Upcoming deadlines

  • Found Footage Magazine - Call for Contributions

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    The call for contributions for the 2026 edition of the film studies journal Found Footage Magazine is now open, and submissions for essays, interviews, video-essays, film and book reviews will be accepted through June 1st, 2026.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    , Online

    Deadline: 

    Monday, June 1, 2026 (All day)

  • SPIEXFF 2026 Call for Entries

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    Saint Petersburg International Experimental Film Festival (SPIEXFF) is now calling for entries to the competitions of its 1st edition.
    The festival focuses on new works that develop their own visual language and explore unconventional perspectives and forms. SPIEXFF is conceived as an open platform for innovative, unexpected, and original approaches in experimental cinema.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Saint Petersburg, Russia

    Deadline: 

    Wednesday, June 10, 2026 (All day)

  • Fugue State Season 2: Call for Submissions

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    Fugue State, presented by Disassociative Productions and Agitate21C, is a festival of experimental, radical, political, and avant-garde cinema of all sorts, including expanded cinema and VR experiments. The festival has traveled to multiple partner venues including The Film-Maker's Coop in NYC, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, Elastic Arts Foundation and Comfort Station in Chicago, and more.

    Submission fees: 

    Fees charged - Waiver available

    Location: 

    Chicago, United States

    Deadline: 

    Repeats every week 1 times. Also includes Thu Apr 23 2026, Tue Jun 23 2026.
    Wednesday, June 24, 2026 (All day)

  • L’Alternativa 2026 Call for Entries

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    L'Alternativa 2026 Call for entries

    L’Alternativa, Barcelona Independent Film Festival, celebrates its 33rd edition this year. We offer filmgoers, filmmakers and industry professionals a unique opportunity to discover and enjoy screenings and activities that value creative freedom, diversity, innovation, commitment and thought-provoking reflection.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Barcelona, Spain

    Deadline: 

    Tuesday, June 30, 2026 (All day)

  • Call for Entries: Altered Images Festival 2026

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    Call for Films Now Open!
    We're excited to announce that Altered Images is now accepting submissions — and our Early Bird period has officially begun!

    Altered Images is a project dedicated to film and music experimentation, bringing together artists from diverse disciplines to create original, boundary-pushing works showcased at our upcoming event in London (UK).

    We are seeking bold, innovative filmmakers from around the world whose work engages with New Media Arts, Sound, Performance, Inclusivity, Feminism, and Queer Activism.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    London, Reino Unido

    Deadline: 

    Repeats every month on the 16 of April, August 2 times.
    Sunday, August 16, 2026 (All day)

  • The 2026 Film and Video Poetry Symposium

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    The Film and Video Poetry Society

    The Film and Video Poetry Symposium is a 28-day annual event that is rooted in Los Angeles, CA. Venues range from micro-cinema to architecturally significant facilities. We host a video art gallery for the duration of the event and occasionally present satellite programming internationally.

    The Symposium has hosted with Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Maysles Documentary Center, Boston Court Performing Arts Center, The Getty Villa, Arts on Site NYC, Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, Cinema Kosmos Moscow, PAM, Revive Theater LA, and the University Library of Leuven.

    All events presented by the Symposium are free to the public.

    The Symposium draws a general audience alongside poets, filmmakers, students, scholars, cinema enthusiasts, and public officials from around the world. In-person discussions, Q&As, and reflective engagement are facilitated. Participants also benefit to the fullest extent our resources allow, including free lodging when possible, travel, visa assistance, and opportunities for meaningful networking and professional visibility.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Los Angeles, Estados Unidos

    Deadline: 

    Monday, August 31, 2026 (All day)

  • Detour - Low-budget & Experimental Cinema

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    Detour is a film festival with a pure independent spirit. We believe true creativity and fine art is not entirely dependent on big budgets in order to flourish. Our aim is to support and promote films that are challenging and beautiful, those that speak to our hearts and make us think. We are looking for free-thinking films and filmmakers that create fantastic art despite the budgets and other limitations.

    We want to see your best films either following a traditional narrative or a more challenging and experimental one, with true grit and low-budget mindframe.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Leiria, Portugal

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, October 18, 2026 (All day)

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