Artefact AI Film Festival: AI-use rules

The rules of the Artefact AI Film Festival on what the rules ask of AI use: at least one generative AI tool in each of pre-production, production and post-production. From 1 source page, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

You must have used at least one Gen AI Technology in each of the 3 phases of film production: pre-production, production, post-production.

Artefact AI Film Festival, rules page

• Submission criteria
  At least one generative AI tool in each of pre-production, production and post-productionArtefact AI Film Festival, rules page / recorded 2026-09-25

1Festivals with the same reading

Astana AI Film Festival, Bochnia International AI Film Festival and World AI Film Festival have this reading, “a set minimum of AI use”: 4 festivals in all.

It reflects the rules published for the latest edition on the reading day.

2What the rule means for an entrant

This is the rule that decides eligibility first. A film finished with conventional footage and a few generated shots fits a festival that asks for any AI use, but not one that asks for AI in every phase of production or for a film made on one platform.

Inclusion rule. Every festival on the register, with or without a detailed page on this rule. Order. Alphabetical by festival name.

3What a generator hands an entrant

For an entrant reading “Artefact AI Film Festival”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:

SceneMixer generates each character once as a full-body reference sheet — 9:16, plain background, directional key light, identity features written before any technical instruction — and then attaches crops of that sheet to every shot the character appears in.

SceneMixer, AI Character Sheet Generator (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)

4More on this rule

• Artefact AI Film Festival, all eight rules
• What the rules ask of AI at every festival
• AI Shortest Film Competition on AI-use rules
• Astana AI Film Festival on AI-use rules