1. Visit the official platform on a desktop browser，you can click the button on the top right corner to switch the language into English, to review the designated submission requirements and technical specifications: zaodian.quark.cn/AIAIA
2. All works must have been completed on or after January 1, 2025, AI must play a substantive role in the creative or production process. The cover image and uploaded file(s) must use a 16:9 aspect ratio. For all other specifications, please read the submission page on official platform carefully.
3. For overseas entrants, we offer an email submission option. Please email your submission to our official email: todayaiart@todayartmuseum.org
Email subject format: AIAIA + Author Name + Work Title
4. To ensure smooth online display and judging on the platform, please compress your work to under 2GB before uploading. This will help us prepare for future screenings or other professional presentation scenarios.
5. By submitting, you consent to your work being publicly displayed during the judging stage at the platform’s discretion, and you confirm that you have read and agree to the Contest Agreement and Privacy Policy (see details on the official platform).
REQUIREMENTS & JUDGING CRITERIA:
GENERAL JURY SECTION：
(All submissions will automatically be included in the General Jury Section. No manual selection is required)
1. Jury’s Choice
Requirements: Minimum duration of 5 minutes; no restriction on genre. AI must play a substantive role in the creative or production process.
Judging Criteria: Overall execution, innovation, humanistic value, and international perspective.
2. AIAIA Narrative Choice
Requirements: Focus on storytelling and structural integrity; minimum duration of 5 minutes.
Judging Criteria: Narrative tension, storytelling innovation, character development, and cultural depth.
3. AIAIA VFX Choice
Requirements: Emphasizes the role of AI in visual generation, virtual production, or special effects.
Judging Criteria: Technological advancement, aesthetic value, integration, and sustainability.
4. AIAIA Sound Choice
Requirements: Highlights outstanding application of AI in music generation, foley, or soundscape design.
Judging Criteria: Sound-based storytelling, acoustic innovation, immersion, and artistic expressiveness.
5. AIAIA Art Direction Choice
Requirements: Showcases innovative use of AI in scene design, visual style, or character design.
Judging Criteria: Spatial imagination, visual coherence, cultural creativity, and narrative support.
6. AIAIA Editing Choice
Requirements: Demonstrates the role of AI in rhythm control, shot composition, or structural innovation.
Judging Criteria: Sense of rhythm, structural innovation, technical coherence, and creative authorship.
THEMATIC JURY SECTION:
1. AIAIA Hybrid Production Choice
Requirements: Combines AI with live-action or traditional production methods; duration between 10–90 minutes.
Judging Criteria: Degree of integration, industrial significance, aesthetic originality, and narrative effectiveness.
2. AIAIA Experimental Film Choice
Requirements: Emphasizes exploration and avant-garde spirit; duration between 2–30 minutes.
Judging Criteria: Conceptual depth, formal innovation, artistic tension, and creative risk-taking.
3. AIAIA Music Video Choice
Requirements: Duration between 2–8 minutes, with AI deeply involved in both music and visual generation.
Judging Criteria: Music–image synergy, creative expression, immersive experience, and cultural impact.
4. AIAIA Advertising Choice
Requirements: Duration between 30 seconds and 5 minutes; focuses on brand communication, commercial creativity, or social issues.
Judging Criteria: Originality of concept, narrative efficiency, technological innovation, and alignment with brand or cultural values.
SPECIAL JURY SECTION:
1.72-Hour AI Film Hackathon
(Entry portal and incentive details coming soon —please follow our official platform for more information)
Requirements: A global call for 10 teams to create themed works and corresponding technical logs on-site within 72 hours.
Judging Criteria: Creative innovation, AI application, teamwork, and overall completion.
2.Hailuo AI-My Life Film
(Entry portal and incentive details coming soon —please follow our official platform for more updates.)
Requirements: Submit works under the hashtag #MyLifeFilm on social media platforms.
Judging Criteria: Authentic emotion, AI empowerment, public resonance, and creative expression.
3. “Smarter AI for All” – Lenovo Special Project
Requirements: Duration between 2–15 minutes; AI must play a deeply substantive role throughout the production process.
Judging Criteria: Relevance to the theme, creative expression, AI technology and application, and cultural impact of the content.
