Topview and SSFF & ASIA Will Pay $5,000 and Screen Selected AI Films at a Festival on 8 November
Topview and SSFF & ASIA are taking original AI films until 22 October 2026. Selected creators get a festival screening, $5,000 and 1,000 Topview credits.
An AI film does not usually get a cinema screen. Most of them live in a feed, watched for a few seconds by someone on a phone, then scrolled past. Topview and the SSFF & ASIA festival are offering a different route for creators who have finished work sitting on a hard drive.
The call went out on 26 September 2026 and asks creators worldwide to submit original AI films. Those selected will have their work screened at SSFF & ASIA 2026 on 8 November. With the submission window closing on 22 October, anyone interested has days rather than weeks to prepare. The announcement comes from Topview's official post on X.
What you submit
The call is for original AI films. The public announcement is short and does not set out a runtime limit, a required genre, or a list of permitted tools, so check those details before you commit. Entry goes through Topview's own page at topview.ai/activity/topview-ai-film-screening, which is the route named in the announcement.
The post says creators worldwide are invited, which suggests no country restriction, but it does not spell out eligibility in full. Read the entry page for age limits, ownership requirements and any rules about which AI tools the film may use.
Prize structure
The announcement says selected creators will receive three things:
- An official festival screening certificate.
- $5,000.
- 1,000 Topview credits.
The cash is stated as $5,000, though the post does not say whether that sum goes to each selected creator or is shared across the programme. The credits are for Topview's own platform, so they are usable only if you want to keep working with that tool. The wording is about being selected, and the post does not describe a ranked competition with a single winner. It is a selection for screening, with the rewards attached.
Dates
Submissions run from 26 September to 22 October 2026, and the post gives these dates in UTC. No cutoff time on the final day is published in the announcement. Submit with a full day in hand rather than aiming for the last hour, and remember that UTC midnight arrives at a different local time depending on where you live. The festival screening itself is on 8 November 2026.
Terms worth reading
The public post does not publish the full terms, and that matters. A screening at a festival usually involves some permission for the organisers to show your film, and a tool-maker running a campaign may want rights to use selected work in its own promotion. Neither is confirmed here, and neither is ruled out. Before you upload, read the entry page for:
- Any licence you grant to Topview or the festival, and whether it covers promotional use.
- Whether the film must be made with Topview's tools, given that the credits and the branding point that way.
- Whether your film can be shown elsewhere, or entered into other festivals, while selection is pending.
- Whether entry is free. The announcement mentions no fee, but it does not say so outright either.
On the positive side, nothing in the announcement suggests you hand over ownership of the film.
Submissions close on 22 October 2026 (UTC). Entry is through the Topview entry page, and the announcement is here.
Source: TopviewAI on X