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.
On Friday, November 13, 2026, doors open at 4:00 PM at Main Hall Space for Events, 1533 The Queensway, Toronto. We're screening the selected films, followed by a Q&A with the directors who can join us, and time afterward to talk with everyone else who came.
The Program
Awards
The Work
Rules.
- Runtime. 40 minutes or under.
- The file. MP4 or MOV, minimum 1080p, ready to screen.
- What we're open to. Any genre, fiction or documentary, made on or after January 1, 2024.
- Language. English, or subtitled in English.
Getting It To Us
Rules continued
- The one thing we ask. AI needs a real, traceable part somewhere: writing, images, voice, score, or the cut. Say exactly where.
- Entering. However many films you've got, no premiere required. Each one submitted and paid for separately.
- The rest. You hold the rights, and clear the public screening. 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
Open Call
Send us the cut.
Submissions are open.
Submit through FilmFreeway, or write to info@aifilmstoronto.com.