London
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DEADLINE17Nov 2026Enter ↗Open · 15 daysWAIFF LondonBloomsbury, 24 Nov 2026UK edition of the World AI Film Festival; five winners go forward to WAIFF Cannes 2027. Open to UK-based creators aged 13 and over, in seven categories. Late deadline 23 Oct, super-late deadline 17 Nov.
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DEADLINE15Dec 2026Enter ↗Open · 43 daysLondon AI-Qualified FestivalBelsize Library, London · 29 Dec 2026AI film festival screening selected work at Belsize Library. Pre-final deadline 15 Dec 2026.
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DEADLINE21Apr 2027Enter ↗Open · 170 daysUK Film AI Awards 2027London Film School · 23 May 2027UK awards for AI-made film, judged as films; a Top 10 screen at the first awards event in London. Earlybird deadline 30 Nov 2026, regular 28 Feb, late 31 Mar and extended 21 Apr 2027; notifications 30 Apr.
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DEADLINE15May 2027Enter ↗Open · 194 daysMetaMorph AI Film Award 2027Everyman Borough Yards · 15 Jun 2027AI film award with a screening night at Everyman Borough Yards. Normal deadline 30 Apr, late 8 May and extended 15 May 2027.
Europe
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DEADLINE08Nov 2026Enter ↗6 days leftWorld AI Cinema Festival: Remember the FutureCannes · monthly round results 29 Nov 2026; annual awards Oct 2027Monthly AI film rounds from the World Film Festival in Cannes. The current round closes 8 Nov 2026 (late deadline) and its results are dated 29 Nov; a new round opens each month until 30 Jul 2027, and monthly winners go forward to the annual Grand Prix in Oct 2027.
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DEADLINE18Nov 2026Enter ↗Open · 16 daysCine Prague: AI Short Film EditionKino Atlas and Kino Edison Filmhub, Prague · 1 Dec 2026AI shorts of up to 5 minutes, with afternoon screenings at Kino Atlas and the finale and awards at Kino Edison Filmhub. The organiser lists a late deadline of 28 Oct (US$19) and an extended deadline of 18 Nov (US$50); notifications 28 Nov.
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DEADLINE01Dec 2026Enter ↗Open · 29 daysAI Filmfest MálagaPolo Digital, Málaga · 16-18 Apr 2027AI film festival in Málaga. Submissions run 1 Oct to 1 Dec 2026 in fiction, documentary, experimental and music video; online public voting opens 1 Mar 2027, ahead of the festival at Polo Digital on 16 to 18 Apr. The organiser says there is no fee to enter through its submission partner IndeeHub; the FilmFreeway listing charges €21.
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DEADLINE02Dec 2026Enter ↗Open · 30 daysArtefact AI Film Festival: third editionmk2 Bibliothèque, Paris · ceremony Feb 2027Third edition, run by Artefact with mk2, on the theme (Dis)Connection. Submissions close 2 Dec 2026, audience vote 9 Dec to 13 Jan, then jury deliberation. Top prize €10,000 plus a week of screenings in mk2 cinemas, with €1,000 jury, audience and best use of AI awards.
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DEADLINE31Dec 2026Enter ↗Open · 59 daysBerlin AI Film FestivalBerlin · 16-17 Feb 2027Second edition, with Full AI Film and Mixed AI Film categories. Extended deadline 31 Dec; fees US$10 to 40 by tier.
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DEADLINE01Jan 2027Enter ↗Open · 60 daysIA Play International Film FestivalCine Artistic Metropol, Madrid · gala 20 Mar 2027Madrid AI film festival with a jury award of €250 and an audience award of €150. Deadline 1 Jan 2027; entry from €6.
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DEADLINE15Feb 2027Enter ↗Open · 105 daysWAIFF Cannes 2027Palais des Festivals, Cannes · 6-7 Apr 2027World AI Film Festival flagship edition. Fees rise in stages: to 15 Nov, to 31 Jan, then a late window to 15 Feb 2027.
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DEADLINE15Feb 2027Enter ↗Open · 105 daysMilan AI Festival: VIA Visual Innovation AwardsCinema Anteo, Milan · 15 Apr 2027AI film awards with a screening and ceremony at Cinema Anteo in Milan. Early deadline 15 Nov 2026, extended deadline 15 Feb 2027; entry US$5 to 15.
