (Mon), 2026 @ Tokyo

AI Film Festival Japan, English site

Astana AI Film Festival

The festival takes place in Astana on 1–3 October 2026.

Astana AI Film Festival, home page

K-Culture AI International Film Festival

KCAIF 2027 K-CULTURE AI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL May 1, 2027 · Seoul, Republic of Korea

KCAIF, official site

Runway AI Festival

NY • 6/11 LA • 6/18 Tokyo • 7/30

Runway AI Festival, 2026 page

Turkey International AI Film Festival

Festival: December 7–9 · Istanbul

T-AIFF, official site

Where winners are shown at every festival · Do AI film festivals let the public vote? · How recent must an AI festival film be?

2The making side of an entry

For an entrant reading “Which AI film festivals take place in Asia?”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:

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)

Every ad gets its own music, written for that ad.

SceneMixer, Where the Music in an Ad Video Comes From (read 2026-10-13)