Higgsfield Global Film Festival (2026)
project history · status: running · last event: milestone (2026-10-10) · owner: channel
Parts: Higgsfield: enter the Higgsfield Global Film Festival, submissions 10 August to 3 September 2026 (2026) · Higgsfield: vote for the Higgsfield Global Film Festival Audience Choice film by 15 October 2026 (2026)
About: Higgsfield Global Film Festival
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| 2026-08-04 | announced | 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: Higgsfield Global Film Festival: How to Enter, Rules, and the $1,000,000 Prize Pool, Changelog: Higgsfield Global Film Festival. Submissions open | Changelog: Higgsfield Global Film Festival |
| 2026-08-05 | milestone | 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. | Hell Grind: Rebuilding Our Biggest Fight Scene from Scratch 00:00:29 |
| 2026-08-10 | milestone | Higgsfield names the festival jury: Edwin Catmull, Phedon Papamichael and director Paul W.S. Anderson. | Higgsfield Global Film Festival: How to Enter, Rules, and the $1,000,000 Prize Pool |
| 2026-08-14 | milestone | 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. | Changelog: Create in Public is now live for the Higgsfield Film Festival |
| 2026-09-22 | milestone | Higgsfield says submissions to the Higgsfield Global Film Festival are now closed and the festival is entering its judging phase. | Who will win the $1,000,000? 00:00:09 |
| 2026-10-08 | milestone | 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. | Changelog: Film Festival Audience Choice voting is open |
| 2026-10-10 | milestone | The shortlist of the $1,000,000 Higgsfield Global Film Festival is live: 126 films were selected from 67,223 entries. | $1,000,000 Higgsfield Global Film Festival · Shortlist Revealed video description |
What is said about it
28 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2026-08-04 · Changelog: Higgsfield Global Film Festival — Higgsfield: The Higgsfield Global Film Festival is open worldwide to people 18 and over, entering solo or in teams of up to 4. · also in: Higgsfield Global Film Festival: How to Enter, Rules, and the $1,000,000 Prize Pool, Changelog: Higgsfield Global Film Festival. Submissions open
- 2026-08-04 · Changelog: Higgsfield Global Film Festival — 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
- 2026-08-04 · Changelog: Higgsfield Global Film Festival — Higgsfield: The Higgsfield Global Film Festival opens on 10 August 2026, submissions close on 3 September, and winners are announced in the first week of October. · 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 says Higgsfield announced this week (week of 3 August 2026) one of the biggest AI contests in the world, with a $1 million prize pool. — 00:00:29
- 2026-08-05 · Hell Grind: Rebuilding Our Biggest Fight Scene from Scratch — announcement: Adil says Ed Catmull and Phedon Papamichael are only the first two judges of the $1 million contest and more names are coming. — 00:01:04
- 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
- 2026-08-10 · Don't miss the $1,000,000 Film Festival — Higgsfield: The Higgsfield Global Film Festival trailer says films can come from any country and will be seen by Academy Award winners. — 00:00:00
- 2026-08-11 · Zephyr - Special Episode · Higgsfield Original Series (2026) — ask: Higgsfield invites viewers to study the Zephyr: Special prompt breakdown, take its assets to build their own worlds, then enter the Higgsfield Global Film Festival for a share of the $1,000,000 prize pool. — video description
- 2026-08-11 · Changelog: Higgsfield Global Film Festival. Submissions open — Higgsfield: To begin a Higgsfield Global Film Festival entry, click Create festival project on the festival page or open the Film Festival Contest section in Cinema Studio; both open a dedicated Cinema Studio project.
- 2026-08-11 · Changelog: Higgsfield Global Film Festival. Submissions open — Higgsfield: Festival entrants generate their shots in the dedicated Cinema Studio project and submit the finished film with all its assets from there.
- 2026-08-13 · Oneiric · AI Sci-Fi Short Film · Higgsfield Originals (2026) — ask: Higgsfield calls Oneiric its entry for the $1,000,000 Higgsfield Global Film Festival, live now, and offers the film's prompts to entrants as a head start. — video description · also in: KÖK BÖRÜ · AI Animated Short Film · Higgsfield Originals (2026)
- 2026-08-14 · Adiliada · Sci-Fi AI Action Comedy · Higgsfield Originals (2026) — ask: Higgsfield calls Adiliada its entry for the $1,000,000 Higgsfield Global Film Festival, live now, and invites viewers to study how it was built, recreate any shot and use its prompts as a head start. — video description · also in: Red Flag · 90s Hong Kong AI Short Film · Higgsfield Originals (2026)
- 2026-08-31 · The Trigger · AI Action Short Film · Higgsfield Originals(2026) — ask: Higgsfield asks viewers to join the $1,000,000 Higgsfield Global Film Festival. — video description
- 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
- 2026-09-22 · Who will win the $1,000,000? — announcement: Higgsfield says the Higgsfield Global Film Festival shortlist is coming soon. — video description
- 2026-09-22 · Who will win the $1,000,000? — announcement: Higgsfield says the Higgsfield Global Film Festival jury is finalizing the winners. — 00:00:09
- 2026-10-05 · Hugo Blendl: How a Rick and Morty Animator Makes a Daily Show on Higgsfield — Higgsfield: Hugo Blendl entered The Zero Slasher, an 8-minute comedy-horror episode made in Cinema Studio, in the Higgsfield Global Film Festival; its page lists 65 generations and 1,884 credits, and it passed 21,000 views in its first month.
- 2026-10-08 · Changelog: Film Festival Audience Choice voting is open — Higgsfield: The Higgsfield Global Film Festival Audience Choice vote draws on two shortlists: the top Create in Public projects by community reactions (up to 50) and Higgsfield Picks, selected by the Higgsfield team.
- 2026-10-08 · Changelog: Film Festival Audience Choice voting is open — Higgsfield: Likes gathered in Create in Public do not carry over to the Higgsfield Global Film Festival Audience Choice vote: voting starts from zero.
- 2026-10-08 · Changelog: Film Festival Audience Choice voting is open — Higgsfield: In the festival's Audience Choice vote each user has up to five votes, one per film, cast after watching the film all the way through; a vote can be moved to another film until voting closes.
- 2026-10-08 · Changelog: Film Festival Audience Choice voting is open — Higgsfield: The Higgsfield Global Film Festival Audience Choice award is separate from the jury prizes for 1st to 3rd place and the honorable mentions, and one film can win only one prize.
- 2026-10-08 · Changelog: Film Festival Audience Choice voting is open — ask: Higgsfield: To vote in the Higgsfield Global Film Festival Audience Choice, open the festival page, watch a shortlisted film and select Vote.
- 2026-10-08 · Changelog: Film Festival Audience Choice voting is open — Higgsfield: Only accounts on a paid Higgsfield plan can vote in the festival's Audience Choice, and no one can vote for their own film.
- 2026-10-10 · $1,000,000 Higgsfield Global Film Festival · Shortlist Revealed — ask: Higgsfield asks viewers to watch the shortlisted films of the Higgsfield Global Film Festival and vote in the $100,000 Audience Choice category before voting closes on 15 October at 11:59 PM UTC. — video description
- 2026-10-17 · Higgsfield Community: Where Your AI Work Goes After You Generate It — Higgsfield: Contest entries for the Higgsfield Global Film Festival and applications to the Creator Partnership Program start from the same Higgsfield Community profile.
- 2026-10-20 · 5 Best AI Video Generators for Long Videos — Higgsfield: The Higgsfield Global Film Festival has a $1,000,000 prize pool for films of at least 3 minutes made entirely on Higgsfield.
- 2026-10-20 · 5 Best AI Video Generators for Long Videos — Higgsfield Global Film Festival entries are made as Cinema Studio projects and become Open Projects after the submission deadline, so anyone can view each film's prompts, references and assembly.
- 2026-10-20 · Egor Kuzmin: Putting AI Video in Front of 86,000 People on Stadium Screens — Higgsfield: The Higgsfield Global Film Festival runs on Community with a $1,000,000 prize pool and fourteen winners; its submissions are public and sit next to Higgsfield Originals.