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DEADLINE01Aug 2027Enter ↗Open · 272 daysWarsaw Glitch 2027Warsaw · 20-22 Aug 2027Festival and awards for film made with new technology. Earlybird to 1 Jan, regular to 31 May, late deadline 1 Aug 2027; results 10 Aug.
Middle East
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DEADLINE20Nov 2026Enter ↗Open · 18 days1 Billion Followers Summit AI Film Award 2027Top 5 premiere and US$1m winner at the 1 Billion Followers Summit, Dubai, 8-10 Jan 2027An original 5 to 7 minute film on one of five themes, with at least 70% generated in Seedance. Free to enter, open worldwide to over-18s; one US$1m grand prize.
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DEADLINE19Feb 2027Enter ↗Open · 109 daysDana Film Festival: AI FilmDubai · 19-23 Mar 2027AI Film is a new competition track for AI-assisted and AI-generated film at Dana's first edition, judged on craft and story; the winner takes Best AI Film. Entrants must disclose which AI tools were used and at which stage. Regular deadline 30 Nov 2026, late 31 Jan, extended 19 Feb 2027; fees AED 149 to 229.
Asia-Pacific
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DEADLINE03Nov 2026Enter ↗1 day leftAI Music Video Wave 2026 (JACC)Online via X · results planned for 19 Nov 2026Japan AI Creative Contest, run by JACIO, for music videos made with generative AI, up to 3 minutes. Entries are posted on X as a quote repost of the official call with #AIMUSICVIDEOWAVE2026. ¥400,000 across 13 prizes, including a ¥150,000 grand prix. Open to over-18s; closes 3 Nov, 23:59 Japan time.
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DEADLINE29Nov 2026Enter ↗Open · 27 daysMelbourne AI Film Festival (MAIFF) 2026Melbourne · first edition 12 Dec 2026A first-edition festival for films that use AI as a creative tool; live action, animation and archive footage can sit alongside AI-generated material. Narrative, documentary and animation awards each run in an Australian and an international category. The regular deadline is 8 Nov and the late deadline 29 Nov; entries go through FilmFreeway.
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DEADLINE05Dec 2026Enter ↗Open · 33 daysWorld AI Cinema & Creativity Festival (WAICF) India, JaipurJaipur, India · 8-12 Jan 2027AI competition run alongside the Jaipur International Film Festival, with categories from micro films and music videos to features, open to filmmakers from any country. The organiser's page labels 5 Dec as the "Extended Deadline" after a regular deadline of 15 Aug and a late deadline of 15 Oct, so treat 5 Dec as the last date it lists. Entry is US$35 to 55 for films up to 45 minutes and US$70 to 100 for features.
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DEADLINE21Jan 2027Enter ↗Open · 80 daysLundinStudio Ai Film Festival 2027Live event stream · 18-19 Mar 2027LundinStudio's third annual festival, open to AI short films from any country. Films must run 1 to 10 minutes, come from an original script and use only AI-generated visuals; non-English dialogue needs English subtitles. Ten finalists are shown on a live stream and a jury picks the winner. Entries through FilmFreeway or GenFlix.
Asia (China and Hong Kong)
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DEADLINE15Nov 2026Enter ↗13 days leftHIIFF AI Film Season (8th Hainan Island International Film Festival)Sanya, Hainan · AI Film Gala at the festival, early Dec 2026The AI strand of the Hainan Island International Film Festival, themed Beyond Generation. Four sections: AI features (40 minutes or more, 60-plus encouraged), AI series (at least three episodes of 3 to 20 minutes), AI shorts (1 to 40 minutes) and experimental work, which can be interactive or generated in real time. Ten Selection of the Year honours share RMB 100,000, RMB 10,000 each before tax, and selected films screen in Sanya. No entry fee is stated. Entry is only through LibTV, the festival's Chinese-language partner platform, and we haven't confirmed that UK entrants can register there. Selections are due in mid November.
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DEADLINE05Dec 2026Enter ↗Open · 33 daysAI Artist FestivalUCCA 798, Beijing · 26-27 Dec 2026Shorts and features, any genre, any language; works must use AI in production. Entry €12 on Festhome; deadline 5 Dec 2026.
