Project Odyssey: deadlines
The rules of Project Odyssey on the latest deadline: season 2 deadline January 19, 2025; Season 3 announced as coming soon. From 2 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
competition submission deadline of January 19th, 2025 at 11:59PM PST
Project Odyssey, rules and judging (Season 2)
Project Odyssey is excited to announce that we'll be partnering on the Chroma Awards!
Project Odyssey, home page
- General requirementsSeason 2 deadline January 19, 2025; Season 3 announced as coming soon
- Home pageNow partnering on the Chroma Awards
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, Chroma Awards, Higgsfield Global Film Festival, Human vs. AI Film Festival, LifeArt AI Film Festival, 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.
Rules change between editions; check the organiser's page before entering.
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.
3The making side of an entry
For an entrant reading “Project Odyssey”, 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)
The project has one dialogue language; lines you write in another language are spoken as written after a confirmation.
SceneMixer, Dialogue language and video tier — “Can characters speak different languages in one episode?” (read 2026-10-13)