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Horizons Ia (punta Del Este, Uruguay)

Festival overview

About Horizons Ia (punta Del Este, Uruguay)

Physical film festival with submission categories including Advertising and Experimental and Videoclip.

Horizons IA – Punta del Este International AI Film Festival – celebrates its first edition from May 27 to 31 at The Grand Hotel in Punta del Este (Maldonado, Uruguay). This new international event is dedicated to exploring the creative possibilities of cinema made with artificial intelligence and the new forms of storytelling that emerge from the dialogue between artists and generative technologies.

Over five days, Horizons IA will present a selection of short films from around the world, along with talks, meetings, and the participation of national and international guests linked to cinema, technology, and digital arts. With free admission, the festival seeks to become an open space for discovering new perspectives, experimenting with the audiovisual languages of the future, and connecting creators who are expanding the horizons of cinema in the age of artificial intelligence.

Schedule

Important Dates

Call for Entries Opens
Jul 27, 2026
Final Submission Deadline
Apr 26, 2027
Notification Date
May 14, 2027
Festival Starts
May 26, 2027
Festival Ends
May 30, 2027
Eligibility

Rules & Eligibility

General Rules+

  1. HORIZONS IA INTERNATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FILM FESTIVAL PUNTA DEL ESTE, URUGUAY

  2. The International Artificial Intelligence Film Festival (Horizons IA) announces its Short Film Competition, with the aim of stimulating and promoting film production in South America and the rest of the world.

  3. Films must have been made after January 1st, 2025, and fall into one of the following categories: fiction and documentary (up to 10 minutes), experimental and music video (up to 5 minutes), and advertising (up to 2 minutes).

  4. Films may have been produced in any film or digital format, but must be submitted for screening in the following formats: H264-stereo-1920x1080 or similar (MOV, MKV, MP4, AVI). The use of artificial intelligence must be central and decisive in the creative process (image, sound, script, editing, or concept), not merely accessory.

  5. In the case of works that are not originally in Spanish, they must come with embedded Spanish subtitles or be accompanied by an SRT file with the time code to be translated into Spanish (MANDATORY REQUIREMENT).

  6. The deadline for receipt of materials is April 26th, 2027.

  7. An international jury of three members will decide

Current Categories, Deadlines & Fees

Category

Advertising

Advertising videos made entirely with IA. Entries must demonstrate a creative and meaningful use of artificial intelligence tools in one or more of their stages of creation, production, or post-production. Both works created entirely using AI and hybrid works that combine traditional techniques with AI tools will be accepted. It is not necessary for the entire work to have been generated using artificial intelligence.

Current FeeUSD 12.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 2 minutes
Category

Experimental and Videoclip

Experimental short films and videoclips made with IA. Entries must demonstrate a creative and meaningful use of artificial intelligence tools in one or more of their stages of creation, production, or post-production. Both works created entirely using AI and hybrid works that combine traditional techniques with AI tools will be accepted. It is not necessary for the entire work to have been generated using artificial intelligence.

Current FeeUSD 12.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 5 minutes
Category

Fictions and Documentaries

Fiction and documentaries short films made with AI. Entries must demonstrate a creative and meaningful use of artificial intelligence tools in one or more of their stages of creation, production, or post-production. Both works created entirely using AI and hybrid works that combine traditional techniques with AI tools will be accepted. It is not necessary for the entire work to have been generated using artificial intelligence.

Current FeeUSD 12.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 10 minutes