World AI Film Festival USA entry rules

The rules of the World AI Film Festival USA cover all eight items. What the rules ask of AI: a named director takes authorial responsibility; AI is treated as a tool. Saying which tools were used: every submission discloses the AI tools used, across image, video, voice and audio. 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

Human authorship rules

Tool disclosure

List the tools used

Running time

Set per category

Fee

Fees by deadline

Deadline

Open on the reading day

Screening

A festival run

Rights

Rights cleared, consent documented

Prizes

Trophies and a path to Cannes

1The rules in brief

The festival's American edition publishes five rules before asking for a film, among them that every submission discloses its AI tools, that every recognisable face and voice needs documented consent, that material is rights-cleared, and that a named director takes authorial responsibility. Running times depend on the category, from 30 seconds for vertical work to over 40 minutes for features. Fees rise by deadline; the regular deadline is November 30, 2026, and the festival runs in Los Angeles in late March 2027, with five winners going on to Cannes.

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: Human authorship rules

AI is a tool in the filmmaker’s hands, not a replacement for the filmmaker.

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• Five rules
  A named director takes authorial responsibility; AI is treated as a toolWorld AI Film Festival USA, home page / recorded 2026-09-25

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

Saying which tools were used: List the tools used

Every submission discloses the AI tools used, including generative image, video, voice, and audio systems.

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• Five rules
  Every submission discloses the AI tools used, across image, video, voice and audioWorld AI Film Festival USA, home page / recorded 2026-09-25

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

Running time allowed: Set per category

No. 01 Live Action Short Film 3 to 40 minutes No. 02 Feature Film 40+ minutes

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• Categories
  Set per category: 3 to 40 minutes for shorts, 40 minutes and up for features, 30 seconds to 3 minutes for verticalWorld AI Film Festival USA, home page / recorded 2026-09-25

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

Cost of entry: Fees by deadline

Submission Fees Earlybird

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• Submission fees
  Fees rise by deadline, with lower student and youth ratesWorld AI Film Festival USA, home page / recorded 2026-09-25

Cost of entry at every festival

Latest deadline: Open on the reading day

Regular Deadline November 30, 2026 Late Deadline January 20, 2027

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• Key dates
  Regular deadline November 30, 2026; late deadline January 20, 2027World AI Film Festival USA, home page / recorded 2026-09-25

Latest deadline at every festival

Where winners are shown: A festival run

Los Angeles Late March 2027

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• Key dates
  Festival in Los Angeles in late March 2027World AI Film Festival USA, home page / recorded 2026-09-25

Where winners are shown at every festival

What the entrant keeps or grants: Rights cleared, consent documented

Training-data provenance is not a substitute for rights clearance.

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• Five rules
  All material cleared; training data is not a substitute for rights clearanceWorld AI Film Festival USA, home page / recorded 2026-09-25

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

Prizes: Trophies and a path to Cannes

Eleven trophies. Five to Cannes. One Grand Prix.

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• Awards
  Eleven trophies, with five films advancing to WAIFF Cannes 2027World AI Film Festival USA, home page / recorded 2026-09-25

Prizes at every festival

3Producing the entry with AI

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

Video is 16:9 landscape by default, with 9:16 vertical available; you set it once per project. Segments are typically 4 to 15 seconds, and some model tiers go to 30.

SceneMixer, AI Short Drama Generator — “What length and aspect ratio does it output?” (read 2026-10-13)

SceneMixer writes dialogue into the script analysis, assigns each line to a shot with a speaker and a short delivery note, and the video model performs it — picture and audio generated together, so the mouth forms that sentence in the language you chose.

SceneMixer, AI Dialogue Generator (read 2026-10-13)

4Related festivals

• AI for Good Film Festival next to World AI Film Festival USA
• Reply AI Film Festival next to World AI Film Festival USA
• Turkey International AI Film Festival
• World AI Film Festival
• 1 Billion AI Film Award
• Academy Awards

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

5Rules documents read

• World AI Film Festival USA, home page, read 2026-09-25