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AI Cinema Festival NYC entry rules

The rules of the AI Cinema Festival NYC cover 6 of the eight items. What the rules ask of AI: AI a meaningful part of the workflow; hybrid and fully AI works both eligible. Saying which tools were used: Major AI tools and human roles disclosed. Not in the rules read: running-time limits and entry costs. From 3 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

Who must say which tools were used, this festival in boldOutline: the rules read ask nothing.Who must say which tools were used, this festival in boldTool disclosure1 Billion AI Film Award — Tool disclosure: None in the rules read1 Billion AI Film AwardAcademy Awards — Tool disclosure: Details on requestAcademy AwardsAfrican AI Film Festival — Tool disclosure: List the tools usedAfrican AI Film FestivalAI Cinema Festival NYC — Tool disclosure: List the tools usedAI Cinema Festival NYCAI Film Festival Japan — Tool disclosure: List the tools usedAI Film Festival JapanAI for Good Film Festival — Tool disclosure: None in the rules readAI for Good Film FestivalAI International Film Festival — Tool disclosure: None in the rules readAI International Film…AI International Film FestivalAI Shortest Film Competition — Tool disclosure: None in the rules readAI Shortest Film CompetitionArtefact AI Film Festival — Tool disclosure: None in the rules readArtefact AI Film FestivalAstana AI Film Festival — Tool disclosure: List the tools usedAstana AI Film FestivalBochnia International AI Film Festival — Tool disclosure: List the tools usedBochnia International AI…Bochnia International AI Film FestivalChroma Awards — Tool disclosure: List the tools usedChroma AwardsCinema Shift Festival — Tool disclosure: None in the rules readCinema Shift FestivalHiggsfield Global Film Festival — Tool disclosure: Generations kept for checkingHiggsfield Global Film…Higgsfield Global Film FestivalHuman vs. AI Film Festival — Tool disclosure: None in the rules readHuman vs. AI Film FestivalK-Culture AI International Film Festival — Tool disclosure: None in the rules readK-Culture AI International…K-Culture AI International Film FestivalLifeArt AI Film Festival — Tool disclosure: None in the rules readLifeArt AI Film FestivalProject Odyssey — Tool disclosure: None in the rules readProject OdysseyReply AI Film Festival — Tool disclosure: Explain how AI was usedReply AI Film FestivalRunway AI Festival — Tool disclosure: None in the rules readRunway AI FestivalRunway Gen:48 — Tool disclosure: Explain how AI was usedRunway Gen:48Sundance Film Festival — Tool disclosure: Disclose any AI useSundance Film FestivalTurkey International AI Film Festival — Tool disclosure: None in the rules readTurkey International AI…Turkey International AI Film FestivalWorld AI Film Festival — Tool disclosure: A production fileWorld AI Film FestivalWorld AI Film Festival USA — Tool disclosure: List the tools usedWorld AI Film Festival USA
Fig. 1 Outline: the rules read ask nothing.
Tool disclosure, by festival, read 2026-09-25.
FestivalTool disclosure
1 Billion AI Film AwardNone in the rules read
Academy AwardsDetails on request
African AI Film FestivalList the tools used
AI Cinema Festival NYCList the tools used
AI Film Festival JapanList the tools used
AI for Good Film FestivalNone in the rules read
AI International Film FestivalNone in the rules read
AI Shortest Film CompetitionNone in the rules read
Artefact AI Film FestivalNone in the rules read
Astana AI Film FestivalList the tools used
Bochnia International AI Film FestivalList the tools used
Chroma AwardsList the tools used
Cinema Shift FestivalNone in the rules read
Higgsfield Global Film FestivalGenerations kept for checking
Human vs. AI Film FestivalNone in the rules read
K-Culture AI International Film FestivalNone in the rules read
LifeArt AI Film FestivalNone in the rules read
Project OdysseyNone in the rules read
Reply AI Film FestivalExplain how AI was used
Runway AI FestivalNone in the rules read
Runway Gen:48Explain how AI was used
Sundance Film FestivalDisclose any AI use
Turkey International AI Film FestivalNone in the rules read
World AI Film FestivalA production file
World AI Film Festival USAList the tools used

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
AI used in a significant way
Tool disclosure
List the tools used
Running time
None in the rules read
Fee
None in the rules read
Deadline
Open on the reading day
Screening
A festival run
Rights
Entrant warrants all rights
Prizes
Awards without cash figures

1The rules in brief

AI Cinema Festival NYC asks that AI be a meaningful part of the creative workflow and accepts both hybrid and fully AI-made work; creators disclose the major AI tools and the human roles. Permissions for likenesses, music, voices and datasets remain the submitter's responsibility. Submissions close on June 20, 2027, and the festival runs in New York from July 16 to 18, 2027, with a Grand Prix and craft awards.

2Dates in the rules

Dates printed in the rules, read 2026-09-25.
DateWhat happens
2027-06-20Submission deadline
2027-07-16Festival opens, New York

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: AI used in a significant way

AI must be a meaningful part of the creative workflow.

AI Cinema Festival NYC, rules and eligibility

What the rules ask of AI at every festival

Saying which tools were used: List the tools used

Creators must disclose major AI tools and human roles.

AI Cinema Festival NYC, rules and eligibility

Saying which tools were used at every festival · What marks the tools leave in the file

Running time allowed: None in the rules read

Running time allowed at every festival · How long a clip the tools make

Cost of entry: None in the rules read

Cost of entry at every festival

Latest deadline: Open on the reading day

Submission deadline: June 20, 2027

AI Cinema Festival NYC, submissions page

Latest deadline at every festival

Where winners are shown: A festival run

July 16–18, 2027 Screenings, conversations and awards in NYC.

AI Cinema Festival NYC, home page

Where winners are shown at every festival

What the entrant keeps or grants: Entrant warrants all rights

Rights, likeness, music, voice and dataset permissions remain the responsibility of the submitter.

AI Cinema Festival NYC, rules and eligibility

AI Cinema Festival NYC on this rule · What the entrant keeps or grants at every festival · What the tools' terms say about owning the output

Prizes: Awards without cash figures

Grand Prix NYC Best Human + AI Direction Best AI Cinematography

AI Cinema Festival NYC, home page

Prizes at every festival

3The making side of an entry

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

16:9 landscape (SceneMixer's default) and 9:16 vertical (the usual short-drama frame), chosen per project.

SceneMixer, Seedance 2.0 in a Real Short-Drama Pipeline — “Which aspect ratios does the pipeline generate?” (read 2026-10-13)

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)

4Related festivals

The organiser's current rules always govern; this is a dated reading, not advice. Method: how rules are read.

5Rules documents read