competitions & events
Open calls with real prizes, AI film festivals, conferences and the meetups where the community actually gets together. Researched by the AI LIVE team and checked against every organiser's own page.
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Contest
ElevenLabs (ElevenCreative) · Online
A 15 to 45 second ad for a fictional brand built around an original jingle made in ElevenCreative, for ad makers and AI musicians who can turn one round today.
Contest
TBWA\Australia · Melbourne, Australia
An agency-run competition for Australian-made films built only with generative AI, with Short, Long and Student categories and a Grand Prix; worth attending even though entries are closed.
Contest
Kling AI and Kuaishou Public Welfare (UNDP China as international supporter) · Online
Kling's social-good contest for videos of at least 1 minute made with Kling AI on themes such as rural revival, child and elder care and intangible heritage; Chinese subtitles required.
Contest
Graphic Competitions · Online
A new worldwide awards programme across eight AI creative disciplines including motion and film, music and audio, and image and illustration.
Festival
AI Film Festival Japan (AI-FJ) · Tokyo, Japan
Japan's main AI film festival with screenings, industry sessions and creator demos.
Meetup
HeyGen Community · Tokyo, Japan
HeyGen's 'Starring You' community meetup in Omotesando with a talk from HeyGen's VP of Engineering and a free avatar capture booth.
Screening
Generathon (Le Motif and roland.builds) · Paris, France
Demo night showcasing horror films and projects made in 24 hours at Generathon #3 during Paris Creator Week.
Hackathon
European Startup Embassy and killallkeyboards.com · San Francisco, United States + online
One-day AI video hackathon with unlimited Higgsfield access and $8K in prizes for the best launch videos and AI cinematics, with online participation possible.
Screening
Silicon Valley AI Film Festival (S.A. Culture, articuler.ai) · Beverly Hills, United States
Red-carpet Los Angeles edition of the Silicon Valley AI Film Festival celebrating AI-native cinema.
Workshop
Sonilo Europe · Stockholm, Sweden
Hands-on creator evening where attendees make mini films and give them AI soundtracks and sound effects with Sonilo.
Hackathon
NYC Creative AI with ComfyUI and ZeroSpace · New York, United States
Build night with the Comfy team rebuilding Higgsfield-style apps open source on the Comfy Developer Platform, part of the Open Source Higgsfield Competition.
Meetup
Creative Frontiers · Santa Monica, United States
An evening conversation with the Suno team about creativity, new music tools and what comes next for music makers.
Contest
Japan AI Creation and Innovation Organization (JACIO) · Online
An X-based AI music video contest judged by music industry figures; quote-repost the announcement with a video of up to 3 minutes and #AIMUSICVIDEOWAVE2026, open to anyone 18+.
Meetup
Rockbird Media with Seedance · Singapore, Singapore
Seedance-focused session on how AI video is changing content creation for retail and consumer brands.
Meetup
Seedance Group and Noetic · London, United Kingdom
The first London community night for Seedance 2.5, exploring what 30-second native 4K generation means for creative work.
Workshop
Hulm Club (UX Guild) · London, United Kingdom
In-person evening to sharpen AI image prompting, experiment with AI video and see Figma Weave in action.
Meetup
Machine Cinema · Online
Monthly online gathering for women in the Machine Cinema community working at the intersection of AI and creativity, with guest Dani Van de Sande.
Workshop
AIGA Design and Designpreneurs Hackathon with Magnific · Online
Free live online workshop taking one brief from blank page to brand system using Magnific without losing creative control.
Workshop
AdaL · San Francisco, United States
Hands-on session with a live demo on making short videos with the AdaL agent, then a creative challenge.
Workshop
FriSti · Nagoya, Japan
Hands-on Seedance video generation workshop for beginners and marketers, followed by sharing work and networking at STATION Ai.
Meetup
Magnific · Málaga, Spain
Breakfast at the Magnific office with a small community group, product updates and a sneak peek at something new.
Meetup
HeyGen and OpenBuilder · Singapore, Singapore
Joint HeyGen and OpenBuilder event on how AI video is reshaping how organisations create, localise and scale video.
