KAICON AI Film Festival

KAICON Festival Secretariat (Executive Director: Lee Donghyun)

KRW 11,000,000 in total prizes across eight competition categories, with a dedicated Youth Award for ages 11-19 — a rare AI film festival built to include teen creators alongside professionals. KAICON required entries to use generative AI in a meaningful and creative way across categories spanning AI Film, AI Advertisement, AI Music Video, AI Director, AI Documentary, AI Screenplay, AI Poster, and AI Animation. Submissions closed April 27, 2026 at 23:59 KST via FilmFreeway, with a KRW 3,000,000 Grand Prize plus an Arirang K-Culture Special Award and Jury Special Awards.

Prize

KRW 3,000,000 Grand Prize; KRW 11,000,000 total prize pool

Grand Prize: KRW 3,000,000
Total prize pool: KRW 11,000,000
Youth Award (ages 11-19)
Arirang K-Culture Special Award
Jury Special Awards

Who can enter

Open internationally; entries must utilize generative AI meaningfully and creatively. Separate Youth category for ages 11-19.

AI tools allowed

Any generative AI tool

Tagged

korea, youth category, closed

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