Experimental AI Film Contests & Festivals

A Gossip Goblin GenJam

645 Ventures, Machine Cinema, Google DeepMind, Showrunner and Gossip Goblin

An in-person generative AI film jam at Google DeepMind in San Francisco. Fifteen accepted teams get one Gossip Goblin seed clip and one evening to turn it into a short film of up to two minutes. Application only, reviewed on a rolling basis.

MetaMorph x TapNow — Autumn Activation

MetaMorph × TapNow

First of four free seasonal AI filmmaking competitions leading to the MetaMorph AI Award 2027; at least 50% of each film must be generated with TapNow.

(UN)REAL AI Film Festival 2026

(UN)REAL Film Festival — Feat. Ventures / CAIA Consulting

An Italian festival for cinema made with or through artificial intelligence, held at Feat. House in Turin on November 27-28, 2026. Six categories (features, shorts up to 20 minutes, animation & motion, documentary, advertising, video art & experimental). Deadline October 31, finalists announced November 14. English SRT subtitles required.

Video Hackers Film Festival 2026 (10th Edition)

Video Hackers Film Festival

A global online festival in its 10th year celebrating independent film, AI cinema, and experimental visual languages, with a dedicated AI Generated Film category alongside fiction, documentary, animation, and music video sections.

International AI Short Film Festival (IASFF)

IASFF Collective

A curated global showcase for decentralized cinema and human-AI collaborative narrative, screening biannually on YouTube and bridging raw AI technology with cinematic storytelling.

Cine Prague AI Film Festival 2026

Cine Prague AI Film Festival

International AI short film festival in Prague welcoming AI-generated, AI-assisted and traditional short films up to 5 minutes; finalists screen at Kino Edison with a $1,000 Grand Prix awarded December 1, 2026.

AI ZONE International AI Film Festival 2026

AI ZONE

Global online film festival dedicated exclusively to AI-generated cinema, now in its 2nd edition. Regular deadline 30 November 2026, with the festival on 15 January 2027; a $500 Grand Prize goes to a selected film that agrees to non-exclusive publication on the AI Zone platform.

AI for the Future Festival — COP31 Edition 2026

AI for the Future — curator Lisa Russell

The fourth and final 2026 category of a festival that screens AI work inside United Nations convenings rather than a cinema. This round is aligned to COP31 and wants climate storytelling: resilience, ecological futures, biodiversity and just transitions. Film, photography, music and script all accepted. Deadline Nov 30, awards event Dec 15.

Florence AI Festival (FAIF)

VIA - Visual Innovation Awards

First edition of an international AI film competition from VIA - Visual Innovation Awards, the organisers of the Rome AI Festival. Eight categories (Horror, Animation, Documentary, Narrative, Comedy, Music Video, Commercial, Fantasy/Sci-Fi "New World"), 20-minute runtime cap. Late deadline October 15, 2026; extended deadline December 15, 2026. Winners announced live at Palazzo San Niccolo, Florence, on January 15, 2027.

AI Slop Film Festival 2027 (Season 2)

AI Slop Film Festival

Toronto-area festival that treats AI as a creative force in all its moods, welcoming polished AI films, hybrid productions, meme edits and deliberately chaotic experiments alike. Season 2 screens at Rumiversal Studio in Markham on 23 January 2027.

LAAIMPA — Los Angeles AI Motion Pictures Awards

LAAIMPA

Free entry, rolling monthly submissions — and every winner gets flown to Beverly Hills for the year-end ceremony. Submit by the 20th of any month, nominees announced the 28th, winners on the last day. Culminates in an exclusive in-person gala in Beverly Hills at the end of 2026. One of the only major AI film awards with a monthly winners cycle.

Berlin AI Film Festival (2nd Edition)

Berlin AI Film Festival

Second edition of the Berlin AI film festival accepting both 100% AI-generated films and hybrid works with meaningful AI integration. Low entry fees ($10–$40 depending on deadline tier). Event February 16–17, 2027.

Runway Hundred Film Fund

Runway

Rolling grant fund offering $5K–$1M+ per project plus up to $2M in Runway credits. Decisions within ~14 days.

Global AI Music Video Awards (GAIMVA) 2027

GAIMVA / Festhome

The first international awards festival dedicated exclusively to AI-generated and AI-assisted music videos. Deadline January 1, 2027. Welcomes fully AI-generated, hybrid, experimental, narrative, performance-based, animated, vertical, student-made, and human+AI collaboration works — the widest AI music video category set anywhere.

