A Seoul AI film festival is offering 30 million won in prizes, and entry is free until 25 November
SVAIFF Korea 2026 has a 30 million KRW prize pool, free entry and four film categories. Entries close on 25 November 2026, with screenings in Seoul on 17 December.
A festival in Seoul wants your AI-generated film, and it is putting 30 million Korean won on the table to get it. SVAIFF Korea 2026 is open to filmmakers of any background, including students and youth creators, and it does not charge an entry fee.
The festival is organised by 이파크 에이아이 주식회사 and 한국AI마케팅연구소, and it describes its aim as connecting Korean creators with the international stage. Winners will be celebrated in person at Gabin Art Hall in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, on 17 December 2026. If you have a short, a feature, an animation or a documentary made with AI tools, the listing on AI Film Contests says this is the place to send it.
What you submit
The festival accepts AI-generated films and videos across four categories: short film, feature, animation and documentary. The listing says any AI tools are allowed, so you are not tied to a particular model or platform.
The festival says it is open to all filmmakers, with no restriction by country stated on the listing. Students and youth creators are named explicitly as eligible. The listing does not state a maximum or minimum running time, file format or resolution, so check those details on the entry page before you export your final cut.
Entries are made through the festival's official route, which the listing links to as a Naver News article. That page is in Korean, so a browser translation tool will help if you do not read the language.
Prize structure
The total prize pool is 30,000,000 KRW. The Grand Prize is 10,000,000 KRW. The listing says winners will be awarded in multiple categories, but it does not publish the amounts for the remaining prizes, nor whether the money is paid as cash. It also does not say how the remaining 20 million KRW is divided.
As a rough guide, 30 million KRW is a meaningful sum for an independent filmmaker, but the split matters. Only one prize amount is confirmed, so treat the rest of the pool as unconfirmed until the organisers publish the breakdown.
Terms worth reading
Entry is free, which is the clearest point in the creator's favour. There is no fee tier to track and no cost to test the field with a short.
What the listing does not cover is rights. It does not say who owns the work, whether the festival takes a licence to screen or promote it, or whether entries may be shown publicly before winners are announced. Those terms will sit on the official entry page, and with a public screening in Seoul on the calendar, it is reasonable to expect some form of screening licence. Read the full rules before you submit, especially if your film is tied up with a distributor, another festival's premiere requirement or a commercial client.
The listing also does not state a submission cutoff time or timezone beyond the date of 25 November 2026. Since Korea Standard Time runs well ahead of Europe and the Americas, a late submission from another timezone could land on the wrong side of the line. Aim to submit with a day in hand.
Dates and next steps
The deadline is 25 November 2026. The festival event is on 17 December 2026 at Gabin Art Hall, Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The listing was last verified on 25 October 2026.
To enter, use the official entry page, confirm the technical requirements and the rights terms, and submit a day early.