Cinema Shift Festival 2026 — Toronto

IA en Corto — International AI Short Film Festival (2nd Edition)

IA en Corto

An online AI short film festival based in Santiago, Chile, now in its second edition, accepting films in Spanish and English. Your film does not have to be fully AI-generated, but the AI has to matter creatively. Four sections (sci-fi and cyberpunk, fiction and animation, psychological thriller, vertical shorts up to 2 minutes). Extended deadline Oct 18 on Festhome or Movibeta; festival runs Oct 20–24, 2026.

Türkiye International AI Film Festival (T-AIFF) 2026 — 3rd Edition

Türkiye International AI Film Festival

2,000+ submissions from over 100 countries and still growing — T-AIFF's 3rd edition judges AI films across the whole production stack, with awards for Best AI Director, Cinematographer, Editing, Sound Design, Music, VFX, Animation and Documentary. All submission-fee revenue is redistributed back to filmmakers as prize money. Deadline Nov 1, screenings at Istanbul's historic Yeşilçam Cinema Dec 7–9.

JIFF World AI Cinema Competition 2027 — Jaipur

Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF)

Jaipur International Film Festival's World AI Cinema Competition, hosted during JIFF Jan 8–12, 2027. Deadlines: early bird Aug 15, late Oct 15, extended Nov 15, final Dec 5, 2026. Nomination lists are published Nov 5, Dec 5 and Dec 21, 2026 (Dec 21 is the final list, not the submission deadline). Categories include AI Student Film, AI Short, Feature, Documentary, Animation, Music Video and AI Screenplay. Open to filmmakers, students and creators from all continents. Verified on jiffindia.org Sep 19, 2026.