LAAIMPA (Beverly Hills) · festival
Oct 20, 20261 day left
- Deadline
- Monthly: 20th of each month (Oct 20, Nov 20, Dec 20). No time zone stated; late entries roll to next month.
- Prize / credits
- Monthly awards (laurels/recognition); no cash prize published
- Entry fee
- $10 per entry
- Eligibility
- Worldwide. AI used in some part of production. Films up to 30 min; trailers/scenes up to 5 min.
maybeCheap laurel for a finished film you've already entered elsewhere. Missing Oct 20 just rolls you into the Nov cycle, so no rush. Skip if you want cash.
- Deadline
- Oct 31, 2026, 23:59 UTC (extended from Oct 9) = 4:59 PM PT
- Prize / credits
- $300,000 pool: $100K Grand, $50K Gold, $20K Silver, 20 × $5K Pilot Spotlight, 10 × $3K Script Spotlight
- Entry fee
- Free
- Eligibility
- Worldwide, individuals or teams. Pilot Track: 3–20 min pilot made with PixVerse Canvas as primary platform. Script Track: 45–90 min feature screenplay + 1–5 min video pitch.
applyBiggest cash on the board and 30 spotlight prizes means real odds. If you have no film, the Script Track only needs a screenplay + short pitch video. Pilot Track locks you into PixVerse Canvas.
Türkiye International AI Film Festival · festival
Nov 1, 202613 days left
- Deadline
- Applications June 25 – Nov 1, 2026 via FilmFreeway; no time zone stated
- Prize / credits
- Trophies across 10+ categories (national and international); screenings Dec 7–9, 2026 at AKM Yeşilçam Cinema, Istanbul
- Entry fee
- unverified (not confirmed on official page; check FilmFreeway form)
- Eligibility
- Films up to 20 min, completed after Jan 1, 2025. Separate national and international competitions.
maybeGood for a short you want screened in a real cinema. Trophies, not cash. Confirm the international-category fee on FilmFreeway before paying.
- Deadline
- Late deadline Nov 1, 2026; notification Nov 15; online event Dec 12
- Prize / credits
- Awards; cash prize amounts not confirmed on listing
- Entry fee
- Late tier: $15 standard / $3 student
- Eligibility
- Must be entirely AI-generated and in 9:16 vertical. Shorts 3–30 min, features 40–90 min, plus series category.
skipOnly makes sense if you already have a fully AI-generated vertical (9:16) film. Re-cutting a 16:9 short for this isn't worth it.
IASFF (India / online) · festival
Nov 10, 202622 days left
- Deadline
- Extended deadline Nov 10, 2026 (late tier ends Oct 31). Festival Dec 8–15, 2026 (online/YouTube).
- Prize / credits
- Awards incl. Best of the Fest, Most Innovative Prompt (no cash amounts found)
- Entry fee
- $20 until Oct 31, $30 extended (Festhome)
- Eligibility
- Director, producer or primary crew must be citizens/residents of India or part of the Indian diaspora. Mandatory 'Statement of AI Labor'.
skipSkip unless you qualify via India/diaspora. If you do, enter before Oct 31 to save $10.
AI New York Awards · festival
Nov 15, 202627 days left
- Deadline
- Extended deadline Nov 15, 2026 (late tier ends Oct 25); notification Nov 22; event Nov 30 at Cre8ive NYC
- Prize / credits
- Awards (Best AI Film, Best AI Director, etc.); no cash prize published
- Entry fee
- $25 until Oct 25, then $29
- Eligibility
- 30 sec – 25 min; AI must play a meaningful role.
maybeA Manhattan screening night for $25. Worth it if you're NYC-based and can attend; otherwise it's a laurel. Enter by Oct 25 to save $4.
AIAF (with Bloomway AI) · contest
Nov 15, 202627 days left
- Deadline
- Entries close Nov 15, 2026 (not Oct 25 as some listings say); finalists Dec 1; Awards Night Dec 10 in Atlanta
- Prize / credits
- $2,500 guaranteed cash: $1,000 Best of Festival + $500 per division Grand Prix; 1,500 Bloomway credits to every registrant; up to 100,000 credits for award winners
- Entry fee
- $10 registration
- Eligibility
- Open worldwide. Brand tracks for The Home Depot and Chick-fil-A (spec ads). Any AI tools; Bloomway optional.
applyBest fit for ad/commercial makers: spec ads for two real brands make a strong portfolio piece. Small cash, but a small field. $10 fee.
Türkiye International AI Film Festival · grant
Nov 15, 202627 days left
- Deadline
- Nov 15, 2026 (apply by email); finalists Nov 22; pitches Dec 7–9 in Istanbul
- Prize / credits
- Production support for the selected project (generative-AI production credit award)
- Entry fee
- Free
- Eligibility
- Turkish citizens 18+ only. Short projects ≤15 min not yet in production. Documents in Turkish.
skipSkip unless you're a Turkish citizen. If you are, it's free and rare project-stage funding.
