2025
Create with AI, Unfold in the Metaverse
Global Metaverse AI Film Festival
The Birth of a Director
SPONSOR
GMAFF 2025
New directors are rising.
AI and the metaverse have redefined cinema-
now, it’s your turn to direct entire worlds.
GMAFF (Global Metaverse AI Film Festival) is more than just a competition.
It is the beginning of a whole new cinematic industry where digital humans act and AI-written stories blur the boundaries between reality and fiction.
• The metaverse becomes both your set and your screen.
• Films go beyond the screen to become immersive experiences and expansive storyworlds.
• Stories evolve into IP businesses—from NFTs to merch and spin-offs.
To anyone 21
We are looking for just 21 future directors.
Anyone can apply, but only 21 will be chosen to shape the future of storytelling.
Selected creators will receive:
• Opportunities to lead AI creative education and produce content
• Invitations to XR exhibitions, global festivals, and media features
• Priority access to offline workshops and networking events
• IP business consulting and theatrical revenue share opportunities
This is not just the evolution of content,
this is the birth of a new generation of directors.
You are the one who will shape the future of cinema.
THEME
Happy and Brave New World
This year’s theme is more than a slogan — it’s the very foundation of how we create.
GMAFF supports creators who use AI and the metaverse to experiment with new languages of storytelling,
embracing bravery, vision, and the courage to go beyond the limits of reality.
WHO
Anyone, anywhere
no age or nationality limits.
Your work must be original and unpublished.
Anyone
Global
BitCine (about 5 minutes)
MetaFlash (about 30 seconds)
Please optimize your video for 16:9 (landscape) format.
English subtitles recommended.
BitCine
MetaFlash
WHEN
Submission Period
May 12 – June 8 (UTC+9)
Finalists Announced: June 11
Judging: June 11 – 19
JUNE 8
11:59 PM (KST)
AWARDS
2025 JUNE 20
MVEX 2025
Coex Hall C, Seoul, Korea
All finalists are required to attend
Ceremony
COEX, Seoul
Submit via XROMEDA
1. Upload your submission to XROMEDA
2. Fill out the form (Required: Personal info, script, tools used)
All submissions will be featured in a personalized XR Screening Room.
JUDGING
Creativity, Technical Execution, Marketability, Originality
We give higher recognition to works that not only utilize technology skillfully but also integrate it meaningfully into emotional storytelling and immersive worldbuilding.
• Beyond visuals, storytelling with technology is key.
• Focus on immersive design, emotional engagement, and innovation.
• Judging is hybrid: by GMAFF Jury + XROMEDA user reactions (likes, comments).
METAVERSE EXPO
MVEX 2025
The times are rapidly changing, inundating us with concepts to grasp. Amidst the complexity and intricacy of these concepts lies our task:
to understand their interconnections, decipher the new technologies, and ultimately, to reshape the future with these technologies.
We deliver the insight, intellect, and intuition to comprehend the relationships among concepts like
Metaverse, AI, Web3, and even Metanomics.
June 18th - 20th, 2025 |
