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Higgsfield Global Film Festival and Human vs. AI Film Festival

The rules of the Higgsfield Global Film Festival and the Human vs. AI Film Festival differ on 6 of the eight items: AI-use rules, tool disclosure, running-time limits, entry costs, screenings and rights terms. From 2 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

Rules each coversGold: covered. Outline: nothing in the rules read.Rules each coversHiggsfield Global Film FestivalHiggsfield GlobalFilm FestivalHuman vs. AI Film FestivalHuman vs. AI FilmFestivalWhat the rules ask of AIWhat the rules ask of AI — Higgsfield Global Film Festival: Made on one platformWhat the rules ask of AI — Human vs. AI Film Festival: A wholly AI-made trackSaying which tools were usedSaying which tools were used — Higgsfield Global Film Festival: Generations kept for checkingSaying which tools were used — Human vs. AI Film Festival: None in the rules readRunning time allowedRunning time allowed — Higgsfield Global Film Festival: A minimum onlyRunning time allowed — Human vs. AI Film Festival: A minimum and a maximumCost of entryCost of entry — Higgsfield Global Film Festival: Free to enterCost of entry — Human vs. AI Film Festival: None in the rules readLatest deadlineLatest deadline — Higgsfield Global Film Festival: Closed on the reading dayLatest deadline — Human vs. AI Film Festival: Closed on the reading dayWhere winners are shownWhere winners are shown — Higgsfield Global Film Festival: Winners announced onlineWhere winners are shown — Human vs. AI Film Festival: None in the rules readWhat the entrant keeps or grantsWhat the entrant keeps or grants — Higgsfield Global Film Festival: Entrant keeps copyrightWhat the entrant keeps or grants — Human vs. AI Film Festival: None in the rules readPrizesPrizes — Higgsfield Global Film Festival: Cash prizes statedPrizes — Human vs. AI Film Festival: Cash prizes stated
Fig. 1 Gold: covered. Outline: nothing in the rules read.
Higgsfield Global Film Festival and Human vs. AI Film Festival, rule by rule, read 2026-09-25.
RuleHiggsfield Global Film FestivalHuman vs. AI Film Festival
What the rules ask of AIMade on one platformA wholly AI-made track
Saying which tools were usedGenerations kept for checkingNone in the rules read
Running time allowedA minimum onlyA minimum and a maximum
Cost of entryFree to enterNone in the rules read
Latest deadlineClosed on the reading dayClosed on the reading day
Where winners are shownWinners announced onlineNone in the rules read
What the entrant keeps or grantsEntrant keeps copyrightNone in the rules read
PrizesCash prizes statedCash prizes stated

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 Higgsfield Global Film Festival cover tool disclosure, entry costs, screenings and rights terms. Their AI-use rules part: made on one platform for the Higgsfield Global Film Festival, a wholly AI-made track for the Human vs. AI Film Festival. Their running-time limits part: a minimum only for the Higgsfield Global Film Festival, a minimum and a maximum for the Human vs. AI Film Festival. Their deadlines agree: closed on the reading day. Their prizes agree: cash prizes stated.

2In each festival's own words

What the rules ask of AI

a $1,000,000 USD cash-prize competition of skill for filmmakers creating short cinematic work entirely within the Higgsfield ecosystem

Higgsfield Global Film Festival, official rules

The entire film must be created using generative AI tools.

Sparknify, Human vs. AI Film Festival page

Running time allowed

Minimum 3:00 minutes (hard requirement).

Higgsfield Global Film Festival, official rules

Length : 1 to 30 minutes (including credits)

Sparknify, Human vs. AI Film Festival page

What the entrant keeps or grants

All copyright and other rights in your film remain with you, the author.

Higgsfield Global Film Festival, official rules

The rules of the Human vs. AI Film Festival say nothing on this.

3What a generator hands an entrant

For an entrant reading “Higgsfield Global Film Festival and Human vs. AI Film Festival”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:

The score is written for the episode and mixed to sit under the voices.

SceneMixer, Background Music in an AI Short Drama: The Built-in Score — “Can I choose the track, or change its volume?” (read 2026-10-13)

The music runs across the end card and comes to an end with the film.

SceneMixer, Where the Music in an Ad Video Comes From — “Does the end card have music?” (read 2026-10-13)

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