Runway AI Film Festival

About

AIFF is a celebration of the art and artists embracing new and emerging AI tools for filmmaking. Works showcased offer a glimpse at a new creative era. One made possible when today’s brightest creative minds are empowered with the tools of tomorrow.

Of the countless submissions, ten finalists will be selected and showcased at gala screenings in NYC and LA. Winners will be chosen by an esteemed panel of jurors and shown at partner festivals around the world.

Awards

The Grand Prix (first place) Winner will win:

· $15,000 cash; and

· 1,000,000 Runway Credits (Approximate Retail Value (“ARV”): $10,000)

 

The Gold (second place) Winner will win:

· $10,000 cash; and

· 500,000 Runway Credits (ARV: $5,000)

 

The Silver (third place) Winner will win:

· $5,000 cash; and

· 500,000 Runway Credits (ARV: $5,000)

 

The Honoree (fourth and fifth place) Winners will each win:

· $1,000 cash; and

· 100,000 Runway Credits (ARV: $1,000)

 

The Merit (sixth to tenth place) Winners will each win:

· $500 cash; and

· 100,000 Runway Credits (ARV: $1,000)

 

The total ARV of all the prizes is $61,500.00.  All amounts are in United States dollars

Rules

The Runway 2025 Film Festival (the “Film Festival”) is open to residents of any location where the Film Festival is not prohibited or restricted by law, and who are eighteen years of age or older (or the local age of majority in the jurisdiction where the participant resides, if higher than 18) at the time of entry. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. The Film Festival is not open to residents of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea, Donetsk People’s Republic, and Luhansk People’s Republic regions of the Ukraine, or any other jurisdiction where the Film Festival would be restricted or prohibited by law.

Each individual participant may not submit more than one (1) entry into the Film Festival.

To enter, during the Entry Period, you must:

1. Create a 1-10 minute video that features AI generated video content (“Video Submission”). AI generated video content should use tools similar to Runway’s Gen-3 Alpha, Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, Gen-2, or Gen-1.

2.  Create a free account on Runway’s website, if you do not already have such an account, (https://app.runwayml.com/signup) and upload the Video Submission to your Runway account. Your use of the Runway platform shall be subject to Runway’s Terms of Use found here: https://runwayml.com/terms-of-use (“Runway Terms”).

3.  Complete and submit the registration form found at aiff.runwayml.com/submission to Runway (“Registration Form”). As a part of the Registration Form, you will be asked to include a link to the Video Submission and a short, written description of the AI techniques used in the Video Submission.

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement