Sources
Where AI film gets seen
FrameZero indexes these surfaces rather than replacing them. Every title is still streamed by its original platform and credited to its creator.
YouTube
Platform26 titles indexedThe default home for AI film. Nearly every short, trailer and series episode lands here first, on creator channels and tool channels alike.
- The Trigger
- The Cully Hill Boys
- Total Pixel Space
- Arena Zero — Episode 1
- Hell Grind
- The Walk
- THE CLOUDRIDER
- Recoiling
Vimeo Staff Picks
CurationCurated, artier end of the spectrum. A Staff Pick still carries real weight with festival programmers.
Open Vimeo Staff PicksRunway AI Film Festival
Festival1 title indexedThe most established AI film festival: thousands of entries, ten finalists, a Lincoln Center screening and a public Screening Room afterwards.
Open Runway AI Film FestivalRunway Gen:48
Festival48-hour AI filmmaking sprint with category awards — the fastest route from unknown creator to credited AI director.
Open Runway Gen:48Higgsfield Originals
Curation5 titles indexedIn-house streaming hub for AI-native series and features, including Arena Zero and Hell Grind.
Open Higgsfield OriginalsCurious Refuge
CurationTraining, competitions and an AI Film Gallery. The Wes Anderson Star Wars trailer that started the mainstream wave came from here.
Open Curious RefugeProject Odyssey
FestivalLarge multi-sponsor AI film competition with narrative, animation and music-video categories.
Open Project OdysseyKling NextGen Creative Contest
FestivalKuaishou's global creator contest, with winning shorts screened on big screens in Tokyo and beyond.
Open Kling NextGen Creative ContestFlow TV
CurationGoogle's channel-based showcase of shorts made in Flow with Veo — a feed rather than a festival.
Open Flow TVWorld AI Film Festival
FestivalCannes-market AI film festival, partnered with MiniMax/Hailuo and focused on international entries.
Open World AI Film FestivalSundance — Adobe Gen AI Showcase
FestivalSundance 2026's Showtime! Gen AI Showcase put AI-assisted shorts like MythOS and Wink in front of a traditional festival audience.
Open Sundance — Adobe Gen AI ShowcaseTribeca AI programs
FestivalFrom the 2024 OpenAI Sora Shorts commissions to 2026 screenings such as Dear Upstairs Neighbors.
Open Tribeca AI programsHiggsfield Global Film Festival
FestivalOpened 10 August 2026 with a $1M prize pool ($500K first prize). Films must be made entirely inside Higgsfield and run at least three minutes; judged on directing/storytelling, visual craft, sound and editing, and originality. Deadline 3 September, winners in the first week of October — expect a large wave of ambitious shorts.
Open Higgsfield Global Film Festival1 Billion AI Film Award
FestivalLarge-prize narrative competition. The 2026 winner, LILY by Zoubeir Jlassi, took $1M with a nine-minute story about guilt and redemption — story-first work over tool demonstrations.
Open 1 Billion AI Film AwardAI Film Creator Showcase
CuratorYouTube channel running recurring Top 10 rankings of AI-generated films. Treated as an external editorial curator: a film it features gains a cross-platform signal, not just a view count.
Open AI Film Creator ShowcaseStoryArc Network
CurationEmerging narrative-first AI storytelling platform: films, series and shorts inside connected universes, with creator profiles, characters, lore and episodes. Watched as an emerging provider rather than a primary source.
Open StoryArc Network