AI for Good Film Festival entry rules
The rules of the AI for Good Film Festival cover 6 of the eight items. What the rules ask of AI: Works generated or enhanced using AI tools. Running time allowed: 1 to 10 minutes, completed between September 1, 2026 and May 1, 2027. Not in the rules read: tool disclosure and entry costs. From 1 source page, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
Inclusion rule. All 25 festivals on the register, each with what its rules ask about naming AI tools. Order. Alphabetical by festival name.
- AI use
- Any AI use counts
- Tool disclosure
- None in the rules read
- Running time
- A minimum and a maximum
- Fee
- None in the rules read
- Deadline
- Open on the reading day
- Screening
- Finalists at a summit
- Rights
- Entrant keeps copyright
- Prizes
- An invitation and a speaker pass
1The rules in brief
The AI for Good Film Festival, run by the International Telecommunication Union, takes works generated or enhanced with AI tools, 1 to 10 minutes long and completed between September 1, 2026 and May 1, 2027. The deadline is May 1, 2027. Four finalists are invited to Geneva for the AI for Good Global Summit in July 2027 with a speaker pass. Filmmakers keep copyright and let ITU use the film for festival promotion, with credit.
2Dates in the rules
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| 2027-05-01 | Submission deadline |
Inclusion rule. Dates the rules print in full; months without a day are left to the text above. Order. Earliest first.
What the rules ask of AI: Any AI use counts
submit original works that are generated or enhanced using AI tools
AI for Good Film Festival, ITU page
- Call for submissionsWorks generated or enhanced using AI tools
What the rules ask of AI at every festival
Saying which tools were used: None in the rules read
- Rules read; not statedNone in the rules read (2026-09-25)
Saying which tools were used at every festival · What marks the tools leave in the file
Running time allowed: A minimum and a maximum
Films must have been completed between Sept 1, 2026, and May 1, 2027 , and should be 1 to 10 minutes long.
AI for Good Film Festival, ITU page
- Eligibility1 to 10 minutes, completed between September 1, 2026 and May 1, 2027
AI for Good Film Festival on this rule · Running time allowed at every festival · How long a clip the tools make
Cost of entry: None in the rules read
- Rules read; not statedNone in the rules read (2026-09-25)
Cost of entry at every festival
Latest deadline: Open on the reading day
After the submission deadline on May 1, 2027, at 23:59 CEST
AI for Good Film Festival, ITU page
- JudgingSubmission deadline May 1, 2027
Latest deadline at every festival
Where winners are shown: Finalists at a summit
July 2027 Awards Ceremony Finalists come to Geneva for the AI for Good Global Summit 2027
AI for Good Film Festival, ITU page
- TimelineFour finalists invited to Geneva for the AI for Good Global Summit in July 2027
AI for Good Film Festival on this rule · Where winners are shown at every festival
What the entrant keeps or grants: Entrant keeps copyright
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
- RightsFilmmakers keep copyright and grant ITU permission to use the film for festival promotion, with credit
AI for Good Film Festival on this rule · What the entrant keeps or grants at every festival · What the tools' terms say about owning the output
Prizes: An invitation and a speaker pass
Finalists will be invited to participate in the AI for Good Global Summit 2027 with an exclusive Speaker Pass.
AI for Good Film Festival, ITU page
- PrizesAn invitation to the AI for Good Global Summit 2027 with a speaker pass
AI for Good Film Festival on this rule · Prizes at every festival
3Producing the entry with AI
For an entrant reading “AI for Good Film Festival”, this is what SceneMixer publishes about the film its pipeline hands over:
A script longer than about 10,000 characters (counted as Chinese-equivalent characters) is read in two passes: first the cast, sets and props, then the episode list with a short outline per episode.
SceneMixer, Long Scripts Are Read in Two Passes: What “Preparing Episodes” Means and Why Some Episodes Open Later (read 2026-10-13)
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)
4Related festivals
- AI for Good Film Festival next to AI Film Festival Japan
- AI for Good Film Festival next to World AI Film Festival USA
- AI Cinema Festival NYC
- AI Film Festival Japan
- AI International Film Festival
- AI Shortest Film Competition
The organiser's current rules always govern; this is a dated reading, not advice. Method: how rules are read.
5Rules documents read
- AI for Good Film Festival, ITU page, read 2026-09-25