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Archive · closedKorea AI Content Awards 2026
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.
DeadlineMid-length only: 22 Jul 2026, 14:59 UTC (23:59 KST); shorts: 12 Jul, 14:59 UTC…
FeeThe official notice and FilmFreeway rules checked do not explicitly state an entry fee. Fee unconfirmed; third-party…
EligibilityIndividuals or teams aged 18+, all nationalities and genders. Completion window: 1 January 2025-12 July 2026, unchanged by the mid-length submission…
Key restrictionPremiere status is not mandatory but is preferred during judging.
| Edition | 2026 main competition - historical archive |
|---|---|
| Location | Gyeonggi Province, South Korea |
| 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. |
| Eligibility | Individuals or teams aged 18+, all nationalities and genders. Completion window: 1 January 2025-12 July 2026, unchanged by the mid-length submission extension. Unlimited mid-length entries; for shorts, one entry as an individual and one as a team member per person. |
| Runtime / category | Short: under 30 minutes. Mid-length: at least 30 and under 60 minutes. The Nam June Paik Special Award has separate rules and must not inherit these limits. |
| AI policy | Generative AI must meaningfully affect expression in at least two areas: imagery, sound/music, dialogue/narration, editing/VFX. Captions or noise reduction alone are insufficient. Prompt-only output without planning, revision, editing or iterative human contribution does not meet the criteria. |
| Premiere / public release | Premiere status is not mandatory but is preferred during judging. |
| Disclosure | List tools, areas of use, methods and human intervention. Shortlisted creators must provide key-shot prompts and result/editing screenshots, plus the required visible notice or permitted metadata alternative. |
| Rights / licence | Submission accepts competition screenings, promotion and related uses. Selected films may be used in cinemas, television, OTT, partner events and internal archives. The organiser covers DCP/technical and promotional costs and does not distribute box-office proceeds; this is not merely an excerpt-promotion licence. |
| Verified | 2026-10-24 |
Fee breakdown by category and stage
No explicit entry fee was found in the readable official rules.
- Organiser payment of selected-film screening technology and publicity costs does not prove entry was free.
- Additional cost / payment note: Prize payments are subject to South Korean tax; overseas treatment may depend on a tax treaty.
Refunds: No entry-fee refund policy was verified.
What to prepare
- Submit via FilmFreeway or the specified Google form, at Full HD or higher with English subtitles; keep the screener live until the event ends.
- Selected work additionally needs an English script, synopsis, biography, poster, stills and production-process evidence.
- Retain key-shot prompts, generation results and editing screenshots for shortlist checks.
- Use a recognisable watermark or an AI notice lasting at least three seconds. An artistic-expression exception requires invisible watermark/metadata and a declaration.
- Unresolved in the sources checked: Entry fees remain unknown.
- Unresolved in the sources checked: 23:55 form metadata conflicts with 23:59 in the extension notice; a future edition should be checked against the live official form.
- Unresolved in the sources checked: FilmFreeway general terms retain the original 12 July date; the section-specific extension and updated organiser notice take priority.
Official sources
- Organiser notice 2026-66 and mid-length extension ↗
- Official FilmFreeway complete rules linked by the notice ↗
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.