Meetup
IA Days · Liège, Belgium
Talk and debate on whether AI music will replace composers, part of IA Days (2 to 6 November) on AI and creative professions.
ConferenceAI LIVE will be there
Upscale Day (Magnific, formerly Freepik) · Málaga, Spain
Afternoon at the Museo Picasso Málaga on AI and creativity in advertising and film, with a keynote, workflow session, panel and happy hour.
Meetup
PlentyLabs (Epidemic Sound) · Stockholm, Sweden
Curated dinner for Stockholm marketing leaders on getting creative teams to actually use AI without losing the brand's edge.
Workshop
Agent Builders Club · Fort Worth, United States
Evening walkthrough of local image and video generation in ComfyUI, from first image to moving scene.
Meetup
LAB42 Community · Amsterdam, Netherlands
One-hour session on AI in art, animation and visual storytelling and where innovation meets creative ownership.
Meetup
Runway Meetups (community-hosted) · Sofia, Bulgaria
Runway community meetup for AI filmmakers and artists in Sofia with intros, short screenings and shared workflows.
Hackathon
AI Budapest · Budapest, Hungary
Overnight AI short film hackathon at Puzl, with the films premiering the next morning at Cinema City Westend.
Workshop
MuSE at NYU with Suno · Brooklyn, United States
Hands-on team session at NYU testing Suno in the creative process, with a month of Suno Premier for each participant.
Meetup
Positive Feedback (Pace Shift) · Beverly Hills, United States
Happy hour mixer where traditional filmmaking meets frontier AI video tools.
Awards
KM Universe · Sao Paulo, Brazil + online
Brazil's first edition of the AI Film Awards, backed by Itau and the federal culture ministry.
Screening
AI Budapest · Budapest, Hungary
Big-screen premiere and awards for the AI short films made at the Filmathon the night before.
Workshop
HeyGen Community · Lisbon, Portugal
HeyGen meetup with a hands-on Avatar V workshop, creator talks and community networking.
Meetup
StrangeNew.World · Los Angeles, United States
Casual meetup for artists and tinkerers exploring AI, art and vibe coding.
Awards
AIMA (AI Movie Awards) · London, UK
First UK edition of the Mallorca-born AI Movie Awards, with an industry day and gala.
Screening
Party Concept · Bali (Pecatu), Indonesia
Full-day AI cinema awards event with screenings, creativity and innovation sessions in Bali.
Meetup
HeyGen community (Yuva Bhumi) · Thrissur, India
HeyGen community meetup in Kerala on AI video creation for creators, students, educators and marketers.
Hackathon
Oriane, Lovable and Brut · Paris, France
One-day AI video hackathon building video search products on Oriane's multimodal API with Lovable.
Screening
AIMA - AI Movie Awards · London, United Kingdom
Two-day AI filmmaking event with screenings, panels, workshops and Q&As, ending in an awards ceremony.
Festival
World AI Film Festival (WAIFF) / WAIFF Turkey · Istanbul, Turkiye
The Turkish WAIFF chapter, a one-day showcase and industry talks feeding the Cannes finale.
Meetup
Full Circle Podcast at Portugal Tech Week · Lisbon, Portugal
Live podcast conversation in Portuguese on what still needs to be human when AI helps us create.
Conference
Web Summit · Lisbon, Portugal
Europe's biggest tech conference, where AI dominates the agenda and a creative and creator-economy content track runs alongside; useful for meeting AI tool founders and investors rather than for craft sessions.
Festival
TLVAIFF with Tel Aviv Cinematheque and Everything AI · Tel Aviv, Israel
First edition of an AI short film competition, screening and panel at the Cinematheque.
Workshop
AI Tinkerers Singapore with ElevenLabs · Singapore, Singapore
Free hands-on workshop building voice agents and AI audio content with ElevenLabs.
Workshop
HeyGen Community (Hasan Kara) · Brighton, United Kingdom
Practical workshop to create a personal HeyGen avatar for business video.
Meetup
AI & The Culture · New York, United States
In-person AI & The Culture night at Salesforce on building a creative operating system with AI.
Meetup
Bay Area AI Artists Group · Mountain View, United States
Monthly show-and-critique night where AI artists present a recent piece and get feedback and promotion.
