HKAIIFF AI FILM INDEX

Not a database. A discovery mechanism.

The HKAIIFF AI Film Index is the long-term content sedimentation system of the Hong Kong AI International Film Festival. Where the Festival is the annual peak and the Hackathon the year-round engine — the Index is the lasting map of what AI cinema produced, who produced it, and with what tools.

Built progressively. The Tools & Workflow Pool is live now. Project Pool, Creator Pool, Curated Lists, and Market Lists arrive as the city stations begin to operate.

Why an Index? Why now?

AI cinema is producing more works in a month than the entire indie film world produced in a decade. Tools are launching weekly. Works disappear when models deprecate. Without a deliberate sedimentation system, the AI cinema of 2026 will become invisible by 2030. The Index is HKAIIFF's answer.

The Three Pools

AI Film Project Pool

🔜 Coming

Where selected city projects, festival entries, lab works, and market candidates live permanently — complete with their AI participation profile, tool chain, prompts, workflow, and creation notes.

Opens after first city stations complete a full cycle.

AI Creator Pool

🔜 Coming

Where directors, writers, designers, developers, AIGC creators, virtual human teams, and brand content teams — the people who entered HKAIIFF's discovery network — are recorded.

Opens alongside Project Pool.

AI Film Tools & Workflow Pool

LIVE NOW

The curated index of AI tools and workflows used in film creation — categorized by production stage, mapped to creative tracks, marked by region. 47 tools in v1, continuously expanded.

Explore the Tools Pool →

The Two List Types

Curated Lists

🔜 Coming

Not a popularity ranking. Not a vote. Periodic editorial lists published by the HKAIIFF curation team — each item with a stated curatorial rationale. The kind of 'best of' that comes from a film festival's judgment, not from clicks.

Annual AI Short Film Watchlist · AI Virtual Character Spotlights · AI City Image Lists · AI Tools Recommended Stack

Market Lists

🔜 Coming

For brands, distributors, investors, and technical partners. Project shortlists aligned with HKAIIFF AI Film Market — Brand Collaboration Ready, Distribution Potential, Technology Incubation. Some entries may be visible only to logged-in industry users.

How the Index Connects to the Hackathon

When a project earns the HKAIIFF City Selection Seat at a city hackathon, it enters the AI Film Project Pool and the creators enter the AI Creator Pool. Tools used in the work flow into the Tools & Workflow Pool when nominated by jurors or the curation team. The Hackathon discovers; the Index sediments.

View the Hackathon City Selection Seat →

What's Live Today

ComponentStatusLive Since
AI Film Tools & Workflow Pool✅ LiveLive since May 2026
AI Film Project Pool🔜 ComingAfter first city station cycle
AI Creator Pool🔜 ComingAfter first city station cycle
Curated Lists🔜 ComingOnce 20+ projects sediment in Pool
Market Lists🔜 ComingAfter AI Film Market 2026
What Cannes built for film festivals over 70 years, HKAIIFF is building for AI cinema in this decade.

Indices, archives, curated lists — the infrastructure of legitimacy. Built one work, one creator, one tool at a time.

HKAIIFF curates, but does not endorse.

Inclusion in the HKAIIFF AI Film Index is a factual record of relevance to AI cinema production. It is not a ranking, score, or commercial endorsement. Tools cannot pay for inclusion. Listed alphabetically within each category. Editorial discretion applies.