Challenge Guidelines

Everything you need to enter the Qolaba AI Film Challenge in one place. The four tracks, how submission works, the six week timeline, the prize breakdown, the judging criteria, and the official rules. Read this once before you post your entry.

01Tracks

Four main tracks run in the challenge. Film and Advertising each cover a few related lanes, Unreal and What If is the wildcard, and A Day With is its own thing. Every entry picks one track on the submission form.

01

Film

Create a short film, tell a story, or build an entire world.

  • Film Formats & Genres
  • Storytelling
  • World Building
02

Advertising

Create an ad, a product visual, or a full campaign.

  • Advertising
  • Product & Design
  • Marketing Campaign
03

Unreal & What If

Wildcard

Imagine a world that could never exist in real life.

  • Fictional Mars tourism campaign
  • Dream inspired fashion collection
  • An entire fictional brand
  • Mumbai in 2126
04

A Day With…

Spend a day inside someone else's story.

  • A day as an astronaut
  • A day as your pet
  • A day in 2150
  • A day inside a painting

02Timeline

Five key dates, from the teaser to the results announcement. The same schedule appears on the main page's participant facing roadmap.

  1. 1
    August 27

    Challenge Teaser

    Discover the challenge and get inspired.

  2. 2
    September 1 – September 21

    Submissions Open

    Create and submit your entry from September 1 to September 21.

  3. 3
    September 22 – October 4

    Upvoting Period

    Vote for your favourite entries from September 22 to October 4.

  4. 4
    October 5 – October 17

    Judging Period

    The jury reviews and scores entries from October 5 to October 17.

  5. 5
    October 18

    Results Announced

    Winners and results are revealed on October 18.

03How to Submit

This is a guide to the process, not a live form. The real entry form lives in-platform and opens once you've started creating.

The 10 steps

  1. 01Register for the Qolaba AI Film Challenge.
  2. 02Use your 2 free video series generations to create on Qolaba.
  3. 03Create an original piece of work.
  4. 04Publish at least one post publicly on a supported social platform.
  5. 05Tag the official Qolaba account in the post.
  6. 06Include the official Qolaba link in the post.
  7. 07Submit through the official entry form.
  8. 08Keep the post publicly available until winners are announced.
  9. 09Optional: publish a second post to unlock a third free generation.
  10. 10Agree to the official competition terms.

Supported platforms: Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, and Facebook. You only need to publish on one of them. Up to 2 entries per participant (1 mandatory, 1 optional), and both can be in different tracks.

Submission form, field by field

Entry details

  • Name
  • Creation name — auto filled from your video series name (editable)
  • Category (dropdown of all 4)
  • Short description (optional)
  • Link to social post #1 (mandatory) — tap the “+” to add links if you posted the same video on other platforms too. Extra links are only to verify cross posting; it still counts as one submission.

Legal

  • I confirm this is my original work.
  • I agree to the competition terms and conditions.
  • I consent to Qolaba featuring my submission.

The Qolaba requirement: Qolaba must be meaningfully used in creating your submission, and you should be able to explain how in the form above.

04Awards

Same prize structure shown on the main page's Prize Pool section. All Qolaba time and cash figures below are placeholders pending team confirmation.

GRAND PRIZE · The Qolaba AI Film Challenge Winner

6 Months of Qolaba Free

+ $1,000 Cash Prize + Social feature + Creator spotlight + Certificate + Potential Qolaba collaboration

Second Place

Runner up

3 Months Qolaba + $500 Cash

Category Awards

One winner per category · 4 winners

3 Months Qolaba each

Special Awards

Most Creative · Most Mind Blowing · Audience Choice · Best New Creator · Best Use of Qolaba

3 Months Qolaba each

05Judging

Every entry is scored by the jury against five weighted criteria, 100 points total. Audience Choice is decided separately by community voting or social metrics, so follower count never influences the main judging.

CriteriaPoints
Creativity & Originality30
Execution20
Storytelling / Communication20
Use of AI15
Overall Impact15
Total100

06Rules & Eligibility

The core participation rules, repeated here for reference (same source as the How to Submit section above).

Eligibility & entries

  • Open to anyone who registers for the challenge, no AI experience required.
  • Up to 2 submissions per participant: 1 mandatory, 1 optional. Both are eligible for judging and can be in different tracks.
  • Qolaba must be meaningfully used in the creation of every submission.
  • Entries must be original work created by the participant.
  • Posts must stay publicly available on their social platform until winners are announced.
  • Supported platforms: Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Facebook. One platform is enough.

07FAQ

Same questions as the FAQ on the main page, shared here for convenience.

08Contact

The doc doesn't yet specify a support channel for this campaign. Generic placeholders are shown below until the team confirms real contact details.

Contact details pending confirmation
Support email
support@qolaba.ai (placeholder)
Response time
To be confirmed
Discord
discord.gg/qolaba
Socials
@qolaba_ai on X, Instagram, TikTok