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Open for entriesLundinStudio AI Film Festival 2027
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.
Deadline21 Jan 2027; closing time and time zone not published
FeeFilmFreeway has nine standard fee stages, $10-90. Current November stage: $70 standard / $63 Gold; final: $90 / $81.…
EligibilityAge 18+; original screenplay and ownership or valid permission for all rights. No nationality restriction was verified.
Key restrictionNo premiere rule was found in the official rules read. That absence does not guarantee that every publicly released film meets all other conditions.
| Edition | Third edition, 2027 |
|---|---|
| Location | Helensburgh, New South Wales, Australia |
| 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. |
| Eligibility | Age 18+; original screenplay and ownership or valid permission for all rights. No nationality restriction was verified. |
| Runtime / category | 1-10 minutes, including credits. |
| AI policy | The specific Film Eligibility clause requires every visual shot to be AI-generated. The broader category blurb is less specific; it should not override that clause. The rules do not require all audio to be AI-generated. |
| Premiere / public release | No premiere rule was found in the official rules read. That absence does not guarantee that every publicly released film meets all other conditions. |
| Disclosure | Every visual shot must be AI-generated. No universal mandatory tool-list or generation-log template was found. |
| Rights / licence | Promotional excerpts may not exceed 10% of the full film AND 1.5 minutes. The rules also permit educational, promotional and non-commercial uses, while full online publication requires direct rights-holder consent. Another clause says films are deleted after screening, creating an unresolved overlap with non-commercial archiving. |
| Verified | 2026-10-24 |
Fee breakdown by category and stage
All FilmFreeway amounts were checked, but the source displays only $. Neither USD nor AUD was confirmed.
| Best Ai Short Film · Earlybird | $ (currency unconfirmed) 10 |
|---|---|
| Best Ai Short Film · June | $ (currency unconfirmed) 20 |
| Best Ai Short Film · July | $ (currency unconfirmed) 30 |
| Best Ai Short Film · August | $ (currency unconfirmed) 40 |
| Best Ai Short Film · September | $ (currency unconfirmed) 50 |
| Best Ai Short Film · October | $ (currency unconfirmed) 60 |
| Best Ai Short Film · November | $ (currency unconfirmed) 70 |
| Best Ai Short Film · December | $ (currency unconfirmed) 80 |
| Best Ai Short Film · Final | $ (currency unconfirmed) 90 |
- Do not infer AUD from the Australian location or USD from the FilmFreeway platform.
- GenFlix fees were not verified.
- Additional cost / payment note: No standard additional-cost schedule was found; payment or currency-conversion charges may apply.
Refunds: Wrong-category, ineligible or unselected entries and circumstances not caused by the festival are generally non-refundable. Individual refunds are at the organiser's discretion.
What to prepare
- MP4 or MOV, Full HD or 4K.
- English subtitles for non-English dialogue.
- Use the official links to FilmFreeway or GenFlix. Only FilmFreeway fees were verified; do not assume the two routes have identical fees or award conditions.
- Submissions opened on 16 April 2026. Do not reuse an older third-party $25-55 quote.
- Unresolved in the sources checked: The currency and exact closing time/time zone remain unconfirmed.
- Unresolved in the sources checked: Deletion after screening and retained non-commercial archive rights need clarification from the organiser.
- Unresolved in the sources checked: The scale of this small independent event has not been independently verified; it is not presented as a major industry festival.
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.