paid AI video offers The biggest $450K+ in prizes
- [Chroma Awards Season 2]
chromaawards.com/
$450K+ in cash and travel perks, with categories for ads film and TV, and music videos. There are bonus prizes for using tools like Kling PixVerse and ElevenLabs. It's free to enter opens 20 Oct and closes 7 Jan.
- [AKOOL AI Film Challenge]
akool.com/aifilmchallenge
$50K for first, plus ten $2,500 finalist awards. You make a 30 to 90 second fake trailer or short with AKOOL post it on X tagging AKOOL then enter on the page. Closes 20 Dec.
- [Flick AI Film Festival]
flick.art/festival
$25K in cash, with $10K for Best Film. They take shorts, music videos, vertical drama or branded spots under 3 minutes, and films you've made since March count. Closes 16 Dec, 07:59 UTC.
- [Wandura Drama Challenge]
wandura.ai/contests/film-cha…
$5K for first, paid by bank transfer, for the first episode of a vertical AI series made in Wandura. It closes soonest, on 31 Oct at 23:59 UTC
- [Artefact AI Film Festival]
artefact-ai-film-festival.co…
a €10K grand prize plus a week of screenings at cinemas in Paris. The theme is "(Dis)Connection", and films can run up to 314 seconds. Closes 2 Dec.
- [NEXMUSE AI Music Video Contest]
nexmuse.kr/apply
about $15K across 32 winners, for a fully AI made music video starring one of their AI idol characters. The site is in Korean, and the organiser keeps the rights to winning entries. Closes 28 Dec.
- [Frameo AI Creator Partnership]
forms.gle/L9SpTWshQDDK3haR7
a monthly base payment plus performance pay for regular AI video content. They don't say how much. You can apply any time.
- [Tether AI Filmmaker]
careers.tether.io/o/ai-filmm…
a full time remote job making AI films for Tether. The salary isn't listed, and it's only open in some countries, so check that yours is included.