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DEADLINE28Feb 2027Enter ↗Open · 118 daysHKUST AI Film Festival 2027HKUST campus, Hong Kong · 22-23 May 2027The third edition, run by HKUST's Division of Arts and Machine Creativity, with the theme "Pulsant". There is a main competition for AI films over 3 minutes and a student section for films over 1 minute. Entry is free and filmmakers worldwide are invited; films not in English need English subtitles, and every entry needs a PDF showing how it was made. Notifications on 15 Mar 2027.
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DEADLINE01Mar 2027Enter ↗Open · 119 daysHong Kong AI International Film Festival (HKAIIFF) 2027Hong Kong · 2027 dates and venues not yet announcedFor films where AI does real creative work, finished on or after 1 Aug 2026; films that have already screened or played other festivals can still enter. Seven Unicorn awards: a Golden Unicorn for the best complete film, plus awards for creative method, digital characters, worldbuilding, and narrative, audiovisual and experiential work. Entry is a flat US$99 per film through hkaiiff.io, closing at 23:59 Hong Kong time. No cash prize is stated: the organiser says award resources will be announced later. Any language, with English subtitles or a transcript.
Africa
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DEADLINE30Nov 2026Enter ↗Open · 28 daysAI Film Festival Africa (AIFFA) 2026Antananarivo, Madagascar · screening and awards 16 Jan 2027, venue to be announcedFilms of up to 15 minutes on the theme Africa 2063: Imagine a Future Worth Building. You don't need to live in Africa, but the film has to be about Africa, its people or where it could be heading. Any genre and any AI tools, and hybrid work is fine as long as AI drives it. Free to enter; the awards are Best AI Film, the Africa 2063 Award and Audience Choice, with no prize amounts published. Worth knowing: the organiser, LeCinema, is US-based (its terms are under US law), and entering means posting your film publicly on YouTube with their #SpecialForLeCinema hashtag and an @lecinemafilms tag, then sending the link through their form. English dialogue or English subtitles. Closes 23:59 Antananarivo time.
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DEADLINE31Dec 2026Enter ↗Open · 59 daysWAIFF Africa Abidjan 2027Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire · closing ceremony 5 Feb 2027The World AI Film Festival's regional edition for Francophone West Africa. It is only open to creators from, or living in, the ten West African countries named in its rules. Entry is free, with five competitions plus two special prizes, and the jury's best films go forward to WAIFF Cannes 2027. Entries close at 23:59 Abidjan time (GMT) on 31 Dec 2026; films need English subtitles.
North America
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DEADLINE03Nov 2026Enter ↗1 day leftNew York AI Indie AwardsFreed Spaces, 1030 6th Ave, New York · 15 Nov 2026, 4pm to 6pmIndependent AI film awards with an event in New York. Deadline 3 Nov 2026; entry US$10.
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DEADLINE20Nov 2026Enter ↗Open · 18 daysCue Xmas '26 (Cue Film Fest)Afrotainers Theater, Orlando, and online · 12 Dec 2026Christmas AI short films and AI music videos of 2 to 6 minutes, with multiple intentional shots and a human-shaped final edit. Free to enter; deadline 20 Nov, 11:59pm ET. Four awards, with Best Film as the grand prize, presented at a live ceremony also broadcast on cable and streaming.
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DEADLINE16Dec 2026Enter ↗Open · 44 daysAI Slop Film Festival: Season 2Rumiversal Studio, Toronto · 23 Jan 2027, doors 6pmA one-night Toronto festival for AI films of every kind, from polished shorts to deliberate visual chaos. Films must be finished in 2023 or later and meaningfully use AI, with no fixed runtime limit; entrants describe how AI was used, and non-English films need English subtitles. Entries are on FilmFreeway only, with fees that rise at each deadline; notifications on 23 Dec.
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DEADLINE11Jan 2027Enter ↗Open · 70 daysHollywood AI Short Film AwardsLondon West Hollywood Screening Room · 13 Feb 2027AI short film awards. Regular deadline 31 Oct 2026, final deadline 11 Jan 2027; entry US$25 to 55.
