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+# Runway AI Festival
+
+**Type:** Annual creative competition and exhibition
+**Parent:** Runway (AI creative tools company)
+**Status:** Active
+**Domain:** Entertainment, AI creative tools
+
+## Overview
+Annual festival showcasing AI-generated creative work across multiple media categories. Originally launched as "AI Film Festival" focused exclusively on filmmaking, expanded in 2026 to "AI Festival" covering six creative domains.
+
+## Timeline
+- **2024** — First AI Film Festival held with ~300 submissions
+- **2025** — Second festival with 6,000 submissions (20x growth); IMAX partnership added for commercial screenings
+- **2026-01-01** — Renamed to "AI Festival" and expanded to six categories: Film, Design, New Media, Fashion, Advertising, Gaming
+- **2026-01-28** — Submission window opens (closes April 20, 2026)
+- **2026-04-30** — Winners announced (scheduled)
+- **2026-06-11** — New York gala at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center
+- **2026-06-18** — Los Angeles gala
+
+## Structure (2026)
+**Categories:** Film, Design, New Media, Fashion, Advertising, Gaming
+**Prize per category:** $15,000 cash + 1M Runway credits
+**Selection:** 10 finalists per category for gala screenings
+**Venues:** Alice Tully Hall (Lincoln Center, NYC); Los Angeles venue TBD
+**Distribution:** Partner festival screenings worldwide
+
+## Significance
+The festival represents institutional infrastructure for AI creative tool adoption, transitioning from hobbyist/experimental filmmaking community to multi-domain professional creative ecosystem. The 2026 expansion to commercial categories (Advertising, Gaming) tests whether tool-based creative communities can maintain identity while scaling across professional domains.