Conference
Adobe · Miami Beach, United States + online
Adobe's flagship creativity conference with a dedicated Accelerating Creativity with AI track, the main stage for new Firefly and Creative Cloud AI features used by designers, editors and ad teams.
Conference
Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), with Cannes Next / Marche du Film · Los Angeles, United States
Dedicated AI track: the AFM House hub showcases up to 20 AI and production-tech companies with panels on the Constellation Stage, putting AI filmmakers in front of independent film buyers and financiers.
Meetup
Portugal Tech Week (Quantum Studios) · Lisbon, Portugal
Talk showing real client AI video work and where AI video adoption is heading.
Meetup
Women in AI Film · London, United Kingdom
First London meetup of Women in AI Film at BFI Southbank, led by founder Kadine James.
Meetup
Higgsfield, Levitate Foundry and MiniMax · Lisbon, Portugal
Invite-only dinner for founders, brands and creative studios exploring Higgsfield and MiniMax creative tools.
Meetup
Frontier Creatives · Seattle, United States
Fifth volume of Frontier Creatives with lightning rounds on designing with AI, food and networking.
Conference
El Ojo de Iberoamerica · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Latin America's leading creativity and advertising festival, with AI, brands and communication billed as the headline debate, a key stop for Spanish and Portuguese-speaking AI ad creatives.
Workshop
Deepshikha Yadav · Bengaluru, India
Futures-thinking workshop on where generative AI is taking the music industry.
Meetup
Miami AI Builders and Curious Refuge · Miami, United States
Build night for AI builders and creators co-hosted with Curious Refuge at The HUB.
Screening
BC + AI (host Kevin Friel) · Vancouver, Canada
Monthly Vancouver film club where AI filmmakers, VFX artists and editors screen work and break down how it was made.
Meetup
Claude Community Events · San Rafael, United States
Talks from ILM and Autodesk veteran Hilmar Koch and Theo Watson on building creative tech and installations with Claude.
Festival
AI Cinema Festival · Ottawa, Canada
Canada's edition of the AI Cinema Festival network, a three-day event in the capital.
Workshop
Komünite · Istanbul, Türkiye
One-day studio-format bootcamp producing an AI ad campaign from a real brief, presented to a jury.
Hackathon
FILMAKERS.AI and AI BEAVERS · Berlin, Germany
Curated 48-hour film hackathon pairing AI and classic filmmakers to make films together.
Conference
Syracuse University Newhouse School · Syracuse, United States
Two days of hands-on work with AI tools for creative production and product development, sponsored by Coca-Cola, Adobe and OpenAI.
Meetup
Machine Cinema · New York, United States
Machine Cinema Gen&Juice drinks night for AI filmmakers, artists and comedians.
Festival
AI London Film Festival · London, UK
A small East London cinema showcase of around 20 AI shorts.
Festival
The AI Project (AI International Film Festival) · Los Angeles (Hollywood), USA
One of the earliest and most frequent AI film festivals, running recurring screenings in Hollywood.
Workshop
CoAI Club and Pollo AI · London, United Kingdom
Free hands-on afternoon turning prompts and images into AI-generated video with Pollo AI.
Screening
Machine Cinema at Infinity Festival · Los Angeles, United States
Machine Cinema's curated screening of top AI films at Infinity Film Fest.
Screening
She Builds with AI · London, United Kingdom
UK awards night celebrating AI filmmaking at London Film School.
Contest
Atlanta AI Ad Fest · Atlanta, United States + online
An AI advertising contest with Youth, University and Open divisions where you make a spot for The Home Depot or Chick-fil-A brand tracks.
Contest
Hainan Island International Film Festival with LibTV (Liblib) and AIAIA · Sanya, China + online
An international open call for AI features, series, shorts and experimental work, submitted through LibTV, with screenings at a major Chinese film festival.
Contest
Tencent Video · Hangzhou, China
A 48-hour on-site AI drama and short film hackathon for teams of 2 to 4, themed UNTAMED GRAMMAR, with winners eligible for Tencent Video production deals.
