HiShorts! × updream · 2026 AiShorts! AI Short Film Competition

A HiShorts! and updream call with Narrative, Animation, Experimental and Music Video units; twenty nominated films are planned for offline screenings.

Deadline18 November 2026

FeeThe entry fee is unverified. Neither the accessible official post nor its six posters confirms a price or free entry.…

EligibilityOpen call for creators. The accessible official post and posters do not establish specific age, residence or team-size rules; confirm the complete…

Key restrictionBilibili submission and later offline screenings are described, but prior-release rules, premiere conditions and any required period of public…

Edition	2026
Location	China / online submissions
Deadline	18 November 2026 18 November 2026. No cutoff time or timezone was established; no 23:59 deadline is assumed. The official overview poster and text differ by one day on the opening date, but agree on the closing date.
Fee	The entry fee is unverified. Neither the accessible official post nor its six posters confirms a price or free entry. Tool credits, production and rights clearances are separate costs.
Eligibility	Open call for creators. The accessible official post and posters do not establish specific age, residence or team-size rules; confirm the complete terms. Work must have been created after 20 March 2026, but the poster does not define the date boundary.
Runtime / category	2–30 minutes including complete opening titles and end credits.
AI policy	updream must be the main AI creation tool. The minimum AI share and mixed live-action eligibility were not established.
Premiere / public release	Bilibili submission and later offline screenings are described, but prior-release rules, premiere conditions and any required period of public availability remain unverified. Check these before publishing a film intended for other festivals.
Disclosure	Use updream as the main AI creation tool and pin the required production statement. No mandatory percentage or full technical-disclosure form was established in the accessible posters; retain process evidence for further checks.
Rights / licence	The announcement mentions possible Bilibili contracts and promotion for selected creators, not automatic exclusivity for every entrant. Complete exhibition, distribution, withdrawal and contract terms were not obtained; review them before submission or signing.
Source review	Partial source review 2026-10-25; full verification incomplete

What to prepare

Prepare a complete film of 2–30 minutes including titles and credits, created after 20 March 2026. Confirm how the creation-date boundary is interpreted if relevant.
Choose Narrative, Animation, Experimental or Music Video. The poster specifies landscape MOV/MP4, 1080p HD and H.264; it does not separately specify an exact aspect ratio, bitrate or file-size limit.
Use updream as the main AI creation tool. Using it at some point does not establish the main workflow; minimum AI contribution and mixed live-action eligibility still need checking.
Submit in Bilibili’s Film section with updream and HiShorts tags. Add the competition name and selected unit to the title suffix, and pin a comment stating that the video was made with updream, using the Chinese wording shown in the official poster.

Source review and remaining questions

Partial source review 2026-10-25; full verification incomplete.

Read the verified official HiShorts Weibo announcement through its Sina public page and visually checked all six linked original posters. Confirmed runtime, creation-date wording, format and ordinary versus bonus-credit steps. The updream homepage did not expose complete terms; no signed-in entry or final activity form was tested.

Entry fees, waivers and refunds.
Full age, residence, team, AI-share and mixed-work eligibility.
Exact deadline time/timezone, full rights/premiere/withdrawal terms and the final activity form.
Opening date differs between the overview poster (16 September) and the text/timeline (17 September); closing date agrees on 18 November.

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.

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