Reply AI Film Festival

An international short-film competition connecting AI filmmakers with the wider cinema industry, with ten 2026 finalists now open for public viewing and voting.

Ten finalists are live

Community voting closes September 1, 2026

Verified with the organizer · 2026-08-10

Prize: €30,000+ reward pool
Runtime: Short films up to 40 minutes
Who it is for: Public voting is open to registered viewers
Next: Première and winners · September 2026

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Organizer: Reply
Focus: International AI short films
Edition: 2026

Watch the 2026 finalists

3 films are available to watch from the official selection

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Festival archive

More films recognized by Reply AI Film Festival in earlier editions

2:23

Love at First Sight

Film

Jacopo Reale

First Prize

5:32

The Cinema That Never Was

Experimental

Mark Wachholz

Second Prize

About the programme

Reply places AI filmmaking inside a broader cinema-industry setting, pairing an international open call with screenings and awards around the Venice film calendar.

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How selections are made

Organizer-published criteria · 2026 terms and conditions

Eligibility

Teams of up to eight may submit one original film. A short film may run up to 40 minutes and must use AI-generated visual or audio content as a core component, or AI-powered editing techniques; entrants must hold the required rights.

Judging criteria

AI impact on the production
Creativity in storytelling
Overall production craft

Selection process

A panel scores each criterion from 1 to 10 to select up to ten finalists. The finalists are then evaluated by the festival jury for first, second and third place.

Read the official criteria

Official 2026 finalists

All ten films in Reply's published 2026 finalist announcement are included. Films not yet available on Hollywood.AI can be watched through Reply's registered Community Award viewer. Winners are scheduled to be announced in Venice on 6 September 2026.

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Finalists

A Face Only A Mother Could Love
Robert Gaudette
Finalist
Centenarian Kindergarten
2xLabs
Finalist
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GO HOME
Simone Paradiso
Finalist
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Kev
Mike Bennion
Finalist
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Le Drip
Alex Naghavi and Ezra Li
Finalist
Little Mes
Salad Collective
Finalist
Once Upon a Time on the Dnieper River
Yi Wang
Finalist
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Passenger
Yuanbo Song
Finalist
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The Child of the Sea
Ibai Abad
Finalist
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Website
Jiaze Li
Finalist
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Previous official results

Verified selections and winners from earlier editions. Available films link directly to playback.

2025

The full ten-film finalist field, three main placements and two special recognitions are verified from the organizer's 2025 announcements.

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Main Awards

Love at First Sight
Jacopo Reale
First place
The Cinema That Never Was
Mark Wachholz
Second place
Un Reve Liquide
Andrea Lommatzsch
Third place
Not yet available to watch here

Special Recognitions

Instinct
Marcello Junior Costa
Lexus Visionary Award
Clown
Shanshan Jiang
AI for Good Award

Other Finalists

A Million Trillion Pathway
ROHKI
Finalist
Not yet available to watch here
Carousel
Andes Aloi
Finalist
Corrupt Data Clan
Eric Kervern
Finalist
Not yet available to watch here
Meme, Myself and AI
Private Island
Finalist
Not yet available to watch here
Not Chosen
Javier Marro
Finalist
Not yet available to watch here

More AI film awards

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