Next AI
Film
Festival
Beyond Limits
The Next AI Film Festival begins!
Beyond the limits of imagination and expression,beyond the boundaries of genre,a stage of discovery for emerging AI film creators opens its doors,together with works in a wide variety of formats.
A small but distinctive AI film festival,it is a place to survey the new trends in AI film at home and abroad,and to explore the cultural and industrial potential of AI content.
Going beyond AI as a mere technical means,this festival sets out to explore the very essence of the medium.We invite creators to join us!
Until Sat, August 22, 2026, 24:00 (KST)
* Selection announcement: Wed, September 2, 2026
Submissions >> Link in bio!Overview
Date
Sat, September 19
Venue
CGV Konkuk Univ.
Scale
Approx. 40 domestic and international screening titles
Awards
Grand Prize, Best Work Award, Jury Special Prize, Audience Award
- Presented by
- Impact Station Inc.
- Organized by
- Next AI Content Festival Organizing Committee
Eligibility
- AI film, animation, music video, art film, brand film, and more
- Video works that use AI as a core production technology
- No restrictions on subject matter or running time
- Open to both individuals and teams (no limit on the number of entries)
Sections
Competition
Next Choice
Domestic Non-Competition
Next Vision / Next Prism
International Non-Competition
Next Universe
* GV (Guest Visit, a talk with the audience) sessions will be held for each section
Submission Format
- Video link
- (YouTube, Vimeo, etc., set to “anyone with the link”)
- Cloud link
- (file upload to Google Drive, etc., set to “anyone with the link”)
* Both links must be submitted
Side Programs
Creators’ Day
A space for participating creators to connect
Forum
Exploring the cultural and industrial potential of AI content
Market
A space for exploring the distribution of AI content
Closing Ceremony
Awards for outstanding works
Benefits
- Certificates issued for works selected for the final lineup
- Awards: Grand Prize (KRW 3,000,000),Best Work Award (KRW 1,500,000),Jury Special Prize (KRW 500,000),Audience Award (KRW 500,000)
- Invitations to Creators’ Day, GV sessions, and more
Contact
nextai@impactstation.krinstagram.com/nextaicontent- This film festival is held as the main program of the “2026 Next AI Content Festival.” Entrants may also apply to other festival program calls at the same time.
- Works selected for online screening will be released through the Contentrip AI app.
- Works selected for the final lineup must, after the selection notice, be submitted in DCP format with embedded subtitles. (English subtitles for Korean-language works; Korean subtitles for foreign-language works)
- For international works, only English interpretation will be provided at GV sessions.
- For the Grand Prize, a single work will be selected across both the “Next AI Film Festival” and the “Next AI Short Drama Festival.”
- The Audience Award covers all works in both the competition and non-competition sections.
- The schedule may be partially adjusted at the organizer’s discretion.
- If the submitted work differs from the screened work, the selection may be withdrawn.
- Clips and information from selected works may be used for promotional, archival, and similar purposes.
- Submitted works must be the applicant’s own AI creations, free of any copyright disputes. All legal responsibility relating to copyright, portrait rights, and other matters rests with the applicant.