AI for Good Film Festival and World AI Film Festival USA
The rules of the AI for Good Film Festival and the World AI Film Festival USA differ on 7 of the eight items: AI-use rules, tool disclosure, running-time limits, entry costs, screenings, rights terms and prizes. From 2 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
| Rule | AI for Good Film Festival | World AI Film Festival USA |
|---|---|---|
| What the rules ask of AI | Any AI use counts | Human authorship rules |
| Saying which tools were used | None in the rules read | List the tools used |
| Running time allowed | A minimum and a maximum | Set per category |
| Cost of entry | None in the rules read | Fees by deadline |
| Latest deadline | Open on the reading day | Open on the reading day |
| Where winners are shown | Finalists at a summit | A festival run |
| What the entrant keeps or grants | Entrant keeps copyright | Rights cleared, consent documented |
| Prizes | An invitation and a speaker pass | Trophies and a path to Cannes |
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 World AI Film Festival USA cover tool disclosure and entry costs. Their AI-use rules part: any AI use counts for the AI for Good Film Festival, human authorship rules for the World AI Film Festival USA. Their running-time limits part: a minimum and a maximum for the AI for Good Film Festival, set per category for the World AI Film Festival USA. Their deadlines agree: open on the reading day. Their screenings part: Finalists at a summit for the AI for Good Film Festival, a festival run for the World AI Film Festival USA. Their rights terms part: Entrant keeps copyright for the AI for Good Film Festival, rights cleared, consent documented for the World AI Film Festival USA. Their prizes part: an invitation and a speaker pass for the AI for Good Film Festival, trophies and a path to Cannes for the World AI Film Festival USA.
2In each festival's own words
Cost of entry
The rules of the AI for Good Film Festival say nothing on this.
Submission Fees Earlybird
World AI Film Festival USA, home page
Where winners are shown
July 2027 Awards Ceremony Finalists come to Geneva for the AI for Good Global Summit 2027
AI for Good Film Festival, ITU page
Los Angeles Late March 2027
World AI Film Festival USA, home page
What the entrant keeps or grants
grant ITU permission to use their films for Festival-related promotion and activities, with credit to the filmmaker.
AI for Good Film Festival, ITU page
Training-data provenance is not a substitute for rights clearance.
World AI Film Festival USA, home page
- Submission feesFees rise by deadline, with lower student and youth rates
- TimelineFour finalists invited to Geneva for the AI for Good Global Summit in July 2027
- Key datesFestival in Los Angeles in late March 2027
- RightsFilmmakers keep copyright and grant ITU permission to use the film for festival promotion, with credit
- Five rulesAll material cleared; training data is not a substitute for rights clearance
3The making side of an entry
For an entrant reading “AI for Good Film Festival and World AI Film Festival USA”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:
The longest an episode may run: 240 seconds for Short Drama, 300 for TV Series, none for Film.
SceneMixer, Short Drama, TV Series or Film — “What is the episode cap?” (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)