No, your Behind-The-Scenes submission must be about your Project Odyssey Season 2 submission.

For the Rendering & VFX category, yes AI has to be used to stylize every frame.

For the other categories you can use any amount of AI visuals, especially if you are combining with live action shots, as long as AI is used in a significant way.

No, you are not required to use any of the Sponsored Tools.

For the Title and Gold Sponsors Awards, which come with additional cash prizes, you must use the specific tool for the prize you'd like to be eligible for.

Yes, you can use any AI or filmmaking tool you'd like, even if they aren't a sponsor.

No, for all categories to be eligible for Awards, you must use an original song, a song someone has given you permission to use (also includes stock music or public domain), or a song completely made with AI. The song you've made or the song you've been granted permission can use AI, but doesn't have to.

This is to avoid DMCA and takedown requests of your film.

Films can contain adult themes, however submissions that feature explicit pornography, graphic depictions of violence, extremely suggestive imagery, or discriminatory language will not be eligible. As a general rule of thumb, if it wouldn't be allowed on YouTube or Instagram, it won't be eligible for this competition.

The submission window is December 16th, 2024 to January 16th, 2025.
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Submission details will be released on 12/16/24!

From the feedback we received on Season 1, we've improved our upload system to use the YouTube API to allow a 15 minute time limit and a 20 GB file size limit.

Some categories such as Trailers (max 2.5 minutes), Marketing & Advertisement (max 60 seconds), and Social Media (max 90 seconds) do have a lower time limit.

Yes, you can submit to multiple categories and there is no limit on the number of submissions you can make, BUT we highly recommend you prioritize quality over quantity.

No, you must submit different films to different categories. For example, you cannot submit the same film to both the narrative AND music video categories, you must choose just one.

Yes, this season to give more people the opportunity to participate, we are allowing films made within 90 days of the submission deadline of January 16th, 2025.

This means that you can submit any film you've made between October 18th, 2024 and January 16th, 2025 as long as it meets our rules and requirements.

Each sponsoring company at Silver or above has a judging position and we are inviting a great panel of Top AI Filmmakers/Thought Leaders to judge.

Each category will go through a preliminary round of judging by a trusted and respected AI filmmaker who we've hand picked. They will score each video in their respective category and based on those scores the Top 25 Films will move onto the finals to be judged by the entire judging panel.

To respect our judge's valuable time, especially since they are volunteers, we've chosen this method to have a balance between time commitment and fairness. We expect thousands of submissions. Assuming that each submission is a few minutes long, that's 150-250 total hours of films that need to be judged. That's just not feasible for every judge to do, so instead they'll watch the Top 25 films in each of the main categories (~200 films).

Films will be judged on a combination of Theme, Impact, Originality, and Execution.

- Theme: Does your film meet the rules, requirements, and constraints of the category?
- Impact: Does your film tell a "story" that resonates on an emotional level, provides a lasting impression, or communicates an important takeaway?
- Originality: Were your characters, storylines, visual motifs, and/or music unique, not just a remix of what's already out there? Are you innovating on the ways AI filmmaking tools are being implemented?
- Execution: Does your film have good production value (i.e. editing, pacing, sound design, audio mixing, color correction, text and titles, etc.)?
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All judge scores will be averaged. We want to see films that push the boundary of AI filmmaking!

The Sponsor Awards will be selected solely by that Sponsor's company representative, not by the full judging panel. For example, KLING will select the films that best represent their product and company.

For the community choice award, we had tried out letting the community have a voice in selecting the winners by voting on films. We found that was difficult to moderate, had the potential for voting abuse, and was a little bit of a popularity contest so we've removed it.

For the beginner award, since we expect an huge volume of films this time and it was hard to tell who was a first time creator, we will be sticking to just the 1/2/3 this time.

No teams are not required. You can have a team of up to 15 people. Prizes will be distributed to the team lead who submits the film and it is their responsibility to distribute the prizes based on contribution.

Starting on December 16th, free trials will be available to those that sign up for our mailing list and on our Discord Channel.

You must be 18 years or older to be eligible for prizes.

The competition is open to all except individuals who are residents of, domiciled in, a country, state, province, or territory where the laws of the United States or local law prohibits participating or receiving a prize in the Challenge (including, but not limited to, Russia, Brazil, Italy, and Cuba, Sudan, Iran, North Korea, Syria and any other country designated by the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control) due to government legislation.

Our competition is based in the United States. To prioritize community privacy, we will not collect or track participants’ country of residence. Instead, eligibility will operate on an honor system.

Yes, please tag our accounts and use #projectodyssey

Check the homepage of www.projectodyssey.ai for category and company prizes.

Terms of Service (TL;DR):
- You must be 18 years of age or older to enter.
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- Our competition is based in the United States, and you must be from a non-sanctioned country to be eligible to participate. To prioritize community privacy, we will not collect or track participants’ country of residence. Instead, eligibility will operate on an honor system.
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- You have full ownership of your film, are allowed to post it on social media, and are allowed to submit it to other competitions.
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- You are responsible for canceling any free trials provided by the sponsoring companies.
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- By submitting to Project Odyssey, you grant the competition permission to use your films for promotional/marketing purposes (i.e. posting on the Project Odyssey website, posting a supercut on social media, etc).
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- By participating you grant the competition and our sponsors permission to reach out to you after the competition concludes (i.e. free credits and trials, Season 3 Announcement, etc). Opt out here.
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- Read the full terms of service at https://www.projectodyssey.ai/terms-of-services