Higgsfield Global Film Festival: AI-use rules
Higgsfield Global Film Festival, what the rules ask of AI use: films made entirely within the Higgsfield ecosystem. From 1 source page, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
a $1,000,000 USD cash-prize competition of skill for filmmakers creating short cinematic work entirely within the Higgsfield ecosystem
Higgsfield Global Film Festival, official rules
- OverviewFilms made entirely within the Higgsfield ecosystem
1Festivals with the same reading
1 Billion AI Film Award, AI Shortest Film Competition and Runway Gen:48 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.
| Festival | Reading |
|---|---|
| 1 Billion AI Film Award | Made on one platform |
| Academy Awards | Human authorship rules |
| African AI Film Festival | Any AI use counts |
| AI Cinema Festival NYC | AI used in a significant way |
| AI Film Festival Japan | Any AI use counts |
| AI for Good Film Festival | Any AI use counts |
| AI International Film Festival | None in the rules read |
| AI Shortest Film Competition | Made on one platform |
| Artefact AI Film Festival | A set minimum of AI use |
| Astana AI Film Festival | A set minimum of AI use |
| Bochnia International AI Film Festival | A set minimum of AI use |
| Chroma Awards | AI used in a significant way |
| Cinema Shift Festival | Human authorship rules |
| Higgsfield Global Film Festival | Made on one platform |
| Human vs. AI Film Festival | A wholly AI-made track |
| K-Culture AI International Film Festival | Any AI use counts |
| LifeArt AI Film Festival | Any AI use counts |
| Project Odyssey | AI used in a significant way |
| Reply AI Film Festival | Any AI use counts |
| Runway AI Festival | Generative video required |
| Runway Gen:48 | Made on one platform |
| Sundance Film Festival | AI allowed without limits |
| Turkey International AI Film Festival | AI used through the whole production |
| World AI Film Festival | A set minimum of AI use |
| World AI Film Festival USA | Human authorship rules |
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 “Higgsfield Global Film Festival”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:
Paste a scene or a short script and SceneMixer gives you a storyboard — numbered shots with framing and seconds — and then a moving version of each segment, which you can join into a rough cut of the scene.
SceneMixer, Using SceneMixer for Previs and Animatics Before a Live-Action Shoot (read 2026-10-13)
Sixty to a hundred and twenty seconds is the working band for vertical short drama, and the outline paces for it.
SceneMixer, AI Drama for TikTok & Reels — “How long should a feed episode be?” (read 2026-10-13)