Entry rules: what the entrant keeps or grants

The rules of 14 of the 25 festivals cover what the entrant keeps or grants. The reading met most often is “Entrant warrants all rights”, for 6. The table sets every festival's reading beside the words of its rules. As of 2026-09-25.

Inclusion rule. All 25 festivals on the register. Order. Alphabetical by festival name.

1About this rule

This rule records what an entrant keeps and what the organiser receives. 6 festivals have the entrant warrant that every right is held, 5 state that the entrant keeps copyright while granting a licence, 1 require clearance and documented consent, and 1 give advice on original material.

AI raises two rights questions at once: whether the entrant can use every face, voice, song and image in the film, and what the organiser may do with the film afterwards. The licence terms deserve a full read before entering.

2Readings and their festivals

• Entrant warrants all rights: African AI Film Festival, AI Cinema Festival NYC, AI Shortest Film Competition, Chroma Awards, Runway AI Festival and Turkey International AI Film Festival
• Entrant keeps copyright: AI Film Festival Japan, AI for Good Film Festival, Bochnia International AI Film Festival, Higgsfield Global Film Festival and World AI Film Festival
• Rights cleared, consent documented: World AI Film Festival USA
• Advice on original material: Project Odyssey
• A licence granted to the organiser: Runway Gen:48
• None in the rules read: 1 Billion AI Film Award, Academy Awards, AI International Film Festival, Artefact AI Film Festival, Astana AI Film Festival, Cinema Shift Festival, Human vs. AI Film Festival, K-Culture AI International Film Festival, LifeArt AI Film Festival, Reply AI Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival

3Festivals with a detailed reading

• African AI Film Festival — Entrants must own or have secured all rights, including outside assets, music and likenesses
• AI Cinema Festival NYC — Rights to likeness, music, voice and datasets rest with the submitter
• AI Film Festival Japan — Rights stay with the entrant, who licenses screening and promotion to the committee
• AI for Good Film Festival — Filmmakers keep copyright and grant ITU permission to use the film for festival promotion, with credit
• AI Shortest Film Competition — Entrants must own or hold rights to everything in the film, and allow the festival to share and screen it
• Chroma Awards — Entrants must hold full rights to grant the licence the rules require
• Higgsfield Global Film Festival — Entrants keep copyright and grant Higgsfield a perpetual, royalty-free licence
• Runway AI Festival — Entrants warrant they own the rights and can grant Runway rights to use the film
• Runway Gen:48 — Entrants grant Runway a non-exclusive, perpetual licence to the film
• Turkey International AI Film Festival — The rights holder warrants the film is legal and compliant with copyright

4The other rules

What the rules ask of AI · Saying which tools were used · Running time allowed · Cost of entry · Latest deadline · Where winners are shown · Prizes

5What a generator hands an entrant

For an entrant reading “Rights”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:

Every new video carries the SceneMixer AIGC badge in its bottom-right corner unless you turn it off.

SceneMixer, The AI Badge Switch (read 2026-10-13)

An AI short drama is a serialized show of 60–120 second vertical episodes whose cast, sets and footage are generated by AI. Making one takes six steps: analyze the script into episodes, lock a consistent cast with reference art, localize for your market, write and edit storyboards, generate each 4–15 second shot, then composite and publish.

SceneMixer, How to Make an AI Short Drama, Step by Step (read 2026-10-13)