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.

Prize

Screening and recognition within UN-aligned convenings

Selected work screened and recognised as part of the festival's UN-aligned programming
Spotlight recognitions tied to international observance days, including Human Rights Day on Dec 10
No cash prize

Who can enter

Open to AI filmmakers, visual artists, animators, poets, musicians, creative technologists and hybrid storytellers. Entries accepted as film/video, photography and art, music, or script.

AI tools allowed

Any AI tools

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Don't miss this deadline

We'll email you three days before AI for the Future Festival — COP31 Edition 2026 closes, and when contests like it open.

Also open in short film

Same category, sorted by which closes first.

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Sep 9, 2026

Deadline

Sundance Collab x TikTok Micro-Series Challenge

Sundance Collab and TikTok

This challenge invites filmmakers to develop short-form vertical series with a focus on storytelling. Five finalists will receive $5,000 each, along with professional development support and a chance to pitch to TikTok. Applications must be submitted by September 9, 2026.

🎞️ Short Film

Prize

$5,000 each for five finalists

AI Film Awards Brasil 2026

KM Universe

Brazil's first-ever AI film awards — and the deadline is in 2 days. Free entry for Brazilian filmmakers, screening at Itaú Cultural in São Paulo Sept 24–26. Films must be developed entirely with generative AI. If you have a finished AI short sitting on your drive, this is the cheapest shot at a national premiere you'll get this year.

🎞️ Short Film🫧 Experimental🎠 Animation

Prize

Official selection + Itaú Cultural São Paulo screening, free entry for Brazilian filmmakers

Rome AI Festival (RAIF) 2026 — 3rd Edition

Rome AI Festival by VIA (Festival Director Riccardo Vincenzi)

Third edition of Rome's generative-AI film and photography festival, screening at Cinema Adriano on September 19, 2026. Short films up to 20 minutes that use generative AI as a significant creative component compete for awards including Best AI Narrative Short, Documentary, Experimental, Animation, Music Video, Branded Content and Best Italian AI.

🎞️ Short Film🗺️ Documentary🫧 Experimental🎠 Animation

Prize

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

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