Second edition of $1m AI Film Award opens for entries
Dubai: The 1 Billion Followers Summit has opened submissions for the second edition of its AI Film Award, offering a $1 million grand prize to creators using artificial intelligence (AI) to tell meaningful stories. The competition is open to filmmakers and content creators worldwide, with entries invited to explore issues affecting people, communities, technology, nature, and human relationships.…
Dubai's 1 Billion Followers Summit has launched the call for entries for the second round of its AI Film Award, which offers a $1 million prize for creators who use artificial intelligence to craft impactful stories. Open to filmmakers and content creators worldwide, the competition invites submissions exploring a range of topics, from societal challenges and misinformation to the evolving human-AI relationship and environmental concerns.
Coordinated in collaboration with BytePlus, ByteDance's enterprise technology services division, and supported by TikTok, the award will screen finalist films during the summit's fifth edition in Dubai from January 8 to 10 next year. The deadline for submissions is November 20, and applicants must be at least 18 years old, submit an original five-to-seven-minute film, and meet specific technical requirements, including the use of ByteDance's Dreamina Seedance AI video-generation model.
Five themes guide the competition, emphasizing social issues, misinformation, the human-AI relationship, climate and nature, and human relationships. Creators retain ownership of their submitted films, and the award aims to showcase AI's potential to enhance human creativity rather than replace it.
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