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Archive · closedHiggsfield Global Film Festival 2026
A closed AI short-film competition built around Higgsfield production projects and public project auditing, with unusually broad asset-disclosure and commercial-promotion terms.
Deadline16 Sep 2026, 23:59 UTC
FeeA paid subscription is not required to enter or win. No separate entry-fee table was stated; this does not establish…
EligibilityRegistered users aged 18+ or the higher local age of majority; individuals or teams of up to four. Sanctioned territories, places where lawful…
Key restrictionPublic social posting is mandatory. After the deadline, eligible projects, prompts, history and assets become public. This is unsuitable for…
| Edition | 2026 - call closed |
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| Location | Global / online; Higgsfield Inc., United States |
| 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. |
| Eligibility | Registered users aged 18+ or the higher local age of majority; individuals or teams of up to four. Sanctioned territories, places where lawful payment is unavailable and people connected with judging are restricted. |
| Runtime / category | At least 3 minutes. Up to 5 minutes is recommended; longer films remain eligible. |
| AI policy | New AI image/video assets must be created during the production window inside the designated Higgsfield Cinema Studio festival project. External non-AI editing and 3D are allowed; all audio must be AI-generated. |
| Premiere / public release | Public social posting is mandatory. After the deadline, eligible projects, prompts, history and assets become public. This is unsuitable for confidential work or preserving a public premiere. |
| Disclosure | Retain and disclose the project assets and generation history. The production-platform requirement applies to new AI image/video; all audio must be AI-generated. |
| Rights / licence | Creators retain ownership but grant a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence covering the film, excerpts and generation history, for the festival AND Higgsfield product/commercial marketing. |
| Verified | 2026-10-24 |
Fee breakdown by category and stage
The rules explicitly say that a paid subscription is not required; an independent entry-fee table is not supplied.
- Free-account eligibility does not mean unlimited free generation.
- Additional cost / payment note: Generation tools and credits depend on platform plans; no uniform production-cost table was published for this edition.
Refunds: No refund policy was specified in the rules checked.
What to prepare
- Supply the designated project, a public social-media post and the final film.
- Use the required watermark and closing packshot; MP4/MOV up to 4K with English subtitles or voiceover.
- Do not use any identifiable real person's likeness or voice, including your own.
- Keep the full platform assets and generation history for audit; do not create new AI imagery outside the designated project.
- Unresolved in the sources checked: A separate entry fee was not expressly confirmed as zero.
- Unresolved in the sources checked: Current results and subsequent schedule have not been verified.
- Unresolved in the sources checked: Prize-payment eligibility for any particular country is not guaranteed.
Official sources
This is an English summary, not the official rules. The organiser’s latest rules and written answers prevail. Inclusion is not an endorsement or a guarantee of selection.