Runway Gen:48: screenings

Runway Gen:48, when and where winners are shown: Finalists put to a public vote online; a jury picks the Grand Prix. From 1 source page, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

The Grand Prix winner will be determined by a jury of Sponsor and/or Challenge participants at their sole discretion.

Runway, Gen:48 official rules

• Winner selection
  Finalists put to a public vote online; a jury picks the Grand PrixRunway, Gen:48 official rules / recorded 2026-09-25

1Festivals with the same reading

Higgsfield Global Film Festival has this reading, “winners announced online”: 2 festivals in all.

It reflects the rules published for the latest edition on the reading day.

2What the rule means for an entrant

For an entrant, the event decides more than travel. It may set premiere requirements, decide whether the film is shown to a live audience, and fix the date after which it can be shown elsewhere.

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

Recommended is a badge on the tier the site suggests for most finished segments. You stay on the default, 480P, until you pick another tier.

SceneMixer, Wan 3.0 · 720P: the recommended tier — “Does Recommended mean 720P is the default?” (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)

4More on this rule

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