AI film festivals · Guides

Every AI film festival.And how to win each one.

Deadlines, rules, juries and themes, checked on each festival’s official site. Then a plan to write, storyboard and make your film in time.
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How we write these guides

Read the rules. Then make the film.

Each guide is independent. ScreenWeaver organises none of these festivals and is affiliated with none of them.
  1. 01

    The rules, from the source

    Dates, formats, imposed tools, AI share and judging criteria are read on the festival’s own pages, and the date we read them is on every guide.

  2. 02

    What wins, not what is allowed

    Juries, themes and past winners, then the traps that get a film rejected before anyone watches it.

  3. 03

    A plan to the deadline

    Screenplay, storyboard and footage, week by week, with a real scene made by the ScreenWeaver team as the example.

Real productions

International festival-recognized films have been written and produced with ScreenWeaver.

ScreenWeaver is already being used as a creative workspace for real AI film productions, from animated shorts to short films nominated and awarded by international festivals.

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    VOIDBORN

    AI animated / cinematic short

    Festival recognition

    • 1st Place Silver

      Mondial Chroma Awards

    • 2nd Place Dreamina

      Mondial Chroma Awards

    • Award Winner

      Seoul International AI Film Festival

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    Les Fils du Vinnana

    AI short film

    Festival recognition

    • Honorable Mention

      Top Quark Film Festival

    • People's Choice Nominee

      Illuminate Oneness of Humanity

    • Nominee

      ALTFF Supershort

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The pipeline

Write. Board. Produce.

  1. ScreenWeaver screenplay editor: acts, sequences and beats above the formatted script of The Yellow Umbrella

    01The screenplay, enriched

    An industry-standard screenplay editor, and more: a visual outline and beat editor, your writing inspirations (notes, photos, audio) kept next to the page, and an AI researcher to support your writing, not replace it.

  2. ScreenWeaver storyboard: shot S3 of The Yellow Umbrella with characters, shot settings and the script beside it

    02The storyboard, made easy

    Shot breakdown generated from your screenplay, manual control over every shot (frame, angle, movement, duration), and generative AI previsualization in one click.

  3. ScreenWeaver production canvas: shots S3 and S4 as connected nodes carrying their storyboard panels and prompts

    03AI production, with finesse

    Footage generation pipelines connected to your screenplay and storyboard. Optimized out of the box, fully editable workflow.

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FAQ

AI film festivals, your questions

What are the biggest AI film festivals?
By prize and reach: the 1 Billion AI Film Award ($1,000,000), the Runway AI Film Festival, the Chroma Awards, the World AI Film Festival and Reply AI Film Festival in Venice. Each has its own guide on this page.
Can I submit an AI film to a classic festival?
Often yes, with rules: many festivals ask you to disclose AI use, and some ban generative AI from parts of their competition. Each classic festival guide quotes the rule and its date.
Do I have to use a specific AI tool?
Some awards impose one (the 1 Billion AI Film Award asks for 70 % Seedance, brand contests ask for their own model). Most AI festivals accept any tool. Each guide says which.
How long should an AI festival film be?
Most AI festivals take shorts of 1 to 10 minutes; some cap at 3 minutes, others accept up to 40. Check the duration first: it decides the number of shots and the schedule.
Can I enter the same film in several festivals?
Sometimes. Some awards demand a world premiere or forbid any prior release or competition. Plan your festival route before you post the film anywhere.
How does ScreenWeaver help?
You write the screenplay for free, turn it into a storyboard of every shot, then generate the footage with Seedance in the same project, with characters that stay consistent. Video generation is available now with the Auteur plan.

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