Meetup
CreativeTech Poland and MusicTech Poland · Warsaw, Poland
Creative tech meetup on AI, creative coding and new media, joined by MusicTech Poland.
Meetup
ElevenLabs (ElevenCreative) · San Francisco, United States
ElevenCreative community evening with drinks, music and the ElevenLabs team.
Meetup
Curious Refuge · San Francisco, United States
Curious Refuge AI Filmmaking Meetup with film screenings and tool talk at Canopy.
Conference
Upscale Day (Magnific, formerly Freepik) · Berlin, Germany
One-day small-format event on AI in advertising and digital media with real workflows, tool demos and talks on trust and EU regulation.
Meetup
Daniel (community host) · Warsaw, Poland
Open meetup for Warsaw creators and developers making AI video to show work and swap workflows.
Meetup
The AI Collective Connecticut · Stamford, United States
ART-ificial Intelligence night with artists explaining how they use AI in video journalism, guitar DSP and body paint.
Meetup
Curious Refuge at The HUB · Miami, United States
Curious Refuge AI filmmaking community gathering at The HUB in Miami.
Workshop
Altera Media with CopySight AI · Atlanta, United States
Meetup where attendees build an original AI story and then check it for IP risks.
Meetup
SEED Studio · London, United Kingdom
IRL evening with AI-era creative production studio SEED on mixing live shoots and AI.
Meetup
ElevenLabs (ElevenCreative) · Santa Monica, United States
ElevenCreative community rooftop evening in Santa Monica with the ElevenLabs team.
Meetup
The Hallucination Club · Santa Fe, United States
Monthly Santa Fe night for artists, filmmakers, coders and musicians to share AI work in progress.
Screening
Dasein Film Festival · San Francisco, United States
San Francisco screening in the Dasein series where AI, live action, animation and photography meet.
Contest
1 Billion Followers Summit (with Dreamina Seedance / BytePlus) · Dubai, United Arab Emirates + online
A 5 to 7 minute original film, at least 70% generated with Seedance, on one of five humanity-focused themes; the single biggest cash prize open to AI filmmakers right now.
Contest
AFRO TV / Cue Film Fest · Online
A Christmas-themed AI short film or music video contest for 2 to 6 minute edited pieces, with a TV broadcast for finalists.
Contest
1 Billion Followers Summit · Dubai, UAE + online
The biggest single cash prize in AI film: a $1m award for a 5 to 7 minute Seedance-made short on one of five social themes.
Festival
NFDC / Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, with WAVES Film Bazaar and LTIMindtree · Goa (Panaji), India
India's state-backed AI film showcase plus CinemAI Hackathon at the country's biggest film festival.
Festival
African AI Arts & Culture Institute · Los Angeles (Hollywood) and Kampala, USA / Uganda
Celebrates African and diaspora AI storytelling with premieres in Hollywood and Kampala.
Workshop
Betacowork Brussels · Brussels, Belgium
Free morning introduction plus a small hands-on afternoon on making business marketing videos with AI.
Hackathon
Innovation Galway with ElevenLabs · Galway, Ireland
Hackathon with ElevenLabs on using technology to create better opportunities for young people.
Screening
African AI Film Festival · Los Angeles, United States
Inaugural screening and awards night for African and diaspora filmmakers using AI.
Screening
AI London Film Festival · London, United Kingdom
Showcase of emerging short films made with AI tools, with screenings and filmmaker discussions.
Contest
Hujing Entertainment (Alibaba's entertainment group) via Youku · Beijing, China + online
China's largest AI video contest, for individuals and teams making an original AI film of at least 10 minutes with a complete story, any tool and any genre; check eligibility if you are outside China.
Hackathon
Open Court and Wonder Studios · London, United Kingdom
First Open Court hackathon at Wonder HQ in East London building with real-time video models.
Workshop
LIFE HAMBURG · Hamburg, Germany
Workshop introducing music AI tools where small groups make their own song with AI and discuss its future.
Festival
World AI Film Festival (WAIFF) · London, UK
The UK qualifier for WAIFF Cannes, open only to UK-based creators, with a production journal of AI tools required.
