CapCut Film Contests 2026

All Is Prompt (Todo es Prompt) AI Film Festival 2026 — 2nd Edition

Todo es Prompt — Aldo Massone

A Spanish-and-English online festival out of Mexico City for films built with AI tools, now in its second edition. Entry starts under $2, it takes AI features up to two hours as well as shorts, and awards go to craft categories like Best AI Cinematography and Best Emerging AI Director. Extended deadline Oct 25, festival Oct 29 to Nov 4.

OpenCV AI Competition 2026

Open Source Vision Foundation (OpenCV)

This global competition invites developers to create applications using image or video analysis to solve real-world problems. Prizes total $12,000, with $5,000 for first place. The competition runs from August 26 to October 26, 2026.

Korea AI Cinema Festival (KACF)

KACF Organizing Committee

Your AI film doesn't just get a laurel — it gets a real cinema screen. KACF put 110 AI-generated films in front of a live audience at Seoul's historic Chungmuro cinema district last year, more theatrical AI screenings than any other festival in Korea. Categories span AI Film, AI Music Video, AI Movie Director, Animation, Commercial, Trailer, Poster, and Screenwriter. Deadline October 31.

WAIFF London 2026 — World AI Film Festival UK

World AI Film Festival (WAIFF) UK edition

The UK edition of the World AI Film Festival, held November 24, 2026 at Bloomsbury Big Top in London. Open to UK-based creators aged 13 and up across eight categories, from live-action shorts and features to vertical micro-series and 3D Worlds. From 11 winners, a jury selects 5 works to advance to the WAIFF Cannes 2027 Grand Finale, and one is named WAIFF London Grand Prix.

Cue Film Fest — Cue Xmas '26

AFRO TV / Cue Film Fest

Your AI Christmas short could air live on national cable TV. Cue Film Fest's inaugural holiday edition broadcasts December 12 on AFRO TV (Comcast Xfinity ch. 1623) and NOW TV, with winners decided live by viewer voting and a jury. Free to enter: submit a 2:00–6:00 AI short film or AI music video with a Christmas theme, built from multiple intentional, edited shots (a single unedited AI-generated clip is not eligible). Four cash awards — Best Film, Best Image, Best Sound and Best AI Music Video — with the Best Film grand prize announced last on the live broadcast.

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.

AI ZONE International AI Film Festival 2026

AI ZONE

Global online film festival dedicated exclusively to AI-generated cinema, now in its 2nd edition. Regular deadline 30 November 2026, with the festival on 15 January 2027; a $500 Grand Prize goes to a selected film that agrees to non-exclusive publication on the AI Zone platform.