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Cinema Shift Festival entry rules

The rules of the Cinema Shift Festival cover 3 of the eight items. What the rules ask of AI: AI as a creative tool, with storytelling and authorship led by people. Not in the rules read: tool disclosure, running-time limits, entry costs, deadlines and rights terms. From 1 source page, 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
Human authorship rules
Tool disclosure
None in the rules read
Running time
None in the rules read
Fee
None in the rules read
Deadline
None in the rules read
Screening
A festival run
Rights
None in the rules read
Prizes
Awards without cash figures

1The rules in brief

Cinema Shift is a curated evening at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema in Toronto on June 5 for narrative films that use AI as a creative tool while storytelling and authorship stay human-led. It gives three awards: Best AI Narrative Film, Best Hybrid Film for work mixing traditional and AI-assisted production, and a Canadian award for a film led and produced in Canada. The page read sets out no fee, deadline, running time or rights terms.

What the rules ask of AI: Human authorship rules

Narrative films that use AI as a creative tool, while storytelling and authorship remain human-led.

Cinema Shift Festival, official site

Cinema Shift Festival on this rule · What the rules ask of AI at every festival

Saying which tools were used: None in the rules read

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: None in the rules read

Latest deadline at every festival

Where winners are shown: A festival run

June 5 · Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema · Toronto

Cinema Shift Festival, official site

Where winners are shown at every festival

What the entrant keeps or grants: None in the rules read

What the entrant keeps or grants at every festival · What the tools' terms say about owning the output

Prizes: Awards without cash figures

A jury-selected award recognizing a Canadian film that meets the Best AI Narrative Film criteria and is led and produced in Canada.

Cinema Shift Festival, official site

Cinema Shift Festival on this rule · Prizes at every festival

2What a generator hands an entrant

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

Every new video carries the SceneMixer AIGC badge in its bottom-right corner unless you turn it off.

SceneMixer, The AI Badge Switch (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)

3Related festivals

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

4Rules documents read