Sundance Film Festival: deadlines
Sundance Film Festival, the latest deadline: late deadline for short films August 31, 2026. From 1 source page, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
Late Submission Deadline: U.S. & International Short Films: Monday, August 31, 2026
Sundance Institute, 2027 submissions FAQ
- FAQ 1Late deadline for short films August 31, 2026
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, Project Odyssey, Reply AI Film Festival, Runway AI Festival, Runway Gen:48 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 “Sundance Film Festival”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:
Every character, scene and prop card can carry a short list of the other names your script uses for the same thing.
SceneMixer, Also Called: Nicknames, Old Names, and How the Storyboard Knows Who Is Who (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)