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Student film competition · Europe / online; organiser based in Estonia

EuGFA New Frames 2026

2026 · verified 2026-10-24

A European student AI short-film competition organised by the European Generative Film Association MTU. Check the student, country and payout requirements before entering.

Deadline
30 Oct 2026, 21:59 UTC (23:59 Europe/Tallinn, UTC+2)
Fee
Free to enter.
Status
Open for entries
Platform competition · Global / online

PixLight 2026 · PixVerse AI Film Contest

2026 · verified 2026-10-22

A dual-track contest for finished genre shorts or pilots, and for feature scripts built for AI-native production.

Deadline
31 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTC
Fee
No entry fee for either track; tool and membership costs are separate.
Status
Open for entries
Film festival · Antananarivo, Madagascar / global submissions

AI Film Festival Africa (AIFFA) 2026 - Madagascar

First edition, 2026 · verified 2026-10-24

A first-year Madagascar festival asking filmmakers worldwide to imagine Africa in 2063. The listing names Andy Ratsirarson and Shalini Aggarwal as festival directors.

Deadline
31 Oct 2026, 20:59 UTC (23:59 Antananarivo, UTC+3)
Fee
Free in the Short Film/Video Regular standard tier shown on FilmFreeway.
Status
Open for entries
Film festival · London, UK / online

I’Mpossible Film Festival

First edition 2026 · The Unfilmable Edition · verified 2026-10-22

A London festival for work that uses AI to tell stories of memory, history, exile and experiences that are difficult to film conventionally.

Deadline
5 November 2026
Fee
Route and category dependent; see the fee breakdown in the details before paying.
Status
Open for entries
Platform competition · Dubai, UAE

1 Billion Followers Summit – AI Film Award 2027

2027 · verified 2026-10-20

A global original AI narrative short film award across five themes: society, human connection, climate, misinformation and human–AI relationships.

Deadline
20 November 2026
Fee
No entry fee; tools, compute, clearances, translation and taxes are the entrant’s responsibility.
Status
Open for entries
Film festival · Malaga, Spain / online

AI FilmFest Malaga

2027 edition · 2026 call · verified 2026-10-22

An AI film festival with online screening and a Malaga event on 16–18 April 2027.

Deadline
1 December 2026
Fee
Free via the official IndeeHub route; FilmFreeway has paid categories. Choose and verify the route before paying.
Status
Open for entries
Film festival · Paris, France

Artefact AI Film Festival

Third edition · 2026 call / 2027 awards · verified 2026-10-20

Artefact × mk2 AI short film competition; the 2026 theme is (Dis)Connection.

Deadline
2 December 2026
Fee
Free to enter; no purchase obligation.
Status
Open for entries
Platform competition · Global / online

AKOOL AI Film Challenge 2026

2026 call; results planned for 2027 · verified 2026-10-24

Three challenge categories - Coming Never, AI Short Film and Impossible - with mandatory public posting. Some detailed rules still refer specifically to Coming Never rather than all categories.

Deadline
20 Dec 2026; closing time and time zone not published
Fee
No purchase necessary to enter. The separate $100 Creator Bonus requires an eligible Premium account and is limited to one bonus per account; free-account submission does not automatically earn $100.
Status
Open for entries
Film festival · Taipei; winter screening venue unconfirmed

CSFCCA International AI Film Festival - Winter 2026

Winter 2026; event scheduled for February 2027 · verified 2026-10-24

A first-year independent seasonal AI film competition with separate winter dates. Inclusion is not a claim of major-festival prestige, and its autumn programme should not be substituted for the winter edition.

Deadline
31 Dec 2026; closing time and time zone not published
Fee
Per category: core four categories $25 regular / $28 final; the other 17 listed categories $22 regular / $25 final. Gold rates below. The source displays $ without confirming the entry-fee currency.
Status
Open for entries
Platform competition · India / online; residents only

Indian Pixels AI Film Festival 2026-27

2026-27 · verified 2026-10-24

A Stories of India platform film challenge for newly made original work. Its regional eligibility and optional paid-plan credit benefit must not be confused with a global or paid-entry competition.

Deadline
15 Jan 2027, 18:29 UTC (23:59 India Standard Time, UTC+5:30)
Fee
Free to enter; no purchase required. Using the optional platform reward credits requires a paid plan, but a paid plan is not an entry condition.
Status
Open for entries
Film festival · Helensburgh, New South Wales, Australia

LundinStudio AI Film Festival 2027

Third edition, 2027 · verified 2026-10-24

An independent AI short-film competition run by LundinStudio. The official site links to a FilmFreeway listing marked Non-Public Listing; current 2027 rules and nine fee stages were read.

