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Entry rules for AI-made films

Terms: the words festival rules use

Each page explains one term as festival rules use it and points to the readings where it appears. As of 2026-09-25.

Inside this registerThe words AI film festival rules use, from production file and premiere status to warranty and grant of licence. It holds 15 pages.RegisterTerms15 pagesA pageOne rule, pair or question, from the rules read.A readingDocument, section, day read.
Fig. 1 Each page in the register links back here.

Explanations follow how the rules use a term when organisers agree.

Where two festivals use a term differently, the page notes it.

1Pages here

  • Disclosure — Disclosure in AI film festival rules: Disclosure is the entrant's statement of whether and how AI was used.
  • Entry period — An entry period is the window between the day a festival opens for submissions and its final deadline, often to the minute and in a named time zone.
  • Generative video — Generative video is footage created by an AI model from text, images or other inputs, as opposed to footage shot with a camera and edited with AI help.
  • Grand Prix — A Grand Prix is a festival's top award across all entries, above the category prizes, and at AI film festivals it often carries most of the cash.
  • Grant of licence — Grant of licence in AI film festival rules: a grant of licence is the permission an entrant gives the organiser to screen, copy or promote the film.
  • Human authorship — Human authorship in AI film festival rules: human authorship is the idea that a person, not a model, is responsible for a film's creative choices.
  • Hybrid film — Hybrid film in AI film festival rules: a hybrid film combines footage shot with a camera and material generated with AI.
  • Making-of diary — A making-of diary is a record of how a film was produced, kept while working and sent with the entry.
  • Official selection — An official selection is the set of films a festival chooses to screen or list.
  • Platform contest — A platform contest is a competition run by an AI tool maker for films made with its own tool.
  • Prize pool — Prize pool in AI film festival rules: a prize pool is the total cash a competition sets aside for its winners, divided across places or categories.
  • Production file — A production file is a document sent with an entry that explains how the film was made, which AI tools were used and for what.
  • Running time — Running time is the length of the film as the festival measures it, sometimes with credits included, sometimes with separate limits for each category.
  • Share of AI — A share of AI is the part of a film a festival wants made with AI, measured in running time, in content or in the number of tools used.
  • Warranty of rights — A warranty of rights is the entrant's promise that every part of the film can lawfully be used: images, music, voices and likenesses…

2The making side of an entry

For an entrant reading “Terms”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:

A serialized vertical-video show (typically 60–120 seconds per episode, 9:16) where the cast, scenes, and footage are AI-generated.

SceneMixer, The AI Micro Drama Production Pipeline — “What is an AI micro drama?” (read 2026-10-13)

You can recomposite with different end-card text, and in step-by-step mode you can reshoot individual segments. The finished file can also be downloaded and shared with a link.

SceneMixer, How to Make an Ad from One Photo — “Can I change the ad after it is finished?” (read 2026-10-13)

3Other registers