Reply AI Film Festival entry rules

The rules of the Reply AI Film Festival cover 7 of the eight items. What the rules ask of AI: AI must be part of the creative process, not necessarily generative AI. Saying which tools were used: entrants explain how AI was used. Not in the rules read: rights terms. From 2 source pages, 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

Explain how AI was used

Running time

A minimum and a maximum

Fee

Free to enter

Deadline

Closed on the reading day

Screening

A premiere event

Rights

None in the rules read

Prizes

Cash prizes stated

1The rules in brief

Reply's AI Film Festival takes films of 1 to 40 minutes in any genre, as long as AI is part of the creative process; the film need not be fully AI-generated, and entrants explain how AI was used. Entry is free. The 2026 deadline was extended to June 2, and finalists were invited to a premiere in Venice in September 2026 hosted with Mastercard. The reward pool is more than €30,000.

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: Any AI use counts

No categories, no limits. We welcome every genre, every style, every vision – as long as AI is part of the creative process.

Reply AI Film Festival, home page

• Film types
  AI must be part of the creative process, not necessarily generative AIReply AI Film Festival, home page / recorded 2026-09-25
• FAQ
  The film does not have to be fully AI-generatedReply AI Film Festival, how it works / recorded 2026-09-25

Reply AI Film Festival on this rule · What the rules ask of AI at every festival

Saying which tools were used: Explain how AI was used

you'll be asked to explain how AI was used to achieve your final result

Reply AI Film Festival, how it works

• FAQ
  Entrants explain how AI was usedReply AI Film Festival, how it works / recorded 2026-09-25

Reply AI Film Festival on this rule · Saying which tools were used at every festival · What marks the tools leave in the file

Running time allowed: A minimum and a maximum

Your AI short movie must be between 1 and 40 minutes long.

Reply AI Film Festival, how it works

• FAQ
  1 to 40 minutes, with longer films eligible only for a special mentionReply AI Film Festival, how it works / recorded 2026-09-25

Reply AI Film Festival on this rule · Running time allowed at every festival · How long a clip the tools make

Cost of entry: Free to enter

Is there a participation fee? No, this initiative is completely free.

Reply AI Film Festival, how it works

• FAQ
  No participation feeReply AI Film Festival, how it works / recorded 2026-09-25

Cost of entry at every festival

Latest deadline: Closed on the reading day

submit your movie generated or enhanced with AI technologies by the deadline [EXTENDED] June 1st, 2026 June 2nd 2026

Reply AI Film Festival, home page

• Timeline
  Submissions closed June 2, 2026, after an extensionReply AI Film Festival, home page / recorded 2026-09-25

Reply AI Film Festival on this rule · Latest deadline at every festival

Where winners are shown: A premiere event

get your invitation to a premiere event hosted by Reply and Mastercard in Venice in September 2026

Reply AI Film Festival, home page

• Page intro
  A premiere event in Venice in September 2026Reply AI Film Festival, home page / recorded 2026-09-25

Reply AI Film Festival on this rule · Where winners are shown at every festival

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

• Rules read; not stated
  None in the rules read (2026-09-25)Reply AI Film Festival, how it works / recorded 2026-09-25

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

Prizes: Cash prizes stated

Join a reward pool of over €30,000+

Reply AI Film Festival, home page

• Page intro
  A reward pool of more than €30,000Reply AI Film Festival, home page / recorded 2026-09-25

Prizes at every festival

3What a generator hands an entrant

For an entrant reading “Reply AI 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)

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)

4Related festivals

• Reply AI Film Festival next to Sundance Film Festival
• Reply AI Film Festival next to World AI Film Festival USA
• LifeArt AI Film Festival
• Project Odyssey
• Runway AI Festival
• Runway Gen:48

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

5Rules documents read

• Reply AI Film Festival, home page, read 2026-09-25
• Reply AI Film Festival, how it works, read 2026-09-25