Academy Awards: tool disclosure
Academy Awards, whether entrants must say which tools they used: The Academy may ask for more information about generative AI use and human authorship. From 1 source page, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
the Academy reserves the right to request more information about the nature of the use and human authorship.
Academy Press Office, 99th Oscars rules release
- Rule TwoThe Academy may ask for more information about generative AI use and human authorship
1Festivals with the same reading
No other festival on the register has this reading.
Rules change between editions; check the organiser's page before entering.
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.
| Festival | Reading |
|---|---|
| 1 Billion AI Film Award | None in the rules read |
| Academy Awards | Details on request |
| African AI Film Festival | List the tools used |
| AI Cinema Festival NYC | List the tools used |
| AI Film Festival Japan | List the tools used |
| AI for Good Film Festival | None in the rules read |
| AI International Film Festival | None in the rules read |
| AI Shortest Film Competition | None in the rules read |
| Artefact AI Film Festival | None in the rules read |
| Astana AI Film Festival | List the tools used |
| Bochnia International AI Film Festival | List the tools used |
| Chroma Awards | List the tools used |
| Cinema Shift Festival | None in the rules read |
| Higgsfield Global Film Festival | Generations kept for checking |
| Human vs. AI Film Festival | None in the rules read |
| K-Culture AI International Film Festival | None in the rules read |
| LifeArt AI Film Festival | None in the rules read |
| Project Odyssey | None in the rules read |
| Reply AI Film Festival | Explain how AI was used |
| Runway AI Festival | None in the rules read |
| Runway Gen:48 | Explain how AI was used |
| Sundance Film Festival | Disclose any AI use |
| Turkey International AI Film Festival | None in the rules read |
| World AI Film Festival | A production file |
| World AI Film Festival USA | List the tools used |
Inclusion rule. Every festival on the register, with or without a detailed page on this rule. Order. Alphabetical by festival name.
3Producing the entry with AI
For an entrant reading “Academy Awards”, 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)
SceneMixer turns a novel into a watchable short-drama series in one pipeline: upload the novel (Chinese or English) → AI extracts characters, scenes, and an episode-by-episode structure → generates consistent character and scene art → writes storyboard scripts → renders video segment by segment (16:9 by default, 9:16 in one setting) → composites full episodes.
SceneMixer, Turn a Novel into a Video Series with AI (read 2026-10-13)