SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 Workshop & International AI Film Challenge

AI Film Frontiers

Advancing AI-native filmmaking through artistic expression, technical innovation, and meaningful human–AI collaboration.

Workshop date and venue to be announced


About AI Film Frontiers

AI Film Frontiers (AIFF) at SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 invites creators, researchers, and filmmakers worldwide to explore the future of AI-native filmmaking, showcasing how generative AI is transforming cinematic storytelling, creative workflows, and human–AI collaboration.

As generative AI continues to reshape the landscape of visual storytelling, AIFF aims to bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI technologies and cinematic creativity. The workshop and film challenge welcome innovative AI-generated films and technical reports that demonstrate new possibilities in storytelling, character consistency, multi-shot generation, audio-visual creation, and AI-assisted filmmaking pipelines.

AIFF is for the next installment of the AI for Creative Visual Content Generation Editing and Understanding (CVEU), which follows its success on the previous launch at CVPR'26, CVPR'25, CVPR'24, ICCV'23, ECCV'22, ICCV'21, a Generative Models Course at SIGGRAPH'24, SIGGRAPH'25, SIGGRAPH'26, the 2023 Paris ShortFest AI Film Festival, the 2025 Hong Kong HKUST AI Film Festival, and the 2026 Hong Kong HKUST AI Film Festival.

Award-winning films, together with their corresponding technical reports, will be presented at SIGGRAPH Asia 2026. The films will be screened during the workshop, while the accompanying technical reports will be formally published in the SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 Proceedings.

Submission

A complete entry consists of two coordinated submissions: the film and its accompanying Technical Report.

1. AI-Generated Film

Submit the finished film through FilmFreeway. The dedicated AIFF FilmFreeway page and detailed film requirements will be announced here.

Submission channel: FilmFreeway

  • Film entry: one finished AI-generated film, submitted as required by FilmFreeway.
  • Screening materials: provide the final video file or streaming link and any supporting metadata requested.
  • Enhanced Access registration: at least one representative must register for Enhanced Access to accept awards and participate at SIGGRAPH Asia 2026. This may be the author or a friend who attends.

2. Technical Report

Submit the report through the SIGGRAPH Submission System. Reports must use the ACM Tech Communications template with the sigconf style and are limited to 4 pages.

Review: single-blind review. After acceptance, author names and affiliations must remain unchanged.

Submission channel: SIGGRAPH Asia Linklings

  • Project Overview: describe the project, motivation, and creative goals.
  • Creative Workflow: explain the production pipeline, including AI models, tools, software, and human intervention.
  • Technical Challenges: discuss consistency, narrative coherence, audio-visual alignment, controllability, and your workflow solutions.
  • Copyright Declaration: state ownership and licensing of all assets using the required declaration template.

Review Process

AI Film Frontiers is evaluated across multiple dimensions, including artistic quality and technical contribution.

1

Eligibility Check

Organizers verify that both the film and Technical Report have been submitted and that the entry satisfies the announced requirements.

2

Artistic Dimension

Reviewers evaluate cinematic quality, storytelling, originality, creativity, and the strength of the film's artistic expression.

3

Technical Dimension

Reviewers assess workflow design, the clarity of the report, the significance of the technical challenges, and the novelty and effectiveness of the proposed solutions.

Award decisions are based on the combined artistic and technical dimensions. Selected films and their corresponding reports will be presented together at SIGGRAPH Asia 2026.

Timeline

Exact dates and deadlines will be announced when the submission portals open.

  1. July 23, 2026Film and Technical Report submissions open
  2. August 23, 2026Film submission deadline
  3. August 23, 2026Technical Report submission deadline
  4. September 13, 2026Winner and acceptance notification
  5. September 23, 2026Final camera-ready submission deadline
  6. December 2–4, 2026SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 @ Malaysia KLCC
    Workshop presentations, film screenings, and publication of accepted Technical Reports

Organizers

Songlin Yang Songlin Yang HKUST
Tony Zhang Tony Zhang HKUST
Dong Liu Dong Liu Adobe
Ruihan Zhang Ruihan Zhang Google
Shiqin Hou Shiqin Hou HKUST
Zeyu Zhang Zeyu Zhang HKUST
Houyuan Chen Houyuan Chen HKUST
Xuyi Yang Xuyi Yang HKUST
Siyu Huang Siyu Huang HKUST
Yudi Xie Yudi Xie HKUST
Hao Zhao Hao Zhao Tsinghua University
Frank Guan Frank Guan SIT
Pol Jeremias-Vila Pol Jeremias-Vila Netflix
Hongbo Fu Hongbo Fu HKUST
Anyi Rao Anyi Rao HKUST

Contact

Questions about the workshop or challenge can be sent to cveu_avatar@googlegroups.com.