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2026 AI Holiday Film Competition — Curious Refuge x Epidemic Sound

Curious Refuge x Epidemic Sound

The largest prize pool ever for a fully AI-generated holiday short — Epidemic Sound and Curious Refuge return with $7,500+ in cash for winners. Warm, weird, or wildly cinematic — make something people rewatch every December. Deadline December 6.

Prize

$7,500+ in cash prizes

Grand prize cash
Epidemic Sound subscription
Featured on Curious Refuge channels

Who can enter

Global

AI tools allowed

Any AI toolMusic via Epidemic Sound

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holiday, christmas, curious refuge, epidemic sound

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