Festival
We Are Human Festival · Paris, France
A human-rights themed AI film festival (Article 1 of the UDHR) with 20 films chosen from 2,100 entries in 140 countries.
Hackathon
The Doers Company with ElevenLabs · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
24-hour voice AI hackathon with ElevenLabs engineers, finalists demo on the Doers Summit stage.
Meetup
Creative AI Meetup (Luba Elliott) · London, United Kingdom
Talks from artists and researchers on creative applications of AI, curated by Luba Elliott.
Meetup
Wonder Tech Hub · Tokyo, Japan
Sound engineers discuss where music generation AI such as Suno stands today.
Meetup
CreativeTech Poland · Warsaw, Poland
Networking meetup for women working where technology and creativity meet.
Festival
AI Film Fest (MadHatter Studios) · Amsterdam, Netherlands
A long-running Amsterdam AI screening night with sister events in Berlin, Dubai and Paris.
Festival
(UN)REAL AI Film Festival · Turin, Italy
A two-day Turin festival with craft awards, still open for a few more days.
Festival
VISIONARIA · Rome, Italy
A Rome showcase for AI shorts, animation and documentary.
Festival
LeCinema · Antananarivo, Madagascar
A Madagascar festival imagining African futures through AI shorts.
Meetup
the scene (House of AI Hamburg) · Hamburg, Germany
Experimental evening pairing artists and musicians with AI builders to make something new.
Contest
Stichting AI Song Contest (Dutch foundation) · Bangkok, Thailand + online
The original Eurovision-style international contest for songs co-created with AI, now at the jury stage ahead of its Bangkok final; the next edition is the one to plan for.
Awards
Cre8ive NYC · New York, USA
A Manhattan awards night still open to entries for two more weeks.
Contest
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia (organised by Koelnmesse) · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
An academic-meets-creative AI film challenge pairing films with technical reports on AI-native workflows; the December screening is open to conference attendees.
Conference
ACM SIGGRAPH · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Asia's main computer graphics conference, where generative video, 3D and animation research is a core part of the papers and courses programme, plus an exhibition of studio and tool vendors.
Contest
Artefact with mk2 · Paris, France + online
An agency-run AI short film competition on the theme (Dis)Connection, with Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano presiding over the jury.
Meetup
Ulrike Kerber · Berlin, Germany
AI art salon and artist tour of the exhibition Ancestors of the Future.
Festival
GenTO · Toronto, Canada
Toronto's AI film festival screening curated shorts, ads and music videos with filmmaker Q&As.
Conference
NeurIPS Foundation · Sydney, Australia
Dedicated track: the fourth NeurIPS Creative AI track (theme: Agency) presents artworks and papers on AI in art, design and creative practice, the best place to see where generative research is heading.
Festival
TAIFF · Istanbul, Turkiye
Turkiye's first AI film festival, screening at Istanbul's flagship cultural centre.
Festival
IASFF Collective · Online
An online festival for human-AI collaborative narrative shorts.
Meetup
Bay Area AI Artists Group · Santa Clara, United States
Monthly showcase where Bay Area AI artists demo work, critique and promote each other.
Screening
Magnific · Los Angeles, United States
Magnific Originals premieres two short films made on Magnific, followed by a making-of with the creators.
Screening
BC + AI (host Kevin Friel) · Vancouver, Canada
The last BC + AI Film Club of the year for screening and breaking down AI films.
Meetup
Oxen.ai and friends · Los Angeles, United States
Gathering of around 75 creative tech leaders showing tools to use today, with ticket price matched in Oxen.ai credits.
Festival
AI M0V1E · Online
An online festival with distribution for AI features, series and shorts.
Screening
African AI Film Festival · Kampala, Uganda
Free rooftop screening in Kampala of the African AI Film Festival's winning films.
Contest
NEXTALE · Online
A contest for complete AI short dramas of 20+ episodes uploaded to NEXTALE Studio, for microdrama creators who want a distribution home as well as a prize.
Contest
Showrunner (Fable) with Gossip Goblin · Online
Make a 2 to 20 minute short in Showrunner Studio set in the Gossip Goblin cyberpunk universe, starting with a client in a Ripper Doc's chair; ideal for worldbuilders and series-minded storytellers.
