Season 1 · Toronto
Every cut is a choice between two frames: the one that stays, and the one that gets let go.
We live inside that choice, where human instinct and machine suggestion sit side by side and only one of them wins the frame.
Submit the cut you'd defend →What stays
The frame you keep.
A choice made by a person, at a specific moment, for a specific reason. The line that got written and rewritten. The take that felt true. The cut that made the scene land.
We are not asking whether your film used artificial intelligence. We are asking what happened in the moment it did.
What goes
The frame you cut.
The version a model offered and you didn't use. The generated take that was close, but not it. The suggestion you overruled, on purpose, because you knew better.
Any genre, any format, as long as you can point to the exact place AI was in the room, and the exact place you said no.
The Program
Awards
Before You Submit
Rules.
- Length. 40 minutes or under.
- Genre. Wide open. Any genre, any format, fiction or documentary.
- Completion date. On or after January 1, 2024.
- AI involvement. A real, traceable part somewhere: writing, images, voice, score, or the cut. Say exactly where.
- Language. English, or subtitled in English.
Rules continued
- Premiere status. None required. Already screened elsewhere is fine.
- Multiple entries. As many as you have, each entered separately.
- Rights. You must hold them, and clear the public screening.
- Format. MP4 or MOV, minimum 1080p.
- Discretion. We may decline or reorder without explanation.
The Screening
Venue & Dates
Main Hall Space for Events
1533 The Queensway, Toronto, ON M8Z 1T8, Canada
Friday, November 13, 2026 · Doors 4:00 PM
- Early Bird
- Sep 9 · $8
- Regular
- Oct 4 · $14
- Final Deadline
- Oct 29 · $20
- Notification
- Nov 5
- Screening
- Nov 13, 4:00 PM
Open Call
Send us the cut.
Submissions open now. Early Bird closes September 9, 2026.
Submissions will run through FilmFreeway (page going up soon). Until then, write to hello@aifilmstoronto.com.