AI Cinema Festival Canada — Ottawa 2026

AI Cinema Festival

A bilingual Ottawa festival for hybrid human+AI and fully AI-generated cinema, screening November 13–15, 2026 with awards across five tracks.

Prize

Grand Prix Canada + 4 named awards

Grand Prix Canada
Best Human + AI Direction
Best AI Cinematography
Responsible AI Cinema Award
Audience Signal Award

Who can enter

Open worldwide; hybrid human+AI and fully AI-generated works welcome, including music videos, trailers, and experimental forms

AI tools allowed

Any AI tools.

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Don't miss this deadline

We'll email you three days before AI Cinema Festival Canada — Ottawa 2026 closes, and when contests like it open.

Also open in short film

Same category, sorted by which closes first.

Open

Sep 10, 2026

Deadline

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Rome AI Festival by VIA (Festival Director Riccardo Vincenzi)

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🎞️ Short Film🗺️ Documentary🫧 Experimental🎠 Animation

Prize

RAIF awards across 7 categories + Escape.ai Best of Fest distribution

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Pippit AI

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Busan Cinema Center

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🎞️ Short Film🎬 Contest

Prize

USD 1,000 screening grant per selected film + USD 3,000 Audience Award

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