Higgsfield Global Film Festival

festival · in 22 sources (2026)

The Higgsfield Global Film Festival is Higgsfield's short-film contest, announced in August 2026 with a $1,000,000 prize pool ($500,000 for first place), for films of at least 3 minutes generated entirely on Higgsfield, with no real person's face or voice. Its jury includes Edwin Catmull, Phedon Papamichael and Paul W.S. Anderson. It drew 67,223 entries from 176 countries, and 126 films made the shortlist in October 2026.

Sources by year: 2026: 22

Also known as: Higgsfield Film Festival

Threads

• Higgsfield: enter the Higgsfield Global Film Festival, submissions 10 August to 3 September 2026 (2026) — ask, reported back, 2026
• Higgsfield Global Film Festival (2026) — project history, running, 2026
• Higgsfield: vote for the Higgsfield Global Film Festival Audience Choice film by 15 October 2026 (2026) — ask, open (no report in 2026), 2026

Also named in the threads: Cinema Studio · Higgsfield Original Series · Zephyr: Cuties on Duty (Higgsfield Original Series) · Hell Grind (Higgsfield Original Series) · Creator Partnership Program

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Higgsfield Originals (9) · Higgsfield Community (5) · Zephyr (3) · Higgsfield Academy (2) · Cinema Studio (6) · Seedance 2.5 (6) · Hell Grind (3) · Cinema Studio 4.0 (3) · Discord (2) · OpenAI (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2026

• 2026-08-04 · Changelog: Higgsfield Global Film Festival — announcement: Higgsfield's changelog of 4 August 2026 announces the Higgsfield Global Film Festival, a short-film contest with a $1,000,000 prize pool; films must be at least 3 minutes long and generated entirely on Higgsfield within the generation window. · also in: How To Make a Game Trailer with AI (Full Workflow + Prompts), Higgsfield Global Film Festival: How to Enter, Rules, and the $1,000,000 Prize Pool, Changelog: Higgsfield Global Film Festival. Submissions open
  • Higgsfield Global Film Festival prizes: $500,000 for first place, $200,000 for second, $100,000 for third, $100,000 for Audience Choice and $10,000 each for 10 honorable mentions. · also in: Higgsfield Global Film Festival: How to Enter, Rules, and the $1,000,000 Prize Pool
• 2026-08-05 · Hell Grind: Rebuilding Our Biggest Fight Scene from Scratch — Adil names the $1 million contest's first two judges: Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull, a five-time Oscar winner, and cinematographer Phedon Papamichael, a two-time Oscar and BAFTA nominee. — 00:00:29
• 2026-08-10 · Higgsfield Global Film Festival: How to Enter, Rules, and the $1,000,000 Prize Pool — Higgsfield: A festival film must run at least 3 minutes; 5 minutes is the recommended maximum, and longer films remain fully eligible.
• 2026-08-10 · Don't miss the $1,000,000 Film Festival — Higgsfield says the $1,000,000 Higgsfield Global Film Festival is open for submissions: a 3–5 minute AI film in any genre, made solo or by a team of up to four, judged by an Oscar-winning jury; submissions close on 3 September. — video description
• 2026-08-11 · Zephyr - Special Episode · Higgsfield Original Series (2026) — announcement: Higgsfield releases Zephyr: Special, a new episode of its K-pop action series Zephyr, made entirely with AI and open-sourced for the $1,000,000 Higgsfield Global Film Festival. — video description
• 2026-08-13 · Oneiric · AI Sci-Fi Short Film · Higgsfield Originals (2026) — announcement: Higgsfield releases Oneiric, a 20-minute drama made 100% with AI on Cinema Studio 4.0 and open-sourced, made for the $1,000,000 Higgsfield Global Film Festival. — video description
• 2026-08-14 · Changelog: Create in Public is now live for the Higgsfield Film Festival — announcement: Higgsfield announces Create in Public is live for the Higgsfield Global Film Festival: creators publish an unfinished version of their project to a public page where people can watch, like and follow its progress.
• 2026-09-22 · Who will win the $1,000,000? — Higgsfield says the Higgsfield Global Film Festival received 67,223 entries from 176 countries. — video description
  • Higgsfield says submissions to the Higgsfield Global Film Festival are now closed and the festival is entering its judging phase. — 00:00:09
• 2026-10-08 · Changelog: Film Festival Audience Choice voting is open — announcement: Higgsfield: Audience Choice voting in the Higgsfield Global Film Festival is open: shortlisted films can be voted for until 15 October 2026, 11:59 PM UTC, and the film with the most votes wins the $100,000 prize.
• 2026-10-10 · $1,000,000 Higgsfield Global Film Festival · Shortlist Revealed — Higgsfield: The shortlist of the $1,000,000 Higgsfield Global Film Festival is live: 126 films were selected from 67,223 entries. — video description
• …and 51 statements more in 2026 — all statements of 2026

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