Runway Gen:48: AI-use rules

On what the rules ask of AI use, the rules of the Runway Gen:48 say this: at least 75% of the film generated with Runway's video tools. From 1 source page, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

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

• How to submit
  At least 75% of the film generated with Runway's video toolsRunway, Gen:48 official rules / recorded 2026-09-25

1Festivals with the same reading

1 Billion AI Film Award, AI Shortest Film Competition and Higgsfield Global Film Festival have this reading, “made on one platform”: 4 festivals in all.

Rules change between editions; check the organiser's page before entering.

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.

3The making side of an entry

For an entrant reading “Runway Gen:48”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:

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)

SceneMixer turns a novel into a watchable short-drama series in one pipeline: upload the novel (Chinese or English) → AI extracts characters, scenes, and an episode-by-episode structure → generates consistent character and scene art → writes storyboard scripts → renders video segment by segment (16:9 by default, 9:16 in one setting) → composites full episodes.

SceneMixer, Turn a Novel into a Video Series with AI (read 2026-10-13)

4More on this rule

• Runway Gen:48, all eight rules
• What the rules ask of AI at every festival
• Runway AI Festival on AI-use rules
• Sundance Film Festival on AI-use rules