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World AI Film Festival USA: tool disclosure

The rules of the World AI Film Festival USA on whether entrants must say which tools they used: every submission discloses the AI tools used, across image, video, voice and audio. From 1 source page, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

Every submission discloses the AI tools used, including generative image, video, voice, and audio systems.

World AI Film Festival USA, home page

1Festivals with the same reading

African AI Film Festival, AI Cinema Festival NYC, AI Film Festival Japan, Astana AI Film Festival, Bochnia International AI Film Festival and Chroma Awards have this reading, “list the tools used”: 7 festivals in all.

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

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.

Tool disclosure: the full register, this festival in boldOutline: nothing in the rules read.Tool disclosure: the full register, this festival in boldReading1 Billion AI Film Award — Reading: None in the rules read1 Billion AI Film AwardAcademy Awards — Reading: Details on requestAcademy AwardsAfrican AI Film Festival — Reading: List the tools usedAfrican AI Film FestivalAI Cinema Festival NYC — Reading: List the tools usedAI Cinema Festival NYCAI Film Festival Japan — Reading: List the tools usedAI Film Festival JapanAI for Good Film Festival — Reading: None in the rules readAI for Good Film FestivalAI International Film Festival — Reading: None in the rules readAI International Film…AI International Film FestivalAI Shortest Film Competition — Reading: None in the rules readAI Shortest Film CompetitionArtefact AI Film Festival — Reading: None in the rules readArtefact AI Film FestivalAstana AI Film Festival — Reading: List the tools usedAstana AI Film FestivalBochnia International AI Film Festival — Reading: List the tools usedBochnia International AI…Bochnia International AI Film FestivalChroma Awards — Reading: List the tools usedChroma AwardsCinema Shift Festival — Reading: None in the rules readCinema Shift FestivalHiggsfield Global Film Festival — Reading: Generations kept for checkingHiggsfield Global Film…Higgsfield Global Film FestivalHuman vs. AI Film Festival — Reading: None in the rules readHuman vs. AI Film FestivalK-Culture AI International Film Festival — Reading: None in the rules readK-Culture AI International…K-Culture AI International Film FestivalLifeArt AI Film Festival — Reading: None in the rules readLifeArt AI Film FestivalProject Odyssey — Reading: None in the rules readProject OdysseyReply AI Film Festival — Reading: Explain how AI was usedReply AI Film FestivalRunway AI Festival — Reading: None in the rules readRunway AI FestivalRunway Gen:48 — Reading: Explain how AI was usedRunway Gen:48Sundance Film Festival — Reading: Disclose any AI useSundance Film FestivalTurkey International AI Film Festival — Reading: None in the rules readTurkey International AI…Turkey International AI Film FestivalWorld AI Film Festival — Reading: A production fileWorld AI Film FestivalWorld AI Film Festival USA — Reading: List the tools usedWorld AI Film Festival USA
Fig. 1 Outline: nothing in the rules read.
Saying which tools were used, all 25 festivals, read 2026-09-25.
FestivalReading
1 Billion AI Film AwardNone in the rules read
Academy AwardsDetails on request
African AI Film FestivalList the tools used
AI Cinema Festival NYCList the tools used
AI Film Festival JapanList the tools used
AI for Good Film FestivalNone in the rules read
AI International Film FestivalNone in the rules read
AI Shortest Film CompetitionNone in the rules read
Artefact AI Film FestivalNone in the rules read
Astana AI Film FestivalList the tools used
Bochnia International AI Film FestivalList the tools used
Chroma AwardsList the tools used
Cinema Shift FestivalNone in the rules read
Higgsfield Global Film FestivalGenerations kept for checking
Human vs. AI Film FestivalNone in the rules read
K-Culture AI International Film FestivalNone in the rules read
LifeArt AI Film FestivalNone in the rules read
Project OdysseyNone in the rules read
Reply AI Film FestivalExplain how AI was used
Runway AI FestivalNone in the rules read
Runway Gen:48Explain how AI was used
Sundance Film FestivalDisclose any AI use
Turkey International AI Film FestivalNone in the rules read
World AI Film FestivalA production file
World AI Film Festival USAList 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 “World AI Film Festival USA”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:

SceneMixer writes dialogue into the script analysis, assigns each line to a shot with a speaker and a short delivery note, and the video model performs it — picture and audio generated together, so the mouth forms that sentence in the language you chose.

SceneMixer, AI Dialogue Generator (read 2026-10-13)

Dubbing replaces the audio of a finished clip; the picture was generated for a different line, so mouth shapes, pauses and shot length all belong to the original language. Native-language generation gives the video model the line in the target language before it renders the shot, so the performance, the pacing and the cut points are built for that language.

SceneMixer, Native-Language Dialogue vs. Dubbing in AI Video (2026): Why the Cast Should Speak the Line (read 2026-10-13)

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