AI International Film Festival entry rules
The rules of the AI International Film Festival cover 3 of the eight items. Latest deadline: monthly editions; the next regular deadline was September 22. Where winners are shown: monthly screenings in Hollywood since 2021, with the filmmaker speaking after each film. Not in the rules read: AI-use rules, tool disclosure, running-time limits, entry costs and rights terms. 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
- None in the rules read
- Tool disclosure
- None in the rules read
- Running time
- None in the rules read
- Fee
- None in the rules read
- Deadline
- Monthly deadlines
- Screening
- Monthly screenings
- Rights
- None in the rules read
- Prizes
- Awards without cash figures
1The rules in brief
The AI International Film Festival has screened AI films in Hollywood since 2021 and now runs monthly, with the filmmaker speaking after each film. Films are judged blind. Its home page gives the next regular deadline as September 22, for a screening on November 14. The page read sets out no AI-use rule, running time, fee or rights terms.
2Dates in the rules
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | Regular deadline |
| 2026-11-14 | Hollywood screening |
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: None in the rules read
- Rules read; not statedNone in the rules read (2026-09-25)
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: None in the rules read
- Rules read; not statedNone in the rules read (2026-09-25)
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: Monthly deadlines
Regular deadline September 22 · screens November 14
AI International Film Festival, home page
- SubmitMonthly editions; the next regular deadline was September 22
Latest deadline at every festival
Where winners are shown: Monthly screenings
Since 2021 · Now monthly · Hollywood
AI International Film Festival, home page
- Page headerMonthly screenings in Hollywood since 2021, with the filmmaker speaking after each film
Where winners are shown at every festival
What the entrant keeps or grants: None in the rules read
- Rules read; not statedNone in the rules read (2026-09-25)
What the entrant keeps or grants at every festival · What the tools' terms say about owning the output
Prizes: Awards without cash figures
Judged blind, screened one at a time
AI International Film Festival, home page
- FormatJury and audience awards, judged blind
3What a generator hands an entrant
For an entrant reading “AI International Film Festival”, 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)
The final cut ends on an end card: your main image plus four lines — Brand, Product name, Tagline, Call to action. The first two are read from your photo and your brief; the tagline and call to action are written with the script.
SceneMixer, The End Card (read 2026-10-13)
4Related festivals
- African AI Film Festival next to AI International Film Festival
- AI International Film Festival next to AI Shortest Film Competition
- AI Film Festival Japan
- AI for Good Film Festival
- AI Shortest Film Competition
- Artefact AI Film Festival
The organiser's current rules always govern; this is a dated reading, not advice. Method: how rules are read.
5Rules documents read
- AI International Film Festival, home page, read 2026-09-25