AI Shortest Film Competition entry rules

The rules of the AI Shortest Film Competition cover 6 of the eight items. What the rules ask of AI: the clip must be created with LTX; editing allowed via XML export. Running time allowed: up to 60 seconds. Latest deadline: submissions closed July 5, 2026. 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

Made on one platform

Tool disclosure

None in the rules read

Running time

A maximum only

Fee

None in the rules read

Deadline

Closed on the reading day

Screening

Screenings in several cities

Rights

Entrant warrants all rights

Prizes

Cash prizes stated

1The rules in brief

The AI Shortest Film Competition, run by LTX with Forward Festival Berlin, takes clips of up to 60 seconds made with LTX, with editing allowed through an XML export. Entries closed on July 5, 2026, and the shortlist was screened in Berlin on August 27 and 28. First place won $3,000 in cash with tickets, travel and a hotel. Entrants must hold the rights to everything in the clip.

2Dates in the rules

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: Made on one platform

Created with LTX – Up to 60 seconds long – Post-production/editing is allowed via XML export

Forward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX

• Requirements
  The clip must be created with LTX; editing allowed via XML exportForward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX / recorded 2026-09-25

AI Shortest Film Competition on this rule · What the rules ask of AI at every festival

Saying which tools were used: None in the rules read

• Rules read; not stated
  None in the rules read (2026-09-25)Forward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX / recorded 2026-09-25

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

Running time allowed: A maximum only

Up to 60 seconds long

Forward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX

• Requirements
  Up to 60 secondsForward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX / recorded 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 stated
  None in the rules read (2026-09-25)Forward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX / recorded 2026-09-25

Cost of entry at every festival

Latest deadline: Closed on the reading day

Submissions are open from now until 5 JULY 2026.

Forward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX

• Submission
  Submissions closed July 5, 2026Forward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX / recorded 2026-09-25

Latest deadline at every festival

Where winners are shown: Screenings in several cities

The best films from our official shortlist will be screened at the Shortest AI Film Festival as part of Forward Festival Berlin (27 –28 August)

Forward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX

• What you can win
  Shortlist screened at the Shortest AI Film Festival in Berlin, August 27 to 28Forward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX / recorded 2026-09-25

AI Shortest Film Competition on this rule · Where winners are shown at every festival

What the entrant keeps or grants: Entrant warrants all rights

Make sure you own or have the rights to everything in your film – including visuals, music, and AI-generated content.

Forward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX

• Copyright
  Entrants must own or hold rights to everything in the film, and allow the festival to share and screen itForward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX / recorded 2026-09-25

AI Shortest Film Competition on this rule · What the entrant keeps or grants at every festival · What the tools' terms say about owning the output

Prizes: Cash prizes stated

1st PLACE $3,000 cash + Forward Festival Berlin Tickets + Travel & Accommodation to Forward Festival Berlin

Forward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX

• What you can win
  First place $3,000 cash with tickets, travel and accommodation to BerlinForward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX / recorded 2026-09-25

AI Shortest Film Competition on this rule · Prizes at every festival

3What a generator hands an entrant

For an entrant reading “AI Shortest Film Competition”, 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)

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 International Film Festival next to AI Shortest Film Competition
• Cinema Shift Festival next to AI Shortest Film Competition
• AI for Good Film Festival
• AI International Film Festival
• Artefact AI Film Festival
• Astana 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

• Forward Festival, AI Shortest Film Competition by LTX, read 2026-09-25