Online
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DEADLINE05Nov 2026Enter ↗3 days leftI'Mpossible Film Festival: The Unfilmable EditionOfficial selections 24 Nov · winners announced 12 Dec 2026First edition of a festival for human-led AI cinema: stories that are hard or impossible to film, from memory and exile to censorship. Six categories, including AI Short Film (3 to 15 minutes) and AI Microfilm (60 to 100 seconds). Fee waivers can be requested. Run by London-based Nima Media.
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DEADLINE15Dec 2026Enter ↗Open · 43 daysGossip Goblin Competition (Showrunner)OnlineFilms must be made in Showrunner Studio and carry the competition watermark. A 2 to 20 minute story set in the Gossip Goblin world, starting in the Ripper Doc's chair. US$20,000 in prizes, with US$15,000 for Best Film. Submissions close 15 Dec 2026.
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DEADLINE15Dec 2026Enter ↗Open · 43 daysFlick AI Film FestivalOnline · virtual premiere and winners 20 Jan 2027A free online festival run by Flick, with a US$10,000 top prize and categories including short, long form, music video, vertical drama, animation and commercial. You don't have to use Flick. Every entry needs a public social post of the film carrying the festival's watermark, kept up until the premiere. Films need English subtitles. The deadline is 11:59pm Pacific time on 15 Dec.
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DEADLINE20Dec 2026Enter ↗Open · 48 daysAKOOL AI Film ChallengeOnline · winners 15 Jan 2027Entries must be made using AKOOL; other tools can be part of the workflow, but AKOOL must be meaningfully used. Three categories: trailer for an imaginary film, AI short film and Impossible. Prizes US$50,000, US$25,000 and US$15,000, plus ten US$2,500 finalist awards. No purchase necessary; deadline 20 Dec 2026.
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DEADLINE07Jan 2027Enter ↗Open · 66 daysChroma Awards: Season 2Online · winners 11 Feb 2027; gala April 2027, date to be announcedA large online competition for AI film, ads, music videos and games, with a cash and travel prize pool of over US$450,000. Entry is free for adults (18 or over); residents of Russia and of countries under comprehensive US sanctions can't enter, and the rules list other exclusions. Non-music entries need English dialogue or subtitles.
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DEADLINEN/ATBCEnter ↗Deadline TBCMetaMorph x TapNow seasonal activationsOnline · overall winner at the 2027 MetaMorph Award ceremony, LondonAt least 50% of each film must be generated using TapNow. Films of 30 seconds to 10 minutes, free to submit, across four seasonal rounds; the autumn round is open now. Each round's winner gets £500 and 20,000 TapNow credits, the runner-up 10,000 credits. The organiser has not published season dates.
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Calls that run every year but haven't opened for the next round. They aren't counted as open and aren't in the feeds or the calendar; we move each one up when the organiser publishes dates.
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NEXT CALL15 Jan 2027 (deadline 1 May 2027)Organiser ↗Watching, call expected 15 Jan 2027 (deadline 1 May 2027)AI for Good Film FestivalPalexpo, Geneva · screening 22 Jun 2027 during the AI for Good Global Summit (21-25 Jun)UN initiative. Films of 1-10 minutes completed between 1 Sep 2026 and 1 May 2027. Submissions open 15 Jan to 1 May 2027; finalists screen at the Summit.
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NEXT CALLaround March 2027Organiser ↗Watching, call expected around March 2027BJIFF AIGC Unit (Beijing International Film Festival)Beijing · part of the April festivalThe Beijing International Film Festival's unit for AI-made films, which ran for the third time in 2026. That call was written in English, accepted features, shorts and AI series from anyone regardless of nationality or age, and closed on 30 Mar 2026. Each category sets a minimum share of AI in the production, and every entry needs a detailed statement of the tools, prompts and workflow used. Entry went only through Tencent Video's Chinese-language Lingya community. No 2027 call is out yet; going by 2026, expect it around March. No fee or cash prize was stated for the main categories.
