Runway Gen:48: tool disclosure

On whether entrants must say which tools they used, the rules of the Runway Gen:48 say this: a short written description of the AI techniques used. From 1 source page, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

you will be asked to include a link to the Video Submission and a short, written description of the AI techniques used in the Video Submission.

Runway, Gen:48 official rules

• How to submit
  A short written description of the AI techniques usedRunway, Gen:48 official rules / recorded 2026-09-25

1Festivals with the same reading

Reply AI Film Festival has this reading, “explain how AI was used”: 2 festivals in all.

The reading paraphrases the rules; the quote above is the organiser's own wording.

2What the rule means for an entrant

Keeping a record while working saves trouble at the end: which tool made which shot, which voice came from where, and which images were used as references. Several festivals can disqualify a film when the disclosure turns out to be incomplete.

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:

The script is written from the photos and the one-line description. In step-by-step mode you can rewrite it before anything is shot.

SceneMixer, How to Make an Ad from One Photo — “Do I need a script?” (read 2026-10-13)

The new name is written everywhere the old one stood: storyboard lines, episode titles and summaries, the scene lists and already-parsed dialogue.

SceneMixer, Reusing a Character, Scene or Voice Across Projects — “What happens to the old name in the storyboard?” (read 2026-10-13)

4More on this rule

• Runway Gen:48, all eight rules
• Saying which tools were used at every festival
• Reply AI Film Festival on tool disclosure
• Sundance Film Festival on tool disclosure