Chroma Awards: deadlines
The rules of the Chroma Awards on the latest deadline: season 2 submissions ran September 1 to November 19, 2025. From 1 source page, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
Submission Period: Monday, September 1, 2025 (9:00 am Pacific Time) – Monday, November 19, 2025 (11:45 pm Pacific Time)
Chroma Awards, official rules on Devpost
- Submission periodSeason 2 submissions ran September 1 to November 19, 2025
1Festivals with the same reading
1 Billion AI Film Award, Academy Awards, AI Shortest Film Competition, Astana AI Film Festival, Bochnia International AI Film Festival, Higgsfield Global Film Festival, Human vs. AI Film Festival, LifeArt AI Film Festival, Project Odyssey, Reply AI Film Festival, Runway AI Festival, Runway Gen:48, Sundance Film Festival and World AI Film Festival have this reading, “closed on the reading day”: 15 festivals in all.
The reading paraphrases the rules; the quote above is the organiser's own wording.
2What the rule means for an entrant
A closed deadline is still useful: annual festivals tend to repeat their timetable, and last year's dates are a fair first guess for the next edition. The calendar lists every date in order.
| Festival | Reading |
|---|---|
| 1 Billion AI Film Award | Closed on the reading day |
| Academy Awards | Closed on the reading day |
| African AI Film Festival | Open on the reading day |
| AI Cinema Festival NYC | Open on the reading day |
| AI Film Festival Japan | None in the rules read |
| AI for Good Film Festival | Open on the reading day |
| AI International Film Festival | Monthly deadlines |
| AI Shortest Film Competition | Closed on the reading day |
| Artefact AI Film Festival | Open on the reading day |
| Astana AI Film Festival | Closed on the reading day |
| Bochnia International AI Film Festival | Closed on the reading day |
| Chroma Awards | Closed on the reading day |
| Cinema Shift Festival | None in the rules read |
| Higgsfield Global Film Festival | Closed on the reading day |
| Human vs. AI Film Festival | Closed on the reading day |
| K-Culture AI International Film Festival | Opening after the reading day |
| LifeArt AI Film Festival | Closed on the reading day |
| Project Odyssey | Closed on the reading day |
| Reply AI Film Festival | Closed on the reading day |
| Runway AI Festival | Closed on the reading day |
| Runway Gen:48 | Closed on the reading day |
| Sundance Film Festival | Closed on the reading day |
| Turkey International AI Film Festival | Open on the reading day |
| World AI Film Festival | Closed on the reading day |
| World AI Film Festival USA | Open on the reading day |
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 “Chroma Awards”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:
Typically 60–120 seconds, always 9:16 vertical, ending on a hook. SceneMixer's episode outlines are generated with that pacing, and setting a project to 9:16 makes every segment vertical (the default is 16:9).
SceneMixer, How to Make ReelShort-Style Dramas with AI — “How long is a ReelShort-style episode?” (read 2026-10-13)
16:9 landscape (SceneMixer's default) and 9:16 vertical (the usual short-drama frame), chosen per project.
SceneMixer, Seedance 2.0 in a Real Short-Drama Pipeline — “Which aspect ratios does the pipeline generate?” (read 2026-10-13)