HKAIIFF AI FILM INDEX
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 →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
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.
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 →| Component | Status | Live Since |
|---|---|---|
| AI Film Tools & Workflow Pool | ✅ Live | Live since May 2026 |
| AI Film Project Pool | 🔜 Coming | After first city station cycle |
| AI Creator Pool | 🔜 Coming | After first city station cycle |
| Curated Lists | 🔜 Coming | Once 20+ projects sediment in Pool |
| Market Lists | 🔜 Coming | After 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.
