Human vs. AI Film Festival entry rules
The rules of the Human vs. AI Film Festival cover 4 of the eight items. What the rules ask of AI: an AI track where the whole film is made with generative AI, beside a track shot with cameras. Not in the rules read: tool disclosure, entry costs, screenings 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
- A wholly AI-made track
- Tool disclosure
- None in the rules read
- Running time
- A minimum and a maximum
- Fee
- None in the rules read
- Deadline
- Closed on the reading day
- Screening
- None in the rules read
- Rights
- None in the rules read
- Prizes
- Cash prizes stated
1The rules in brief
Sparknify's Human vs. AI Film Festival runs two tracks side by side: one shot with cameras and lighting, one where the whole film is made with generative AI tools. Both take films of 1 to 30 minutes built around one of eight emotions. The top Humanity Award carries US$3,000. The 2027 submission portal was not yet open on the reading day.
What the rules ask of AI: A wholly AI-made track
The entire film must be created using generative AI tools.
Sparknify, Human vs. AI Film Festival page
- AI trackAn AI track where the whole film is made with generative AI, beside a track shot with cameras
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: A minimum and a maximum
Length : 1 to 30 minutes (including credits)
Sparknify, Human vs. AI Film Festival page
- Requirements1 to 30 minutes, credits included
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: Closed on the reading day
- SubmissionThe 2027 submission portal is not yet open
Latest deadline at every festival
Where winners are shown: None in the rules read
- Rules read; not statedNone in the rules read (2026-09-25)
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: Cash prizes stated
Sparknify Humanity Award US $3000
Sparknify, Human vs. AI Film Festival page
- AwardsA Humanity Award of US$3,000 chosen from eight emotion-category winners
2What a generator hands an entrant
For an entrant reading “Human vs. AI 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)
Paste a scene or a short script and SceneMixer gives you a storyboard — numbered shots with framing and seconds — and then a moving version of each segment, which you can join into a rough cut of the scene.
SceneMixer, Using SceneMixer for Previs and Animatics Before a Live-Action Shoot (read 2026-10-13)
3Related festivals
- Higgsfield Global Film Festival next to Human vs. AI Film Festival
- Human vs. AI Film Festival next to Turkey International AI Film Festival
- Cinema Shift Festival
- Higgsfield Global Film Festival
- K-Culture AI International Film Festival
- LifeArt AI Film Festival
The organiser's current rules always govern; this is a dated reading, not advice. Method: how rules are read.
4Rules documents read
- Sparknify, Human vs. AI Film Festival page, read 2026-09-25