Hackathon Awards

Best Film

Overall excellence of a film.

Best Narrative

Originality, coherence, and emotional impact in storytelling.

Best Character

Creativity, depth, and emotional resonance in AI-generated or AI-enhanced characters.

Best XR Film

Innovative use of AI to create immersive and interactive extended reality experiences.

Best Creative Usage of AI

Visionary use of AI in novel ways beyond standard tools.

Best Visual

Aesthetic and motion quality and technical innovation in visual storytelling.

Best 3D Generation

Excellence in AI-driven 3D generation, modeling, animation, and rendering.

Best Music/Sound

 Exceptional use of AI in composing, sound design, or audio production.

All the Eight Winners have the opportunity to participate and showcase their works at Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival in California on March 11, 2025 and Hong Kong AMC AI Film Festival on Apirl 19, 2025! Best XR Film & Best 3D Generation Winner will also have the opportunity to showcase their works at HarvardXR on April 19, 2025! The Winner project’s creator wil have the opportunity to come shoot in JaguarBite’s virtual production stage (1 shooting day + 1 setup and rehearsal day).

And there are more special prizes for our Award Winners!

Sponsor Special Awards

Our esteemed sponsors will have dedicated special tracks, highlighting projects that creatively integrate the sponsors’ tools into their filmmaking workflows!

🏆Autodesk Special Award! 
👉 Wonder Studio: An AI-driven tool that automatically animates, lights, and composites CG characters into live-action—or any visual-based—scenes. (https://wonderdynamics.com/) 
👉Project Reframe: An experimental prototype that uses Virtual Reality to record and edit character motion with ease and precision. (https://projectreframe.info/intro)

💎  Prizes for The Autodesk Special Award
🔥- Both the ‘Wonder Studio’ and ‘Project Reframe’ winners will be granted the unique opportunity to join the Autodesk Research Residency!
(https://www.autodesk.com/technology-centers/research-residency-program)
The Residency is a research and development program where a diverse global community of innovators from industry, academic, and entrepreneurial sectors collaborate to design, make, and de-risk the future together. Resident teams are provided access to our global network of residents and employees, in-person and online events, free access to various software tools, and our advanced Technology Center facilities.
🏆Hyper3D.AI Special Award! 
👉  [Rodin Gen-1.5](https://hyper3d.ai/rodin) – Transform images or text into near-production-ready 3D assets in seconds with 3D ControlNet and advanced quad face topology.
👉 [ChatAvatar](https://hyper3d.ai/chatavatar) – Instantly generates high-quality 3D facial assets from images or text.
👉 [Omnicraft](https://hyper3d.ai/omnicraft) – A suite of free 3D tools, including HDRI Generation, Texture Generator, 3D Search, Mesh Editor, Model Viewer, and Format Converter.
👉 Recognized at SIGGRAPH – Awarded [Best Paper Honorable Mention & Real-time LIVE](https://sites.google.com/view/clay-3dlm) for pushing the boundaries of 3D AI.

💎 Hyper3D.AI Special Award Winner will receive
-🥇 1-Year Hyper3D Business Plan (Valued at $1,152)
-📦 $1,000 Amazon Gift Card
-🌍 Exclusive feature on our official social media and website
🏆OpenArt Special Award!
👉 [Characters Feature](https://openart.ai/characters): Create, pose and place multiple consistent characters. Here’s a [quick youtube tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4dZBQ5d5Lo) to create your first character.
👉 [AI Image Generation](https://openart.ai/create): 100+ models including FLUX, Stable Diffusion and more, plus all kinds of powerful image guidance controls.
👉 [Image to Video](https://openart.ai/apps/image-to-video): With Kling 1.6, transform static images into dynamic sequences and bring life to your story.
👉 [OpenArt Editor](https://openart.ai/create?mode=edit): a range of tools to refine every scene with precision. 

💎 Prizes for OpenArt Special Award
– 🥇Free Lifetime OpenArt Infinite Subscription
– 🔥Feature on Our YouTube Channel (30k+ filmmakers & creative professionals)
– 🌍Spotlight on OpenArt webapp & social media (4 million+ active users worldwide)
– 🔥Exclusive [OpenArt Discord](https://discord.gg/pZGwgWXxde) Badge (creative community with 260k+ verified members)
🏆Meshy Special Award! 
👉 MeshyAI, (https://www.meshy.ai/) the global leader in 3D creation, with over 20 million 3D models and a community of more than 2 million 3D creators—the largest worldwide! 🌍🚀
👉 Recognized by A16Z as the only 3D AI tool in Most Popular AI Tool among Game Developers’, Meshy stands out in the 3D tool sector for its innovation and impact. 

💎 Prizes for Meshy Special Winner
-🥇 1-Year Meshy Max Subscription
-📦 Best-selling 4K Bluetooth projector on Amazon
-🌍 Spotlight on Meshy’s social media
🏆Pixverse Special Award! 
👉PixVerse (https://app.pixverse.ai/) is a powerful generative AI model which lets you effortlessly transform multi-modal inputs (e.g., text prompts, images and videos) into stunning videos within minutes. Explore the boundless possibilities of artistic creation with PixVerse!

💎 Prizes for PixVerse Special Award Winner
-🥇 1-Year PixVerse Premium Membership
-🌍 Spotlight on PixVerse Social Media
🏆MolyPix.AI Special Award! 
👉MolyPix.AI: (https://molypix.ai) An AI-powered graphic design tool that instantly transforms a single sentence into stunning visuals—delivering accurate text, perfect images, and flexible editing to reinvent how you create. 
👉 Create your Film Poster with MolyPix.AI! We will select the best AI Film Poster!

💎 Prizes for MolyPix.AI Special Award Winner
-🥇 2-Year MolyPix.AI Pro Membership
-🌍 Spotlight on MolyPix.AI’s social media and website