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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.

Prize

Award statuettes across 10+ categories; submission-fee revenue redistributed as filmmaker awards

Award statuettes for winning works across categories
Best AI Film, Best AI Director, Actor, Cinematographer
Best Editing, Sound Design, Music, Visual Effects
Best AI Animation and Best AI Documentary
Submission-fee revenue redistributed as awards to international-category directors
Screenings at Yeşilçam Cinema, Istanbul — Dec 7–9, 2026

Who can enter

Open internationally. Films completed after January 1, 2025. Applications accepted online via FilmFreeway only.

AI tools allowed

Any AI tool

Runway, Sora, Kling, Veo, Midjourney, Luma, Pika

Tagged

turkey, istanbul, yesilcam, third edition, europe, middle east

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