Higgsfield is doing it again. Less than two weeks after announcing the winners of its $1,000,000 Global Film Festival — where Purga Studio’s Listen to Meh took the $500,000 top prize — the platform has launched a brand-new competition: the Higgsfield Talent Contest, with another $1,000,000 in cash and 20 winning places.
The prizes
- Top three films: $200,000, $150,000 and $100,000
- 2 Audience Choice awards: $50,000 each, decided by viewer votes
- 15 nomination prizes: $30,000 each
That is $1,000,000 in total, spread across 20 films — more winners than the Festival’s 14.
What to make
- A complete, original film between 3 and 7 minutes long
- Open theme — any story, genre or visual style
- The entire film must be created inside a Cinema Studio submission project, from start to finish, with your assets and generations kept in that project
- Upload your final cut with the Higgsfield watermark
- Work in public and share your progress, or keep your project private — your choice
How judging works
Entries go through screening, then a shortlist, then a jury verdict. The judges rank the top 20 films, and the two Audience Choice awards are decided separately by viewer votes.
The deadline — and it is soon
The contest opened on November 12, and submissions close on Thursday, November 26, 2026, at 17:00 UTC (12:00 noon EST). That is a two-week sprint — half the Festival’s window — so if you are entering, the time to start is now.
Full details and entry: the official Higgsfield Talent Contest page. You will also find it in our Festivals and Deadlines listings, alongside the other competitions we track.
Good luck — and if you enter, tell us. We would love to watch what you make.
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