World AI Film Festival (WAIFF) · festival
Nov 17, 202629 days left
- Deadline
- Super-late deadline Nov 17, 2026; notification Nov 20; event from Nov 24
- Prize / credits
- Showcase; 5 winners advance to WAIFF Cannes 2027
- Entry fee
- Short film super-late: £44 (student £25); varies by category
- Eligibility
- UK-based creators 13+ (under-18s need consent). Production Journal naming AI tools is mandatory.
maybeUK only. The real prize is the path to WAIFF Cannes. Note the listing also mentions a £45/£55/£75 tier scheme, so check the fee at checkout.
- Deadline
- Nov 20, 2026, 11:59 PM ET; awards broadcast Dec 12 on AFRO TV
- Prize / credits
- Four awards incl. Best Film grand prize (cash award; amount not published)
- Entry fee
- Free
- Eligibility
- 18+. One Christmas AI short film or AI music video, 2:00–6:00, made of multiple intentional shots with your own final edit. Any gen-AI video tool.
applyFree, and a holiday theme you can make in a weekend. A single unedited clip gets rejected, so cut it properly. TV broadcast is a nice bonus.
- Deadline
- Regular deadline Nov 30, 2026; notification Dec 15; online festival Jan 15, 2027
- Prize / credits
- Best AI Mini Movie award ($500 grand prize per secondary reports; not confirmed on listing)
- Entry fee
- Free
- Eligibility
- AI-generated or AI-assisted works of any genre; AI must play a significant role.
applyFree and low-effort: submit any finished AI short you already have.
School of Storytelling · festival
Nov 30, 202642 days left
- Deadline
- Official page says '31 Nov 2026', which isn't a real date. Treat Nov 30 as the safe deadline. Festival Jan 22–24, 2027, Kochi.
- Prize / credits
- unverified
- Entry fee
- unverified
- Eligibility
- Short formats at least 2 minutes using AI; six categories.
skipSkip until the organizer fixes the deadline and publishes prizes and fees.
Artefact (with mk2) · festival
Dec 2, 202644 days left
- Deadline
- Submissions Sept 2 – Dec 2, 2026; audience vote Dec 9 – Jan 13; ceremony Feb 2027, Paris
- Prize / credits
- €10,000 Grand Prize + 30-sec cut screened in all mk2 cinemas for a week; three €1,000 awards
- Entry fee
- Free
- Eligibility
- Worldwide. Max 314 seconds. Must use at least one gen-AI tool in each of pre-production, production and post-production.
applyBest free festival with no tool lock-in. Keep a log of AI used in script, shots and finishing, because that three-stage rule is what disqualifies people.
WAICF / Jaipur Film Market · festival
Dec 5, 202647 days left
- Deadline
- Extended deadline Dec 5, 2026; notification Dec 21; festival Jan 8–12, 2027, Jaipur
- Prize / credits
- Cash prizes promised 'depending on sponsorship' (treat as uncertain)
- Entry fee
- Extended tier: $55 short (1–45 min), $100 feature
- Eligibility
- Worldwide; short and feature AI films.
skipExpensive and the cash depends on sponsorship. Your money goes further at Artefact (free) or Florence ($15).
Curious Refuge × Epidemic Sound · contest
Dec 6, 202648 days left
- Deadline
- Dec 6 appears only on third-party listings. Curious Refuge's own contests page shows no 2026 holiday edition as of Oct 19.
- Prize / credits
- unverified ($7,500+ claimed by third parties)
- Entry fee
- unverified
- Eligibility
- unverified
skipNot announced on the official site. Don't build a film around it yet; we'll update when it goes live.
- Deadline
- Submissions close Dec 15, 2026 (no time zone stated)
- Prize / credits
- $20,000 total: $15K Best Film, $2K People's Choice, $1K each Screenplay/Visuals/Performance
- Entry fee
- None published
- Eligibility
- Must be made in Showrunner Studio, 2–20 min, include official watermark; story starts with a client in the Ripper Doc's chair; no social posts before submitting.
apply$15K top prize in a niche, tool-locked contest, so the field will be smaller. Only worth it if you're willing to learn Showrunner Studio.
Florence AI Festival · festival
Dec 15, 202657 days left
- Deadline
- Extended deadline Dec 15, 2026; event Jan 15, 2027
- Prize / credits
- Category awards (8 genres); no cash published
- Entry fee
- $15 extended tier ($13 student)
- Eligibility
- Max 20 min incl. credits; generative AI a significant part of image/sound/performance.
maybeCheap genre categories (horror, animation, comedy…) give you a better shot at a win. First edition, so no track record yet.
