Next AI Film Festival
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Free Admission
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Open to the public
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Festival have a market
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Festival have a competition
À propos
NEXT AI FILM FESTIVAL is a new platform for diverse works and emerging voices in AI filmmaking, going beyond the limits of imagination, expression, and genre. As an intimate and distinctive AI film festival, we aim to provide a space to explore emerging trends in AI filmmaking from Korea and around the world, while examining the cultural and industrial potential of AI content.
Going beyond AI as merely a technical tool, the festival seeks to explore the nature and creative possibilities of AI as a medium.
We invite creators from Korea and around the world to join us on this journey and share their visions of what filmmaking can become in the age of AI.
We invite creators to join us on this journey!
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Film call for entry deadline
Rules and regulations
■ Festival Overview
- Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026
- Venue: A CGV theater in Seoul, South Korea
- Program: Approximately 40 films from Korea and around the world
- Hosted by: Impact Station
- Organized by: Next AI Content Festival Organizing Committee
■ Sections
- Competition: Next Choice
- Korean Non-Competition: Next Vision / Next Prism
- International Non-Competition: Next Universe
■ Awards
- Grand Prize: KRW 3,000,000
- Best Film: KRW 1,500,000
- Special Jury Prize: KRW 500,000
- Audience Award: KRW 500,000
■ Benefits
- Certificate of Official Selection for all selected films
■ Festival Programs
- Creators’ Day: A networking event for participating creators
- Forum: Exploring the cultural and industrial potential of AI content
- Market: Exploring distribution opportunities for AI content
- Closing Ceremony: Awards presentation for outstanding works
- Each section will feature Q&A sessions with filmmakers.
[Rules & Terms]
■ Eligibility
- AI films, animations, music videos, art films, brand films, and other audiovisual works
- Works in which AI is used as a core part of the production process
- No restrictions on theme; running time must not exceed 40 minutes
- Open to both individuals and teams
- There is no limit to the number of works an applicant may submit
■ Notes
- The Next AI Film Festival will be presented as a main program of the 2026 Next AI Content Festival. The same work may also be submitted to other open-call programs within the festival.
- Works selected for online screening will be made available through the Contentrip AI app.
- Upon notification of selection, officially selected filmmakers must submit a final screening version in DCP format with the required subtitles burned into the video.
* Korean-language works must include burned-in English subtitles.
* Non-Korean-language works must include burned-in Korean subtitles.
- Participation in filmmaker Q&A sessions is optional. For international filmmakers who choose to participate, English interpretation will be provided.
- One Grand Prize will be awarded to a work selected from among the officially selected works of both the Next AI Film Festival and the Next AI Short Drama Festival.
- The Audience Award will be selected from among all officially selected works in both the competition and non-competition sections.
- The festival schedule is subject to change depending on circumstances.
- If the final screening version differs from the version originally submitted for consideration, the selection may be revoked.
- Clips and information from selected works may be used for promotional and archival purposes.
- All submitted works must be original works created by the applicant using AI and must be free from copyright disputes or third-party claims. The applicant assumes full legal responsibility for all matters related to the submitted work, including copyright, likeness rights, and other third-party rights.