The UK's AI Film Awards
The UK's premier awards celebrating excellence in AI-driven filmmaking, recognising the world's most innovative creators.
- November 2026Date
- Central LondonVenue
- Submissions OpenNow Accepting Entries
A new ceremony for a new cinema.
OPUS is the United Kingdom's first awards dedicated entirely to AI-driven filmmaking — a ceremony built to honour the directors, writers and technologists shaping the next century of moving image.
We celebrate work that is generous in its ambition and precise in its craft: short and long form, narrative and experimental, documentary and commercial. Ten categories. One canon.
The inaugural evening will be held in Central London on the fourteenth of November, two thousand and twenty-six.
Ten categories.
All categories- 01
Best AI Short Film
up to 5 minutes - 02
Best AI Feature Film
5 to 20 minutes - 03
Best AI Animation
- 04
Best AI Anime Film
- 05
Best AI Music Video
- 06
Best AI Documentary
- 07
Best AI Commercial
- 08
Best AI Trailer
- 09
The Luminary Award
presented by She Builds with AI - ✦
OPUS People's Choice Award
live audience vote
The road to November.
A few questions, answered.
Any filmmaker — emerging or established — whose work meaningfully employs AI tooling in its creation. Submissions are open internationally.
Any work where generative or machine-learning tools play a substantive role in the image, sound, performance, edit or world-building.
Central London, on 14 November 2026. Venue announced to nominees and patrons ahead of the evening.
An international jury of directors, producers, cinematographers and technologists reviews every shortlisted work.
A small administrative fee applies. Fee waivers are available for students and underrepresented filmmakers on request.
Ready to submit your film?
Entries are open to filmmakers worldwide. Eleven categories, one international jury, one evening in Central London.