Ai Film Festival — IMDb-Qualifying Screening 2027

Ai Film Festival

IMDb-qualifying AI festival run by LundinStudio with staged monthly cutoffs (Oct 15, Nov 19, Dec 17 and a final deadline of 21 January 2027) leading to a screening event on 18-19 March 2027. Best AI Short Film requires an original script with AI-generated shots in every scene, 1-10 minutes including credits.

AI Cinema Festival Québec City 2027

AI Cinema Festival Network

A bilingual Québec City festival for hybrid human+AI and fully AI-generated films, judged on cinematic craft, story and ethics rather than the tools used.

AI CINEMA — Independent AI Film Festival (Montréal) 2027

Funamis

An independent Montréal AI film festival screening works from micro-shorts to features that use AI as a meaningful creative tool, with 25+ award categories from Grand Prize to Best Prompt.

World AI Film Festival (Cannes) 2027

WAIFF / Institut EuropIA

The Cannes grand finale of the World AI Film Festival's global circuit, bringing category winners from WAIFF's regional editions to the Palais des Festivals.

PROMPT Festival 2027 — Toronto

PROMPT Festival

Toronto's AI-native cinema festival, back after an inaugural 2026 season at the Black Box in Scarborough. It accepts anything where AI touched the pipeline, in any genre, and runs ten rolling deadlines instead of one cliff. Fifteen award categories, including the signature Best Prompt. Final deadline, 'Last Frame', is Apr 16 2027.

Horizons IA 2027 — Punta del Este, Uruguay

Horizons IA

International AI short film festival in Punta del Este, Uruguay, judging fiction/documentary, experimental/music video, and advertising shorts where AI use is central and decisive; free-admission screening event in May 2027.

Seoul International AI Film Festival (SIAFF) 2027 — 6th Edition

Seoul International AI Film Festival

Sixth edition of Seoul's AI film festival, with an awards ceremony, screening and gala on 30 May 2027 at the enTravel Cultural Complex in Gangnam, followed by a director–audience talk on 31 May. Around eighteen award categories cover AI film, music video, animation, screenplay, sound design and visual effects.

London AI Independent

London AI Independent (Sirlute Studios, Canary Wharf)

New London festival for independent films where AI contributes meaningfully but does not have to dominate the finished work. Rolling monthly deadlines from October 2, 2026 to June 2, 2027, a first screening and director Q&A at Sirlute Studios on October 4, 2026, and the main event on June 19, 2027. Studio-financed films are not eligible.

International AI Film Festival of Kerala (AIFFK) 2027

School of Storytelling

Third edition of Kerala's AI film festival (formerly branded KIAFF), for AI-generated and AI-assisted audiovisual short works across six award categories including Best AI Film and Best Cinematography, held in Kochi January 22-24, 2027. Official site lists the deadline as "31 Nov 2026" (recorded here as Nov 30, the nearest valid date).

MetaMorph x TapNow — Winter Activation

MetaMorph × TapNow

Second of four free seasonal AI filmmaking competitions leading to the MetaMorph AI Award 2027; at least 50% of each film must be generated with TapNow on a public canvas.

Chroma Awards — Season 2

Chroma Awards (incubated by ElevenLabs)

Season 2 of the ElevenLabs-incubated AI film and media competition (founded 2023 as Project Odyssey). The official site says Season 2 launches in mid-October 2026 with six divisions: Film, Advertising, Music Video, Song, Game and Behind-the-Scenes, across 51 categories. Deadline, prize pool and entry fee had not been published as of October 7, 2026. Season 1 drew 6,500+ entries and paid over $175,000 in cash plus $1M+ in tool credits.

MetaMorph x TapNow — Spring Activation

MetaMorph × TapNow

Third of four free seasonal AI filmmaking competitions leading to the MetaMorph AI Award 2027; at least 50% of each film must be generated with TapNow on a public canvas.

AI for Good Film Festival 2027

ITU / UN AI for Good

The UN's AI for Good Film Festival returns for 2027: 1-10 minute films where AI is a core part of the filmmaking, completed between September 1, 2026 and May 1, 2027. Finalists are invited to the AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva (June 21-25, 2027) with a speaker pass and a public premiere screening.