Sundance Film Festival: tool disclosure
Sundance Film Festival, whether entrants must say which tools they used: any use of AI must be disclosed; failing to disclose can disqualify a project. From 1 source page, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to disclose any usage or utilization of Artificial Intelligence (“A.I.”) in the making of any or all projects submitted to the Institute for Festival consideration.
Sundance Institute, 2027 rules and regulations
- Rule 24Any use of AI must be disclosed; failing to disclose can disqualify a project
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.
3The making side of an entry
For an entrant reading “Sundance Film Festival”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:
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)
The project has one dialogue language; lines you write in another language are spoken as written after a confirmation.
SceneMixer, Dialogue language and video tier — “Can characters speak different languages in one episode?” (read 2026-10-13)