Deadline
21 Jan 2027; closing time and time zone not published
Fee
FilmFreeway has nine standard fee stages, $10-90. Current November stage: $70 standard / $63 Gold; final: $90 / $81. The $ currency is unconfirmed; do not assume AUD or USD.
Status
Open for entries
General film festival accepting AI · Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) 2027

75th edition, 2027; submissions opened in 2026 · verified 2026-10-24

A general international festival with an explicit AI disclosure policy. Its 75th edition is scheduled for 5-22 August 2027; AI use alone does not establish eligibility.

Deadline
16 Feb 2027, 23:59 PST (17 Feb, 18:59 AEDT in Melbourne)
Fee
USD 40-120 by category and round. In the current October round, International Shorts/XR cost USD 50 and International Features USD 70. No fee waivers or multiple-film discounts.
Status
Open for entries
Film festival · Hong Kong, China

Hong Kong AI International Film Festival (HKAIIFF)

2027 · call opened 1 October 2026 · verified 2026-10-20

A Hong Kong festival for complete AI-native audiovisual works, with honours for the full work, method, digital character and world-building.

Deadline
1 March 2027, 23:59 HKT
Fee
US$99 per entry; no early-bird or late tiers.
Status
Open for entries

Archive

Closed editions, kept for reference only. Each record shows its actual edition and deadline.

Film festival · Melbourne / Sydney, Australia

DISRUPT GenAI Film Festival

Second edition · 2026 · verified 2026-10-22

TBWA Australia’s GenAI film festival under the theme “Humans and Their Tools”.

Deadline
16 October 2026
Fee
Free to enter in the 2026 edition.
Status
Archive · closed
Film festival · Athens, Greece

AI Filmfest Athens

First edition · 2026 · verified 2026-10-22

Athens AI film festival under the theme “Myths Meet Machine”, with a screening at The Ellinikon Experience Centre on 6 November 2026.

Deadline
15 October 2026
Fee
See archived official rules; the official site and entry platform listed different fee tables.
Status
Archive · closed
Film festival · Massagno / Lugano, Switzerland

Merge Film Festival 2026

2026 · first edition archive · verified 2026-10-22

Switzerland's first AI-focused Merge festival, with Full AI, Hybrid and Experimental competition, plus critic, youth and audience awards.

Deadline
2026 edition closed
Fee
The first-edition fee was not verified in the public recap.
Status
Archive · closed
Film festival · Tokyo, Japan

AI Film Festival Japan (AIFJ)

2026 · second edition · verified 2026-10-22

Tokyo festival for human–generative AI co-creation, with narrative, experimental, animation and film-score categories.

Deadline
30 September 2026
Fee
Film: US$29/39/49 early/regular/late; music categories: US$19 each in the 2026 edition.
Status
Archive · closed
Film festival · Paris, France / planned international tour

We Are Human Festival 2026

First edition, 2026 - call closed · verified 2026-10-24

An AI and human-rights film call from the French nonprofit We Are Human. Submissions are closed; Paris screening and international touring plans should not be described as completed events.

Deadline
30 Sep 2026, 23:59 CEST
Fee
Free to submit.
Status
Archive · closed
Film festival · Busan, South Korea

Asia AI Film Festival (AAFF)

2026 · second edition · verified 2026-10-22

Busan-based AI film call organised with Dongseo University and IACST; the 2026 call is closed.

Deadline
20 September 2026
Fee
US$10 per general submission in the 2026 edition; partner universities had limited free codes.
Status
Archive · closed
Platform competition · Global / online; Higgsfield Inc., United States

Higgsfield Global Film Festival 2026

2026 - call closed · verified 2026-10-24

A closed AI short-film competition built around Higgsfield production projects and public project auditing, with unusually broad asset-disclosure and commercial-promotion terms.

Deadline
16 Sep 2026, 23:59 UTC
Fee
A paid subscription is not required to enter or win. No separate entry-fee table was stated; this does not establish that all production or generation is free.
Status
Archive · closed
Film festival · Austin, United States

Austin AI Film Festival

2026 edition · verified 2026-10-20

An Austin-based AI film festival; the 2026 edition is closed and kept as an archive.

Deadline
15 August 2026
Fee
See the archived official rules.
Status
Archive · closed
Platform competition · Global

Future Vision XPRIZE

2026 edition · verified 2026-10-20

A global future-vision film challenge; the 2026 edition is closed and kept as an archive.

Deadline
15 August 2026
Fee
See the archived official rules.
Status
Archive · closed
AI moving-image competition · Gyeonggi Province, South Korea

Korea AI Content Awards 2026

2026 main competition - historical archive · verified 2026-10-24

A generative-AI screen competition hosted by Gyeonggi Province and organised by Gyeonggi Content Agency. This archived main competition is separate from similarly named Korean AI festivals.