AI Slop (Markham, Ontario) · festival
Dec 16, 202658 days left
- Deadline
- 'Final Curtain' deadline Dec 16, 2026; notification Dec 23; screening Jan 23, 2027 at Rumiversal Studio
- Prize / credits
- Awards incl. Best AI Film, Slop of the Year (no cash published)
- Entry fee
- $10 ($8 FilmFreeway Gold)
- Eligibility
- No runtime limit; describe how AI was used; English subtitles for non-English films.
maybeFun, low-stakes home for weird experiments and 'beautiful failures'. $10 for a cinema screening near Toronto.
- Deadline
- Submissions close Dec 20, 2026; winners Jan 15, 2027
- Prize / credits
- $50K Grand, $25K, $15K, plus $2,500 finalist awards; $100 Creator Reward per qualified entry (qualifying Premium accounts only)
- Entry fee
- Free (no purchase necessary)
- Eligibility
- Three categories; AKOOL must play a meaningful role. See official rules for eligibility.
applyLargest December cash. Use AKOOL for one real part of the film (face, avatar or lip-sync) and say exactly how in your submission. The $100 bonus isn't for free accounts.
Berlin AI Film Festival · festival
Dec 31, 202673 days left
- Deadline
- Extended deadline Dec 31, 2026 (just past our 60-day window); festival Feb 16–17, 2027
- Prize / credits
- Awards (services, not cash, per secondary reports)
- Entry fee
- $40 extended tier ($36 Gold)
- Eligibility
- Full AI, Mixed AI and Feature AI categories.
maybe$40 is steep for no cash. Enter only if a Berlin cinema screening matters to your festival run.
MetaMorph AI Award × TapNow · contest
Jan 1, 202774 days left
- Deadline
- FilmFreeway lists the Winter Competition deadline as Jan 1, 2027; other listings say Dec 30. Not stated on the official page.
- Prize / credits
- £500 cash + 20,000 TapNow credits (winner); 10,000 credits (runner-up)
- Entry fee
- Free
- Eligibility
- 30 sec – 10 min, at least 50% generated in TapNow; submit via TapTV Arena.
maybeFree, and the first 100 registrants with code 'metamorph' get 5,000 starter credits. Only if you're fine making half the film in TapNow.
Chroma Awards (incubated by ElevenLabs) · contest
Jan 7, 202780 days left
- Deadline
- Open Oct 19, 2026 – Jan 7, 2027 (opened today; closes after our 60-day window)
- Prize / credits
- $450,000+ cash & travel perk pool across Film/TV, Ad, Music Video, Game, BTS, Student and sponsored-tool categories
- Entry fee
- unverified (not stated on homepage)
- Eligibility
- Multiple categories; students/young pros 18–24 eligible for paid Summer 2027 internships.
applyHuge pool split across many categories and tool-sponsor side prizes. One film can chase several pots. Start now, submit in December.
- Deadline
- Rolling (no deadline published)
- Prize / credits
- Grants from $5K to $1M+ plus Runway credits (per Runway's 2024 launch post)
- Entry fee
- Free
- Eligibility
- 18+, worldwide where legal. Original projects in late development or early production (not finished) that use Runway's generative tools. Finish within 12 months. No branded content.
applyThe only real production money on this list. Draft the four-step form offline first because it doesn't save. Show the look in your pitch video. One shot per year.
- Deadline
- Rolling application
- Prize / credits
- Complimentary Max plan, early access to new tools/models, program events
- Entry fee
- Free
- Eligibility
- Select artists/creators, hand-picked by Runway. Short application with portfolio links.
applyFive-minute form. Worth sending once you have 2–3 strong Runway pieces to link.
- Deadline
- Rolling application
- Prize / credits
- Full Higgsfield plan renewed monthly + extra credits for films/series; early access
- Entry fee
- Free
- Eligibility
- Anyone creating with AI; no follower minimum. Asked to tag Higgsfield when used.
applyNo follower floor, so this is the easiest credit program to get into. Apply if AI video is central to what you post.
- Deadline
- Rolling; currently reviewing applications for next cohort
- Prize / credits
- Monthly credit grants, early access, staff meetings, travel/speaking opportunities
- Entry fee
- Free
- Eligibility
- 5,000+ engaged followers (or equivalent audience); share 2–3 Luma pieces per month with attribution.
maybeApply only if you clear 5K followers and will actually post Luma work every month.
- Deadline
- Rolling (no deadline found)
- Prize / credits
- unverified (funding/support amounts not confirmed)
- Entry fee
- unverified
- Eligibility
- Per official page summary: AI-film projects in pre-production or production, at least 50% AI-generated with significant Kling use, original, completed within 6 months.
maybeWorth a look for a Kling-heavy project, but the page wouldn't fully load for us, so read the terms yourself first.
- Deadline
- Rolling application
- Prize / credits
- Access to paid campaign briefs; earn when content performs
- Entry fee
- Free
- Eligibility
- Content creators; apply with platforms and content plans.
skipThis is paid sponsored-content work, not film funding. Skip unless you make tutorials or social content.