Reply · 2026
Reply AI Film Festival
The Reply AI Film Festival is an international short-film competition connecting AI filmmakers with the wider cinema industry, with its 2026 winners announced in Venice on September 6.
- Focus
- International AI short films
- Available films
- 6 to watch across editions
Watch films
Recognized films available here, across the festival’s editions.
About the festival
Reply places AI filmmaking inside a broader cinema-industry setting, pairing an international open call with screenings and awards around the Venice film calendar.
2026 edition
Winners announced
- Prize pool
- €30,000+ reward pool
- Film length
- Short films up to 40 minutes
Results & selections
Results & selections
- Un Reve Liquide
Third place
Un Reve Liquide
Andrea Lommatzsch - Instinct
Lexus Visionary Award
Instinct
Marcello Junior Costa - A Million Trillion Pathway
- Carousel
Finalist
Carousel
Andes Aloi - Corrupt Data Clan
- Meme, Myself and AI
Finalist
Meme, Myself and AI
Private Island - Not Chosen
Finalist
Not Chosen
Javier Marro
Results & selections
- Centenarian Kindergarten
Third place; AI for Good Award
Centenarian Kindergarten
2xLabs - GO HOME
Finalist
GO HOME
Simone Paradiso - Kev
Finalist
Kev
Mike Bennion - Little Mes
Finalist
Little Mes
Salad Collective - Once Upon a Time on the Dnieper River
Finalist
Once Upon a Time on the Dnieper River
Yi Wang - Passenger
Finalist
Passenger
Yuanbo Song - The Child of the Sea
Special mention for experimental use of AI
The Child of the Sea
Ibai Abad - Website
Entry criteria
2026 terms and conditions
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
- AI impact on the production
- Creativity in storytelling
- Overall production craft
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.
Official rules