Guide officiel de participation

Length includes end credits. Works featuring AI idols or virtual artists should be submitted to the Global AI IDOL Award 2026, held on the same day.

• Works made entirely with AI, or that make deep use of AI, are eligible. At least 50% of the visuals (video/images) or of the core story elements (script, music, special effects, etc.) must be created by or with the help of AI.
• Mixing with live-action footage is fine. Just briefly note which tools you used and where.
• Works that use only assistive functions such as noise reduction, upscaling, automatic color correction or automatic subtitles do not qualify.

Prize amounts are before tax; for teams, the amount is for the whole team. The Grand Prize, Special Award, Jury Award, Youth and University Creator Awards and the Encouragement Awards are selected from entries in all categories. The 19 prize winners receive a certificate and the trophy common to all SVAIFF competitions worldwide; the 31 Encouragement Award winners receive a certificate and a global final qualification certificate (no trophy).

Winner benefits: Winning works will have opportunities for screening at CES, an art center exhibition (dates to be announced) and recommendation as candidates for Meta Oriental startup incubation. Top prize winners will receive a miniature moon jar by Master Wonjeong Park Rae-heon. Details of eligibility and arrangements will be provided to winners separately.

Documents such as consent forms, proofs and screening copies are submitted in December only by those contacted as award candidates (Entry Rules Appendix “Award Candidate Confirmation Form”). However, entrants under 19 must submit the guardian consent form (Entry Rules Appendix 4) when entering.

Enter the fields below on the entry page together with your video. Judges compare this statement with the actual video to evaluate the creative process (25 points). The length is about two A4 pages.

• Enter directly on the entry page: No separate file is needed; write in the fields on the entry page.
• Finished works are welcome: You may write in retrospect (mark “after production”); there is no deduction.
• Writing skill is not judged: Writing, design and foreign-language ability are not scored. We only check that it matches the actual video.
• Extra materials from candidates only: Scripts, storyboards and process materials may be requested separately from award candidates only.

Judging: Completed work 75 points: story and structure (genre purpose) 25 / direction and overall completeness 20 / artistic and visual expression 15 / execution of AI results 10 / editing, music and sound 5 + Creative process 25 points: rationale for intent and design 10 / understanding of research and references 5 / failure, revision and improvement 5 / own role and consistency 5. First-round screening runs from November 1, during the entry period, in the order in which judging versions are confirmed (details in Articles 4 and 5).

• Your own work only: Use only music, images, fonts and source works you have the rights to. Use only results made with an AI service plan that allows commercial use.
• No synthesis of real people: Using a real person’s face or voice, such as a celebrity or public figure, without permission means immediate disqualification with no chance to remedy (the same applies at the global final).
• Be truthful about AI use: Award candidates may be asked for production records (generated originals, screen recordings of work, etc.), so please keep them until the final.
• Label documentaries: Scenes recreated or synthesized with AI must be labeled on screen.
• Confirm judging version: When your work is finished, click “Confirm judging version” on the entry page. First-round screening runs from November 1 in the order of confirmation. If you replace the video after confirming, judging starts over; works not confirmed by the deadline are confirmed automatically as the version at the deadline.
• AI use label: In line with the purpose of Korea’s Framework Act on Artificial Intelligence, state the use of AI in the opening or ending titles (credits) of the work. If that is hard to do within the work, state it in the work information.

SVAIFF KOREA 2026 is an independent competition hosted and run by E-Park AI Co., Ltd. The Silicon Valley global final is run independently by a separate partner organizer (Star Alliance Culture Inc.), which sets the final’s judging, schedule and conditions. The global final category into which each Korea winning work (including the Youth and University Creator Awards and Best AI Idol) is entered will be decided by the host’s jury to match the global award categories.

For the 19 prize winners, entering the global final is a condition of the award. You cannot accept the award and refuse to enter the final. The 31 Encouragement Award winners decide for themselves whether to enter the final. The main conditions of the final are as follows and may change depending on the final organizer’s circumstances.

Attending the US ceremony is not mandatory. Among the winners of the top three awards by prize amount (Grand Prize, Best AI Idol, AI Narrative Film — Best), those who wish to attend the ceremony will receive a round-trip air ticket to the US (one economy seat; one person per team). The air ticket is conditional on attending the ceremony; it is not provided if you do not attend and is not replaced with cash. All other costs, such as accommodation, meals, local transport and visas, are at your own expense.

2026 SVAIFF KOREA Secretariat (Korea AI Marketing Institute) · help@svaiffkorea.com · korea.svaiff.com