More Winners: Reply, AIFA and the Wider Festival Circuit
Beyond Runway, a whole circuit of AI film competitions is handing out laurels, from Venice's Reply AI Film Festival to the AIFA Awards. Here are the winners worth your evening.
October 29, 2026
AI film competitions are sprouting everywhere, and the good ones share a tell: real juries, real audiences, and winners that hold up as films, not just tech demos. The Reply AI Film Festival screens at Venice. The AIFA Awards and a growing festival circuit celebrate the same craft from other corners of the world.
These are the 25 strongest winners from across that circuit, all verified and watchable right here on YouBoob.
The circuit's best
Grandma VS Wasp I Official 100% AI Made Story
Higgsfield Creators
🏆 Grand Prize · Higgsfield AI Film Competition 2026
Gentle | AI Short Film | Alex Naghavi & Sara DeCou
Alex Naghavi
🏆 Nominee, Best Visuals · AI Film Awards Cannes 2025
Crownless & Bound Directed by Taylor Matter, Ruben ACP
TGIFF
🏆 Best Story, Best Short Director, Audience Choice Most Surprising · AI International Film Festival 2026
A Little Full by Bee Han, Yixuan Niu, Yiran Tian, Yue Zhang - LifeArt AI Film Festival
LifeArt Festival
🏆 Best Film · Czech International AI Film Festival 2025
KYRA - An AI Short Film
MetaPuppet
🏆 Craft Spectra Award, Best AI Animation & Visual Design · IFFI AI Film Festival 2025
NAGORI: A Short Film by Guillaume Hurbault
Promise
🏆 Craft Master Award, Best AI Short Film · IFFI AI Film Festival 2025
[프리포맷(1등)] - When Autumn Comes - Reza Delavar
경기콘텐츠진흥원
🏆 Best Free Format · Korea International AI Film Festival 2024
TO DEAR ME | Beijing Film Festival AIGC 2024 Best Short Film | Aideate Films
Aideate Films
🏆 1st Place, Best Short Film · Reply AI Film Festival 2024
Another Detail, Denis Larzillière, primé à Cannes WAIF 2026
VIDEO DESIGN FORMATION
🏆 Best First AI Film · World AI Film Festival 2026
LA SÉLÉCTION MÉCHANIQUE, Jules Blachier (BEST ANIMATION FILM)
WAIFF
🏆 Best AI Animated Film · World AI Film Festival 2026
RendAI-vous export H265 Artefact AI film festival
Marius Doicov
🏆 Best Youth Film · World AI Film Festival 2026
The Beginning - Ibraheem DIAB (BEST AI EMOTION FILM)
WAIFF
🏆 Best AI Emotion Film · World AI Film Festival 2026
Uber - Life is about the ride
Aurélien Bigot
🏆 Best AI Advertising Film · World AI Film Festival 2026
LILY (1 Billion Followers Summit in collaboration with Google Gemini)
zouba pav
🏆 Winner, $1M AI Film Award · 1 Billion Followers Summit AI Film Award 2026
The Perfect World Trailer 2025
Alex Curson
🏆 Winner, Top Honors · AI Film Awards Cannes 2025
Dreams Don't Die - AI Short Film by Omar Rammal
Omar Rammal
🏆 Finalist · 1 Billion Followers Summit AI Film Award 2026
HEAL | فيلم AI افضل | Top 5 AI Film Award (1B Followers Summit x Google Gemini) BY / Mohamed Gomaa .
Mohamed Gomaa
🏆 Top 5 Finalist · 1 Billion Followers Summit AI Film Award 2026
HOMEWARD SHORT FILM - AN AI SPACE OPERA ADVENTURE
Nav Lotay
🏆 Finalist · 1 Billion Followers Summit AI Film Award 2026
MAESTRA | Cortometraje (Sci-Fi & AI)
Hilario Abad
🏆 Finalist · 1 Billion Followers Summit AI Film Award 2026
The Translator Submission AI FILM AWARD 1 Billion Summit Award Winn
Jackify
🏆 Top 5 Finalist · 1 Billion Followers Summit AI Film Award 2026
cats like warmth 1B AI Film Award Submission AI FILM AWARD ( 1 Billion Summit Award Winn )
Jackify
🏆 Top 5 Finalist · 1 Billion Followers Summit AI Film Award 2026
Corrupt Data Clan - The Secret Story
Eric KER
🏆 Finalist · Reply AI Film Festival 2025
MEME, MYSELF AND A.I.
Private Island
🏆 Finalist · Reply AI Film Festival 2025
Award Winning AI Animation | The Twin Earth
Jaiostudios
🏆 1st Place, Film: Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Chroma Awards 2025
Railbound | Full AI Movie | Muybridge (Google Flow Sessions)
Muybridge
🏆 1st Place, Film: Documentary, Historical & True Crime · Chroma Awards 2025
Every one of these films also sits in the Competition Winners shelf, badged with its prize. Know a competition we have missed? Tell Dave. This page grows with the circuit.