Runway AI Festival entry rules

The rules of the Runway AI Festival cover 7 of the eight items. What the rules ask of AI: the film must include generative video. Running time allowed: 3 to 15 minutes. Cost of entry: no entry fee. Not in the rules read: tool disclosure. 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

Generative video required

Tool disclosure

None in the rules read

Running time

A minimum and a maximum

Fee

Free to enter

Deadline

Closed on the reading day

Screening

Screenings in several cities

Rights

Entrant warrants all rights

Prizes

Cash prizes stated

1The rules in brief

Runway's AI Festival asks for a film of 3 to 15 minutes that includes generative video and tells a fully contained, linear story; its official rules add that the generated footage should come from tools similar to Runway's own models. Entry was free and closed on April 27, 2026. Winners were screened in New York on June 11, Los Angeles on June 18 and Tokyo on July 30. The Grand Prix carries $50,000 in cash plus Runway credits, and entrants warrant that they hold every right needed to let Runway use the film.

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: Generative video required

Includes the use of generative video within the film.

Runway AI Festival, 2026 page

• Submission criteria
  The film must include generative videoRunway AI Festival, 2026 page / recorded 2026-09-25
• How to enter
  Generated video should come from tools similar to Runway's own modelsRunway AI Festival, official rules for film / recorded 2026-09-25

Runway AI Festival 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)Runway AI Festival, official rules for film / recorded 2026-09-25

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

Running time allowed: A minimum and a maximum

3-15 minutes in length.

Runway AI Festival, 2026 page

• Submission criteria
  3 to 15 minutesRunway AI Festival, 2026 page / recorded 2026-09-25

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

Cost of entry: Free to enter

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY AND NO ENTRY FEE, PAYMENT OR PROOF OF PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE.

Runway AI Festival, official rules for film

• How to enter
  No entry feeRunway AI Festival, official rules for film / recorded 2026-09-25

Runway AI Festival on this rule · Cost of entry at every festival

Latest deadline: Closed on the reading day

The AIF entry period begins on January 28th, 2026 at 9:00:00am ET and ends on April 27th, 2026 at 16:59:59 PM ET

Runway AI Festival, official rules for film

• Entry period
  Entries closed April 27, 2026Runway AI Festival, official rules for film / recorded 2026-09-25

Runway AI Festival on this rule · Latest deadline at every festival

Where winners are shown: Screenings in several cities

NY • 6/11 LA • 6/18 Tokyo • 7/30

Runway AI Festival, 2026 page

• Page header
  Screenings in New York on June 11, Los Angeles on June 18 and Tokyo on July 30, 2026Runway AI Festival, 2026 page / recorded 2026-09-25

Where winners are shown at every festival

What the entrant keeps or grants: Entrant warrants all rights

you (or your Team) have the right to grant Sponsor the rights to use the Submission as set forth in these Official Rules

Runway AI Festival, official rules for film

• Representations
  Entrants warrant they own the rights and can grant Runway rights to use the filmRunway AI Festival, official rules for film / recorded 2026-09-25

Runway AI Festival 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

The Grand Prix (first place) Winner will win: $50,000 cash

Runway AI Festival, official rules for film

• Prizes
  Grand Prix of $50,000 cash plus Runway credits; Gold $15,000; Silver $10,000Runway AI Festival, official rules for film / recorded 2026-09-25

Prizes at every festival

3Producing the entry with AI

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

Dubbing replaces the audio of a finished clip; the picture was generated for a different line, so mouth shapes, pauses and shot length all belong to the original language. Native-language generation gives the video model the line in the target language before it renders the shot, so the performance, the pacing and the cut points are built for that language.

SceneMixer, Native-Language Dialogue vs. Dubbing in AI Video (2026): Why the Cast Should Speak the Line (read 2026-10-13)

A serialized vertical-video show (typically 60–120 seconds per episode, 9:16) where the cast, scenes, and footage are AI-generated.

SceneMixer, The AI Micro Drama Production Pipeline — “What is an AI micro drama?” (read 2026-10-13)

4Related festivals

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

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

5Rules documents read

• Runway AI Festival, 2026 page, read 2026-09-25
• Runway AI Festival, official rules for film, read 2026-09-25