Violent tendencies and good table manners are never far apart in the films of Mari Terashima. Her work often plays on the double meaning of “taste”— both a marker of refinement and class, and a violent expression of the desire to consume. From a bloodthirsty toy dog with a penchant for fine dining, to a troupe of self-mutilating, tea party-hosting aristocrats, the three films in this collection, made between 1986 and 2009, combine eccentric characters with imagery at once abject and delicious.
We are now assembling the next collection of strange and experimental films from Southern California for The New Film Underrground Volume 15 showcase. Send us your strange, your surreal and your abstract short films, so they can be included in this undergrround cinema celebration taking place in Hollywood this July.
Films must be 15 min. or less. Filmmakers must be based in Southern Califorrnia.
Film Church is a community salon for experimental films, video art, and DIY media. We hold semi regular events around NYC for filmmakers and artists to connect and share their work.
On May 7th our show is hosted at Lifeworld, in Brooklyn. Details can be found at filmchurch.nyc
Featured artists... Anna Remus - Jonathan Seungjoon Lee - Ulla Reiss - Will Haydon - Erica Schreiner - Guan Huang - Julia Cooke - Joslyn Crocco - Walter Smits - Rebecca Shenfeld - Lydia Kuzak
Partnering with LEIMAY, Pollen will present a third night of expanded cinema on May 10, 2026 at CAVE featuring two curated programs of video spells and expanded cinema performances.
Program 1, Veils of Pearl redux, plunges towards unknowingness, testing the memory of stone and bone revitalized after a season of snow. Program 2, Bloomdances, flourishes with flickering memory and cosmic movement in search of a loamy center.
A curated program showcasing experimental and avant garde explorations of music, movement, and moving images. send your gnarled poems and whispered spells to join a chorus of queer chromatic seers. Pollen programs open call film submissions alongside dance and sound performances. stemming from over 25 years of community curation as part an experimental art venue located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Almost 7 hours long, Ken Jacobs' magnum opus is a social critique of the USA, as poignant and relevant today as in the 1950s.
One of the American avant-garde's most prolific figures, Ken Jacobs (1933-2025) eagerly embraced digital filmmaking in the late 1990s.
From the monumental Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son to his Nervous Magic Lantern performances and more recent digital and 3D explorations, Jacobs's work is an uncompromised declaration of love for cinema.
About Little Scuzzy “In a larger city, it's like there's this stream of energy going, and all you have to do is jump into that stream and get wet. In the middle of the Midwest, you have to dig the fucking well” - Paul Mahern, Zero boys
The Climate Film Festival (CFF) is New York City’s first city-wide film festival dedicated to climate in all its forms. From narrative and documentary features to experimental shorts and music videos, CFF harnesses the transformative power of motion pictures, showcasing new and established voices, classic climate films, and energizing human stories.
CFF promotes climate storytelling across genres and from a broad range of perspectives. We welcome features, shorts, and TV & Internet episodes across formats, including:
Submission fees:
Submission fees are charged
Location:
New York, United States
Deadline:
Repeats every week 1 times. Also includes Thu May 14 2026.
Co-founded by Golden Bear winning director Adina Pintilie in 2010, Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival is an annual event dedicated to experimental films and visual arts. BIEFF aims to promote highly innovative films and filmmakers with strong personal views on contemporary reality, which also daringly explore the boundaries of cinematic language.
Submission fees:
Submission fees are charged
Location:
Bucharest, Romania
Deadline:
Repeats every week 1 times. Also includes Thu Jun 04 2026.
Every fall for the past twenty-five years, the Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival has occupied the Casino de Montbenon (which is actually NOT a casino - but this almost-120 years old building is simply named that way) and various other places in Lausanne. During five days, the festival commits to offering an avant-garde and outside of the mainstream artistic programme, combining films screenings, sound performances, workshops, exhibitions, and book launches.