Festival
KACF · Seoul, South Korea
Korea's most theatrical AI festival, screening over 100 AI films in Chungmuro.
Contest
AKOOL · Online
Three categories (Coming Never fake trailers of 30 to 90 seconds, AI Short Film, and Impossible) where AKOOL must be meaningfully used, for trailer makers and short filmmakers.
Festival
AI Artist Festival (co-organised by 36Kr) · Beijing, China
A Beijing festival backed by tech media 36Kr and PixVerse, screening at UCCA in 798.
Contest
AIART (AI Art Co., Ltd.) with UBrain, Newtake, Gamsung Sound and AXGO · Online
Build an original AI song and music video around one of 24 AI idol characters supplied by NEXMUSE, with winning tracks re-arranged for an official idol album debut.
Contest
MetaMorph Award with TapNow · Online
The second of four free seasonal rounds for 30 second to 10 minute films at least 50% generated in TapNow, feeding into the MetaMorph Award 2027.
Contest
GAIMVA · Online
An awards programme dedicated to AI and AI-assisted music videos, with 17 categories from narrative and vertical videos to AI original songs.
Contest
Chroma Awards (incubated by ElevenLabs, backed by CapCut, Cantina, Runware and 100+ partners) · Online
The biggest multi-category AI creative competition of the season, covering film and TV, ads, music videos, web games and behind-the-scenes, with 25 sponsor-tool awards and student fellowships, open to anyone 18+.
Festival
Jaipur International Film Festival Trust / Film Dais · Jaipur, India
An established Indian film festival with a full AI competition strand across ten categories.
Conference
UAE Government Media Office / New Media Academy · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The creator economy's biggest summit hosts a 1 million US dollar AI Film Award with BytePlus Seedance, the largest prize of its kind, with finalists screened in Dubai.
Festival
VIA (Visual Innovation Awards) · Florence, Italy
A new Florence festival with genre categories including music video and commercial.
Festival
Turquoise AI Film Festival · Ankara, Turkiye
An Ankara festival for AI shorts, commercials and music videos.
Conference
MIDEM · Cannes, France
The relaunched music-industry market lists Music and Artificial Intelligence, including generative creation tools, as a focus of its start-up programme, making it a meeting point for AI music start-ups and rights holders.
Festival
World AI Film Festival (WAIFF) · Los Angeles, USA
The US qualifier for WAIFF Cannes, the route to the Croisette for US-based AI filmmakers.
Conference
Music Ally · London, United Kingdom
Dedicated Music and AI track, with Udio CEO Andrew Sanchez opening on generative AI, an executive conference for anyone making or licensing AI music.
Festival
AIFFK · Kochi, India
Third edition of Kerala's AI film festival, moving to Kochi.
Festival
AI Slop Film Festival · Markham, Canada
A tongue-in-cheek festival that embraces the 'slop' label, near Toronto.
Festival
World AI Film Festival (WAIFF) · Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
WAIFF's African edition and the continent's route into the Cannes finale.
Awards
HASFA · West Hollywood, USA
A small-cash Hollywood awards night for AI shorts, ads and music videos.
Festival
Berlin AI Film Festival · Berlin, Germany
Berlin's dedicated AI film festival, timed around Berlinale season.
Awards
Clio Awards · New York, USA + online
Major global advertising awards; worth watching for the AI specialty award that ran in 2026.
Festival
AI Cinema Festival · Quebec City, Canada
Winter edition of the AI Cinema Festival network in Quebec City.
Festival
Veritas AIFF · Toronto, Canada
A cheap-to-enter Toronto screening for very short AI films.
Hackathon
TAG · Amsterdam, Netherlands
Full-day creative AI hackathon for videographers, animators, musicians, designers and ad makers.
Festival
World AI Film Festival (WAIFF) · Naples, Italy
Italian stop on the WAIFF 2026 to 2027 circuit ahead of the Cannes finale.
Festival
IA Play · Madrid, Spain + online
A low-cost Spanish-language-friendly AI festival with a Madrid cinema gala.
