What happened
Cine Prague International Film Festival holds its 2026 edition, titled the AI Short Film Edition, on 1 December at Kino Atlas and Edison Filmhub in Prague. The extended deadline is 18 November, with a fee of $50, after earlier tiers of $9, $14 and $19. Selected films are notified on 28 November.
Films run up to five minutes in landscape format; vertical videos are not eligible. The nine categories include Best AI Short Film and Best NO AI.
Why it matters
For makers with hybrid or non-AI shorts, the festival's two pages disagree on who can enter. The home page says "AI shorts only", while the rules welcome films made with artificial intelligence as well as traditional techniques and list traditional non-AI productions as eligible. The rules also state that their published wording is decisive for each edition. Disclosure is voluntary: entrants are encouraged to state how they used AI tools, and the rules say this does not affect the evaluation.
Still open
As of 6 November, neither page gives a closing time or a cash value for any award, and fees carry a dollar sign with no euro price.
For your film
The rules allow only original, freely usable, public-domain or duly licensed sound and images, so check music and stock clips before paying the fee by 18 November.
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