Who owns an AI film: tools' terms beside entry rules

Five of the seven tools say the user owns what they generate: Higgsfield, LTX Studio, Midjourney, SceneMixer and Sora. Google Flow and Runway say they claim no ownership of it. Six festivals here make entrants warrant they hold every right in the film. From 7 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

Fig. 1 Both sides are dated readings of the organisers' and makers' own pages.

Fig. 2 Filled: the maker's pages state it. Hollow: not stated.

Who owns what comes out, by tool, read 2026-09-25.
Tool	Reading	In their words
Google Flow	Maker claims no ownership	Google's terms, quoted in the Flow help, say Google won't claim ownership of generated content
Higgsfield	User owns the output	The help centre says users own their outputs, citing section 4.4 of the terms
LTX Studio	User owns the output	The terms say the user owns the output, stock footage and outside material excepted
Midjourney	User owns the output	Users own the assets they create, as far as the law allows; larger companies need a Pro or Mega plan to own them
Runway	Maker claims no ownership	Runway's terms say it does not claim ownership of your content, which they define to include outputs
SceneMixer	User owns the output	Its terms say the user owns generated results as far as the law allows, commercial use included
Sora	User owns the output	OpenAI's terms say the user owns the output and assign OpenAI's rights in it, as far as the law allows

Inclusion rule. All 7 tools on the filmmaking-tools register. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.

A festival's rights clause and a tool's ownership clause answer different questions. The festival asks the entrant to promise they can license the film for screening; the tool's terms say whether its maker keeps any claim over what it generated.

Owning an output is not the same as holding copyright in it. LTX's terms say so in the same clause, warning that the law may give no ownership in AI-generated output at all, and the grants from Midjourney, SceneMixer and Sora are made only as far as the law allows.

Conditions sit in the terms themselves: Midjourney ties ownership for larger companies to a Pro or Mega plan, and LTX leaves out stock footage and other outside material inside a generation. Music, voices and footage brought in from elsewhere are the entrant's to clear in any case, which is what the warranty clauses in festival rules are about.

1The rule it answers to

Fig. 3 Filled: the rules state it. Hollow: none in the rules read.

What the entrant keeps or grants, by festival, read 2026-09-25.
Festival	Rights
1 Billion AI Film Award	None in the rules read
Academy Awards	None in the rules read
African AI Film Festival	Entrant warrants all rights
AI Cinema Festival NYC	Entrant warrants all rights
AI Film Festival Japan	Entrant keeps copyright
AI for Good Film Festival	Entrant keeps copyright
AI International Film Festival	None in the rules read
AI Shortest Film Competition	Entrant warrants all rights
Artefact AI Film Festival	None in the rules read
Astana AI Film Festival	None in the rules read
Bochnia International AI Film Festival	Entrant keeps copyright
Chroma Awards	Entrant warrants all rights
Cinema Shift Festival	None in the rules read
Higgsfield Global Film Festival	Entrant keeps copyright
Human vs. AI Film Festival	None in the rules read
K-Culture AI International Film Festival	None in the rules read
LifeArt AI Film Festival	None in the rules read
Project Odyssey	Advice on original material
Reply AI Film Festival	None in the rules read
Runway AI Festival	Entrant warrants all rights
Runway Gen:48	A licence granted to the organiser
Sundance Film Festival	None in the rules read
Turkey International AI Film Festival	Entrant warrants all rights
World AI Film Festival	Entrant keeps copyright
World AI Film Festival USA	Rights cleared, consent documented

Inclusion rule. All 25 festivals and awards on this site. Order. Alphabetical by festival name.

Every festival's reading, with the organiser's words: What the entrant keeps or grants at every festival.

2In the makers' words

Google Flow

Google won't claim ownership over that content
Google Flow Help, Get started with Google Flow

Terms of use
Google's terms, quoted in the Flow help, say Google won't claim ownership of generated contentGoogle Flow Help, Get started with Google Flow / recorded 2026-09-25

Google Flow on all four points

Higgsfield

You own your outputs.
Higgsfield Help Center, who owns my generations

Who owns content I generate
The help centre says users own their outputs, citing section 4.4 of the termsHiggsfield Help Center, who owns my generations / recorded 2026-09-25

Higgsfield on all four points

LTX Studio

you own the Output (excluding any Stock Content or other third party materials therein)
LTX Terms of Service, May 2026

you have no ownership rights, including copyrights
LTX Terms of Service, May 2026

Ownership of Input and Output
The terms say the user owns the output, stock footage and outside material exceptedLTX Terms of Service, May 2026 / recorded 2026-09-25
Ownership of Input and Output
The same clause warns that the law may give no ownership, copyright included, in AI-generated outputLTX Terms of Service, May 2026 / recorded 2026-09-25

LTX Studio on all four points

Midjourney

You own all Assets You create with the Services to the fullest extent possible under applicable law.
Midjourney Terms of Service

Content rights
Users own the assets they create, as far as the law allows; larger companies need a Pro or Mega plan to own themMidjourney Terms of Service / recorded 2026-09-25

Midjourney on all four points

Runway

Company does not claim ownership of Your Content.
Runway Terms of Use

Your Content
Runway's terms say it does not claim ownership of your content, which they define to include outputsRunway Terms of Use / recorded 2026-09-25

Runway on all four points

SceneMixer

You own the generated results to the extent permitted by law, royalty-free, including commercial use
SceneMixer Terms of Service

Content and rights
Its terms say the user owns generated results as far as the law allows, commercial use includedSceneMixer Terms of Service / recorded 2026-09-25

SceneMixer on all four points

Sora

you (a) retain your ownership rights in Input and (b) own the Output.
OpenAI Terms of Use

Ownership of content
OpenAI's terms say the user owns the output and assign OpenAI's rights in it, as far as the law allowsOpenAI Terms of Use / recorded 2026-09-25

Sora on all four points

3The other questions

4Pages read

Google Flow Help, Get started with Google Flow, read 2026-09-25
Higgsfield Help Center, who owns my generations, read 2026-09-25
LTX Terms of Service, May 2026, read 2026-09-25
Midjourney Terms of Service, read 2026-09-25
Runway Terms of Use, read 2026-09-25
SceneMixer Terms of Service, read 2026-09-25
OpenAI Terms of Use, read 2026-09-25