Conference
Informa · San Francisco, United States
Dedicated AI Summit within the world's main game-industry conference, covering AI tools and workflows for art, animation, audio and production.
Festival
AI CINEMA Festival (iamcinemafestival.com) · Montreal, Canada
An independent Montreal AI film night with a sprawling, playful awards list.
Conference
NVIDIA · San Jose, United States + online
NVIDIA's flagship AI conference, with recurring media, entertainment and 3D sessions on generative video, digital humans and rendering pipelines that sit under most AI creative tools.
Contest
MetaMorph Award with TapNow · Online
Third seasonal TapNow round, same rules as winter: 30 seconds to 10 minutes, at least 50% made in TapNow.
Festival
World AI Film Festival (WAIFF) · Seoul, South Korea
Korean qualifier on the WAIFF circuit leading to Cannes.
Festival
LundinStudio · Helensburgh (Sydney region), Australia
A small Australian AI festival with a 2027 deadline still open.
Festival
World AI Film Festival (WAIFF) · Sao Paulo, Brazil
Brazilian qualifier on the WAIFF circuit leading to Cannes.
Conference
Advertising Week · London, United Kingdom
Europe's largest advertising conference, where AI in creative production and media is a central theme across stages, useful for AI ad makers pitching agencies and brands.
Awards
AIMA (AI Movie Awards) · Magaluf, Mallorca, Spain
The home edition of the AI Movie Awards on Mallorca.
Conference
EvoStar / SPECIES · Mainz, Germany
Research conference entirely about AI in music, sound, art and design, ideal for artists who want to present technical or experimental generative work.
Conference
National Association of Broadcasters · Las Vegas, United States
The broadcast and production industry's biggest show, which in 2026 doubled its AI exhibitors with two AI Pavilions and a Creator Lab on AI's impact on the creative process.
Festival
World AI Film Festival (WAIFF) · Cannes, France
The flagship AI film festival on the Croisette, where regional WAIFF winners from around the world converge for a two-day finale.
Conference
Rio Creative Conference · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Latin America's largest creative-economy conference (film, TV, music, games, brands), where AI and the human role in content creation was the central theme of the 2026 edition.
Festival
VIA (Visual Innovation Awards) · Milan, Italy
A Milan festival leaning into fashion film, design and architecture alongside narrative shorts.
Conference
Berklee College of Music (BEATL) · Boston, United States
A summit wholly about AI and music: creative workflows, production tech, voice systems, ethics and IP, and artist impact, with demos, performances and workshops.
Contest
ITU (UN AI for Good) · Geneva, Switzerland + online
A UN-run open call for 1 to 10 minute films where AI is core to the process, on how AI and technology shape the future; one entry per team.
Festival
Korea AI Film Festival Association (KAIFA) · Seoul, South Korea
A K-culture themed AI festival with an in-person trophy ceremony.
Festival
Aplimedia · Bilbao, Spain + online
A free festival for Spanish-language AI shorts.
Conference
Upscale (Magnific, formerly Freepik) · New York, United States
Magnific's Upscale conference on AI and creativity comes to New York for two days at The Refinery in Williamsburg.
Contest
MetaMorph Award with TapNow · Online
Final seasonal TapNow round before the 2027 MetaMorph ceremony, for short AI films made mostly in TapNow.
Contest
MetaMorph (founders Ruby Griffiths and Stephan Baum) · London, United Kingdom + online
A London awards night with 15 categories (two split by budget) for films where AI did at least half the creative or production work, hybrid live action welcome.
Festival
PROMPT Film Fest · Toronto, Canada
A Toronto AI short film screening with rounds open most of the year.
Awards
The One Club / ADC · New York, USA + online
Historic advertising and design awards with a free, cash-prize AI filmmaking category for solo creators.
Awards
UK Film Network · London, UK
Inaugural UK awards screening a Top 10 of AI shorts under 10 minutes at the London Film School.
Conference
Figma · San Francisco, United States + online
Figma's design conference, where AI design and prototyping tools now lead the keynotes (2026 included Holly Herndon on creating with AI), essential for AI-curious designers.
Festival
SIAFF · Seoul, South Korea
One of the longest-running AI film festivals, now in its sixth year.