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NEXT CALLMay to July 2027Organiser ↗Watching, call expected May to July 2027Naija AI Film Festival (NAIFF), LagosLagos, Nigeria · 2026 festival ran 19-20 SepA Lagos festival for AI filmmaking with screenings, panels, workshops and awards, including categories for long and short films, documentaries, music videos, children's content and cultural interpretation. The organiser says its 2026 edition drew entries from 125 countries. The 2026 call ran from May to July before the festival on 19 and 20 September. No 2027 dates are published yet, and the home page doesn't state fees or prizes.
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Submissions have closed, but the screening, ceremony or results are still ahead. Each one moves to Winners and archive once that date has passed.
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RESULTS04Nov 2026Details ↗Results 4 Nov Results soonPicsart x Seedance: Nightmare ChallengeOnline · judging and public vote 1-4 Nov 2026; winners announced 4 NovCore visuals must be generated with a Seedance model (Seedance 2.0, 2.0 Fast, 2.0 Mini or 2.5); entries are submitted through Picsart Challenges. A Halloween-themed video, up to three entries each. Ten US$2,500 prizes: five jury picks and five public-vote picks. Free to enter; closes 1 Nov, 15:00 UTC. Not open in Italy, Brazil or Quebec.
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EVENT07Nov 2026Event details ↗Event 7 Nov Screening soonAI Film Awards BaliSwiss-Belresort Pecatu, Bali · one-day event and ceremony 7 Nov 2026Six categories from AI Short to AI Ads, and every film must be 100% AI-generated. Entry US$30 to 35; part of the AI Film Awards series.
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EVENT07Nov 2026Event details ↗Event 7-8 Nov Screening soonAIMA: AI Movie Awards LondonIET London, 7-8 Nov 2026Two days of screenings, panels and workshops across film, image, motion, ads and music. The organiser's rules give a submission period of 15 Jun to 10 Oct 2026 (regular deadline 5 Sep, extended 10 Oct); notifications go out on 24 Oct.
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EVENT12Nov 2026Event details ↗Event 12 Nov Screening soonBack on the Lot: Animation EditionLive showcase at the Fox Studios Lot, Los Angeles · 12 Nov 2026FoxNXT and FBRC.ai open call for original animated shorts of up to 3 minutes, no vertical. Five to seven films screen; three get US$5,000 each for development, and the winner pitches Fox Entertainment's CEO. AI use is optional. Deadline 26 Oct, 11:59 PM PT.
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RESULTS15Nov 2026Details ↗Results 15 Nov Results soonNew Frames (EuGFA)Online · winners 15 Nov 2026European Generative Film Association competition for European students. Deadline 30 Oct 2026, 23:59 Tallinn time; shortlist 6 Nov, public vote 6-14 Nov.
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EVENT18Nov 2026Event details ↗Event 18 Nov Screening soonDisrupt AI Film Festival (DAIFF)Melbourne gala 18 Nov 2026; Sydney screening to follow (date TBC)Free to enter for Australian-based filmmakers aged 16 and over. Short, Long and Student categories with an A$10,000 prize pool.
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EVENT21Nov 2026Event details ↗Event 21-22 Nov Screening soonAI London Film Festival: November editionClose-Up Cinema, 97 Sclater St, Shoreditch · 21-22 Nov 2026AI films in under-10, under-20 and under-30 minute categories, plus music videos; selected films screen at Close-Up Cinema, followed by filmmaker conversations. The organiser's FilmFreeway listing gives a final deadline of 28 Oct and notifications on 31 Oct; entry is US$15 to 40 by category (music video US$15, shorts US$20 to 30, features US$40).
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RESULTS30Nov 2026Details ↗Results due November Results soonPixLight 2026 (PixVerse)Online · winners late Nov 2026PixVerse AI film contest with a US$300,000 prize pool. Deadline extended to 31 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTC.
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EVENT17Dec 2026Event details ↗Event 17-19 Dec Screening soonKorea AI Cinema FestivalSeoul Film Center · 17-19 Dec 2026Selected films screen in a Seoul cinema; categories include AI Film, Best Animation Short and AI Music Video. Entry US$20.
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EVENT18Feb 2027Event details ↗Event 18-24 Feb Screening soonSlamdance: DIG sectionLos Angeles · 18-24 Feb 2027Slamdance strongly encourages films made with AI to enter DIG (Digital, Interactive, Gaming). Extended-deadline DIG fee US$90.
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