African AI Film Festival and AI International Film Festival
The rules of the African AI Film Festival and the AI International Film Festival differ on 7 of the eight items: AI-use rules, tool disclosure, running-time limits, entry costs, deadlines, screenings and rights terms. From 2 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
| Rule | African AI Film Festival | AI International Film Festival |
|---|---|---|
| What the rules ask of AI | Any AI use counts | None in the rules read |
| Saying which tools were used | List the tools used | None in the rules read |
| Running time allowed | Set per category | None in the rules read |
| Cost of entry | Free for some entrants | None in the rules read |
| Latest deadline | Open on the reading day | Monthly deadlines |
| Where winners are shown | A festival run | Monthly screenings |
| What the entrant keeps or grants | Entrant warrants all rights | None in the rules read |
| Prizes | Awards without cash figures | Awards without cash figures |
Inclusion rule. The eight rules every festival on the register is read for. Order. The order rules take on every festival page.
1Where the rules part
Only the rules of the African AI Film Festival cover AI-use rules, tool disclosure, running-time limits, entry costs and rights terms. Their deadlines part: open on the reading day for the African AI Film Festival, monthly deadlines for the AI International Film Festival. Their screenings part: a festival run for the African AI Film Festival, monthly screenings for the AI International Film Festival. Their prizes agree: awards without cash figures.
2In each festival's own words
What the rules ask of AI
AI Short Film Narrative fiction brought to life with generative tools.
African AI Film Festival, home page
The rules of the AI International Film Festival say nothing on this.
Latest deadline
Regular Deadline September 30, 2026 Free for all Late Deadline October 20, 2026
African AI Film Festival, home page
Regular deadline September 22 · screens November 14
AI International Film Festival, home page
Where winners are shown
Hollywood: November 21, 2026 · Kampala: December 12, 2026
African AI Film Festival, home page
Since 2021 · Now monthly · Hollywood
AI International Film Festival, home page
- CategoriesShort films are narrative fiction brought to life with generative tools
- Fees and deadlinesRegular deadline September 30, 2026; late deadline October 20, 2026
- SubmitMonthly editions; the next regular deadline was September 22
- Fees and deadlinesFestival and awards in Hollywood on November 21 and Kampala on December 12, 2026
- Page headerMonthly screenings in Hollywood since 2021, with the filmmaker speaking after each film
3Producing the entry with AI
For an entrant reading “African AI Film Festival and AI International Film Festival”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:
Length caps, dialogue grammar and the way a unit ends. Short drama forces explicit dialogue, a conflict in the first ten seconds and a hook at the close; film mode allows subtext and quiet endings and drops the per-unit cap.
SceneMixer, AI Movie Generator — “What is the difference between film mode and short drama mode?” (read 2026-10-13)
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)