Short films & trailers
Narrative, documentary, concept trailers. Five minutes or less, credits included.
Open call · August 28–30, 2026 · Las Vegas, NV
Call for submissionsAI Mediamakers Media Festival
Made something real with AI? Send it. Films, trailers, music videos, ads, graphic novels, games, apps, and websites — selected work screens in Las Vegas, then becomes a filmed interview and a published case study about how you actually made it.
No submission fee, ever. Grab a Summit pass and your entry is included.
What we accept
Every format on the AI media frontier
If it was made with AI in the pipeline and you can show it to us, there's a category for it.
Music videos
Original tracks or licensed work you have cleared. Performance, narrative, or abstract.
Ads & brand spots
Real client work or spec. We care how it was made as much as what it sells.
Graphic novels & comics
Single issues, chapters, or a finished book. Share a reader link or a press-kit PDF link.
Games & playables
Prototypes and shipped titles both count. Give us something we can actually play.
Apps & websites
Products, tools, and interactive sites where AI is genuinely in the build.
The process
Automated end to end, judged by humans
We run this festival the way we tell everyone to run their studio: automate the busywork, keep the taste human.
1 · Submit in five minutes
One form, one link. No file uploads until you're accepted — a YouTube or Vimeo link or a live URL is all we need.
2 · Automated first-pass screening
An AI pass scores every entry against our five criteria within minutes, drafts the program blurb, and flags what a human must verify. It never makes the final call.
3 · Human programmers and judges
Our panel reviews the shortlist, scores it blind, and places the selections into screening and exhibition blocks.
4 · You hear back either way
Decision emails fire automatically the moment a status changes. Selections get slot details, laurels, and a scheduling link.
What you get
More than a screening
- A screening or exhibition slot in front of a room of working AI mediamakers, press, and buyers.
- A filmed on-camera interview about your actual workflow — questions sent in advance.
- A written case study on your pipeline, published and promoted with your links and credits.
- Official Selection laurels and promo assets you can use anywhere.
- Direct intros to the tool teams, studios, and sponsors in the room.
The rules
Short and non-negotiable
- AI must be meaningfully in the pipeline — generation, edit, sound, art, code, or performance.
- Time-based work is five minutes maximum, credits included. Hard cut.
- Games, apps, sites, and graphic novels need a live link we can open without a login.
- Work completed after January 1, 2026. Premieres and prior releases both welcome.
- You must hold or have cleared every right, music and likeness included.
- Free to enter — the contact email just has to match a paid Summit pass.
- Up to three active entries per person across all categories.
Send the thing you're proud of.
One form, one link, five minutes. You'll have an automated receipt before you close the tab and a real answer from the programming team after that.
Submit my work