Deadline
Mid-length only: 22 Jul 2026, 14:59 UTC (23:59 KST); shorts: 12 Jul, 14:59 UTC (23:59 KST)
Fee
The official notice and FilmFreeway rules checked do not explicitly state an entry fee. Fee unconfirmed; third-party free-entry claims are not adopted.
Status
Archive · closed
Competition · Jeju, South Korea

Jeju Global AI Film Contest

2026 edition · verified 2026-10-22

Jeju Special Self-Governing Province competition with a general track and a Jeju IP special track.

Deadline
13 July 2026
Fee
The 2026 entry fee was not confirmed in the public call.
Status
Archive · closed
Film festival · Bucheon, South Korea

BIFAN · Bucheon Choice: AI Films

2026 · 30th BIFAN archive · verified 2026-10-22

Dedicated AI film section inside BIFAN, with AI education, distribution support and industry exchange.

Deadline
2026 edition closed
Fee
The 2026 AI-section fee was not confirmed; do not reuse the 2024 fee table.
Status
Archive · closed
Film festival · Burano / Venice, Italy

Burano Artificial Intelligence Film Festival (BAIFF) 2026

2026 - archived call; official site labels it the fourth edition · verified 2026-10-24

An archived AI film festival call covering eight categories. The official 2026 event schedule lists 13-17 October.

Deadline
1 Jul 2026; closing time and time zone not published
Fee
Paid: displayed standard EUR fees were 17.15 early bird, 25.72 or 30.01 regular by category, and 34.30 late. Student and Gold rates are listed below.
Status
Archive · closed
Competition · Italy / online

Reply AI Film Festival

2026 edition · verified 2026-10-20

Reply’s AI film competition; the 2026 edition is closed and kept as an archive.

Deadline
2 June 2026
Fee
See the archived official rules.
Status
Archive · closed
Workshop and film challenge · Online workshop / New Zealand screening

Future Frames:NZ 2026

2026 - historical archive · verified 2026-10-24

An archived Screen Music and Sound Guild activity combining an online workshop, four weeks of mentored production and a Big Screen Symposium screening. It is not an evergreen course.

Deadline
17 May 2026, 23:59 or earlier if full; time zone not published
Fee
The official page explicitly says Free to enter.
Status
Archive · closed
Film festival · United States / online

Runway AI Festival — Film Track

2026 edition · verified 2026-10-20

Runway’s AI film festival film track; the 2026 edition is closed and kept as an archive for the next call.

Deadline
27 April 2026
Fee
See the archived official rules.
Status
Archive · closed
Film festival · Monaco

AI Film Fest Monaco 2026

2026 - archived call · verified 2026-10-24

An archived AI film call presented by WAIB Summit. The official site schedules its 2026 event for 9-10 June; the event taking place and its results have not been independently confirmed.

Deadline
25 Apr 2026; closing time and time zone not published
Fee
Entry fee, currency and fee bands were not stated in the rules checked. Do not assume entry was free.
Status
Archive · closed
Film festival · Auckland, New Zealand / global submissions with prize restrictions

1 Minute AI Film Festival Aotearoa 2026

2026 - historical archive · verified 2026-10-24

An archived short-format AI film activity associated with AI Forum New Zealand and WeCreate. The 2026 theme was The Social; rules have not been carried forward into an unverified 2027 call.

Deadline
24 Apr 2026; closing time and time zone not published
Fee
The official pages read do not clearly state the historical entry fee. A free finalist summit pass is not evidence that entering was free.
Status
Archive · closed
Film festival · Barcelona, Spain

+RAIN Film Festival 2026

2026 - archived call · verified 2026-10-24

An archived international AI film call organised by Universitat Pompeu Fabra, exploring experimental film language and the aesthetic, ethical and political implications of AI.

Deadline
8 Mar 2026, 23:59 CET (UTC+1)
Fee
Free to submit. EUR 150 gross is a screening and participation payment to each selected creator, not an entry fee.
Status
Archive · closed
Film festival · Seoul, South Korea

Seoul Global AI Film Festa (SGAFF)

2025 · first edition archive · verified 2026-10-22

MBC’s AI film event for narrative films, music videos and K-brand content; the 2025 edition is kept as an archive.

Deadline
21 August 2025
Fee
The 2025 fee table was not published in the public outline.
Status
Archive · closed
Film festival · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Artificial Intelligence Film Festival - Expo City Dubai

First edition: 2023 call / 2024 planned awards - archive · verified 2026-10-24

An archived Expo City Dubai AI film call from 2023-24. It should not be confused with the 1 Billion Followers Summit or other Dubai AI Cinema brands.

Deadline
1 Dec 2023; closing time and time zone not published
Fee
Historical entry fees, currencies and fee bands have not been verified.
Status
Archive · closed