CapCut AI Short Film Contest
A 2026 short-film competition whose selected creators advanced directly to the World AI Film Festival in Cannes.
CAPCUT
Road to Cannes 2026
- Organizer
- CapCut
- Focus
- AI short films
- Edition
- Road to Cannes 2026
About the programme
Road to Cannes invited five-to-ten-minute films across action, animation, emotion and fantasy. The 2026 contest advanced its winners directly into the World AI Film Festival competition, making the programme a bridge from an open creator challenge to an international festival stage.
Visit the official siteHow selections are made
Organizer-published criteria · Road to Cannes 2026 entry requirements
Eligibility
Films must run five to ten minutes, use CapCut's AI Video feature or AI Video Maker, fit the action, animation, emotion or fantasy genres, and be in English or carry English subtitles. Entrants must also publish with the specified campaign tag.
Selection process
CapCut names two Grand Prize and ten Excellence Award recipients. Those selected entries advance directly to the World AI Film Festival competition.
Outcome status
Road to Cannes 2026 · checked 2026-08-08
Winner names are not on the official contest page
CapCut's page says its winners were announced on 21 March, but the reviewed official page does not identify the two Grand Prize or ten Excellence Award recipients. Hollywood.AI will not source those names from reposts.
Check the organizer's current record