AI International Music Video Festival

Eligibility and Submission Requirements. ​
1. The festival accepts works that either were made with substantial use of AI tools in their production or which illuminate the possible consequences of the AI revolution.
​We accept various forms of music videos, including:
1a. Vertical and horizontal formats.
1b. Videos up to 2 minutes, videos between 2 minutes and 6 minutes, as well as longer works.
1c. Live-action, narrative (fiction), documentary (non-fiction), experimental, AI, hybrid AI, or animated music videos.
2. ​We do not accept the following types of content:
2a. Extremist or propaganda content, which is determined at the festival’s discretion. Examples include content promoting hate speech, violence against a specific group, or endorsing illegal acts. The festival also does not accept content from religious or political organizations or works promoting a political agenda or pornographic content.
2b. Works with poor production quality, such as bad sound, poor video resolution, or a lack of subtitles for non-English works.
3. ​Students must provide a valid middle school, high school, or college student ID to receive a discount.
4. ​In addition to the submitter's name on the submission form, we require the names of all directors and producers involved in the work.

​Rights and Legal Agreements
​1. By submitting your work, you agree that the festival may use, distribute, and share your work's poster, trailer, synopsis, images, stills, and clips for promotional purposes on our social media, website, FilmFreeway, and with the press and other communication channels.
​2. You confirm that you are the sole owner of the intellectual property rights to the work you are submitting, or that you have obtained permission to use any third-party intellectual property. The festival reserves the right to request proof of rights and to refuse the submission if proof is not provided. The relationship of the festival is exclusively with the submitter of the work. If the submitter does not have express permission from the author, director, or producer of the work, the submission will be disqualified.
​3. You agree to indemnify and hold the festival harmless from any and all copyright or other intellectual property infringement claims related to your submission. You must have full rights to use any music, images, video clips, or other intellectual property included in your work, unless the use qualifies as "Fair Use." We recommend following the guidelines in "Documentary Filmmakers' Best Practices in Fair Use," available on the CMSI website.
4. ​The festival is granted the right to use a brief excerpt from any accepted work for promotional purposes. The submitter warrants that they are authorized to commit the film for screening and agrees to these requirements. The undersigned shall indemnify and hold the festival harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses that may be incurred by reason of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and/or loss of or damage to the works submitted.
​5 By submitting, you consent to the festival processing your personal data for all purposes concerning the festival operation. This includes contact details of third parties, which you confirm you have the right to provide. You can revoke this consent at any time, but doing so will result in disqualification from the festival.
​6. Fan music videos created without the express permission of the music authors and intellectual property owners cannot be screened at the festival at this time, but they may be eligible for awards.

​Selection and Judging Process
1. ​Entry fees are non-refundable.
2. ​Multiple submissions are allowed, and each work may be entered in multiple categories.
​3. Works can be submitted again for subsequent months.
​4. All works must include English subtitles unless the spoken language is already English.
5. ​The festival reserves the right to make the final judgment on which works are selected, awarded, or screened. Judges' decisions are final and non-negotiable; no feedback will be provided for films that are not selected.
​6. The AI International Music Video Festival reserves the right to award music videos in different categories than those which submitters chose.
7. ​The festival, at its sole discretion, can disqualify any work it considers to have inappropriate content.
8. ​Selected submissions, awards, honorable mentions, and screening selections will be notified according to the schedules listed on FilmFreeway. The festival is not responsible for any schedule delays.
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Awards, Prizes, and Screening
​1. The festival will not offer or pay screening fees.
​2. World premieres are for music videos that have not been made available through YouTube, Vimeo, or other social media sources, and have not been publicly screened. World festival premieres are for music videos that have not been entered into a film festival competition anywhere in the world, but may have appeared on social media, YouTube, Vimeo, etc.h
​3. The judges choose which works will be shown in the festival screening event. Preference will be given to World Premieres, US Premieres, World Festival Premieres, and US Festival Premieres.
4. ​If your work is accepted for a live screening event, you will receive two festival passes to see all the films for free, along with admittance for one person to the "After Party Event".
​5. If you win an award, you will be provided with an award certificate and an award laurel.
5a. You may order a trophy for your specific category from a price list.
5b. Some award categories may have co-sponsors providing prizes. One award or prize will be given to the winner designated on the official entry form.
​6. If your work is accepted for a live screening event, the screening copy must be received a sminimum of 14 days before the screening date.
7. ​If you attend the festival screening event, you are responsible for your own travel, lodging, and all other expenses.

​General Conditions
1.​All information, eligibility and submission guidelines, terms, and rules are subject to change by the AI International Music Video Festival without notice.
2.​Participation in the festival implies the unconditional acceptance of all provisions in these rules and terms. Producers, distributors, or other persons or organizations submitting a work must confirm that third parties involved in the production agree to their participation in the festival.