Conference
CITIA / Annecy International Animation Film Festival · Annecy, France
The world's top animation festival and market now runs Mifa AI, a strand devoted to AI in animation with talks, round tables, demos and an AI4Animation think tank.
Festival
NYC Indie Cinema and AI · New York (Brooklyn), USA
A Brooklyn screening for independent, non-studio AI films.
Festival
London AI Independent · London, UK
A Canary Wharf showcase for independent AI filmmakers.
Conference
ITU (United Nations) · Geneva, Switzerland
Dedicated creative strand: the UN AI summit runs an AI film festival whose finalists screen at Palexpo, a high-profile stage for socially minded AI filmmakers.
Conference
LIONS (Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity) · Cannes, France
Advertising's biggest festival and awards, where AI and creators are now key themes on stage and in the work, the place AI ad production gets judged against the best.
Awards
Cannes Film Awards (independent, not Festival de Cannes) · Cannes, France
An independent Cannes awards with a dedicated AI film category during the summer.
Awards
World Film Festival in Cannes · Cannes, France
Claims the first-ever Best AI Film category (2020), with a gala in Cannes.
Festival
AI Cinema Festival · New York, USA
A three-day Manhattan festival with a dedicated responsible-AI award.
Conference
ACM SIGGRAPH · Anaheim, United States
The world's main graphics conference, where generative image, video and 3D research, real-time production and the Computer Animation Festival meet, essential for AI VFX and animation people.
Conference
AI Music Creativity · Montreal, Canada
An academic conference entirely about computational and AI music creativity, with papers, music and performances, bridging researchers and working musicians.
Conference
Ars Electronica · Linz, Austria
The leading festival for art, technology and society, where AI art is a core theme and the Prix Ars Electronica (including computer animation) offers major recognition.
Conference
AI Film 3 / Prometheus Productions · United States
A conference and festival built entirely around AI-driven film, music, fashion, gaming and art, with awards including best AI music video.
Conference
ACM SIGGRAPH · Tokyo, Japan
SIGGRAPH Asia returns to Tokyo, a key venue for generative graphics, animation and anime-production research with Japanese studios in the room.
Contest
Bionic Awards · London, United Kingdom
London's AI filmmaking awards returning for a second season with a live final; watch for the full call for entries.
Contest
Bionic Awards with Google Cloud and Formula E · London, United Kingdom + online
A 60-second AI film about the Formula E GEN4 car made with Google's generative video models, with shortlisted work shown on the UK's biggest cinema screen.
Festival
World AI Film Festival (WAIFF) · Tokyo, Japan
Japanese qualifier on the WAIFF circuit leading to Cannes.
Awards
The Webby Awards (IADAS) · New York, USA + online
The internet's best-known awards now run a full AI suite (AI Experiences & Applications, AI Features & Innovation) alongside video, ad and creator categories.
Festival
Cinema Shift Festival · Toronto, Canada
A Toronto festival for authored AI-assisted and hybrid filmmaking, incl. vertical drama and music video.
Festival
Busan Cinema Center (Dureraum) · Busan, South Korea
A free-to-enter AI festival at the home of the Busan International Film Festival.
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BISFF · Bengaluru, India
An Oscar-accredited short film festival that runs a separate AI competition strand.
Conference
Upscale (Magnific, formerly Freepik) · Los Angeles, United States
Next stop of the one-day Upscale Day series on AI in advertising and film, announced for Los Angeles in January.
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BRIDGE Alliance (UAE National Media Office) · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
A giant media and creator gathering with dedicated Tech (AI models and generative tools) and Creator Economy tracks, aimed at deal-making across film, music and gaming.
Conference
Marche du Film, Festival de Cannes · Cannes, France
Dedicated AI programme inside the Cannes film market: Cannes Next is the market's hub for AI and XR companies and its AI for Talent Summit covers how AI is reshaping filmmaking.
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CreaTechSummit · Paris, France
A two-day summit where creative industries meet AI, with workflow sessions from script to video, brief to key visual and character concept to game world.
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Last checked 1 November 2026. Dates and prizes change, so always confirm on the organiser's site before you book or enter.