The Marienbad Film Festival is an international film festival based in Czech Republic focusing on works of an experimental nature, marginal forms of cinema, contemporary moving image, and artistic & challenging films. The festival is dedicated to analog filmmaking on 16mm and 8mm, to film performances, videoart, videographic criticism and contemporary moving image. → https://marienbadfilmfestival.com/program/en/open-call-copy-2/ ←
The Marienbad Film Festival invites authors and authors' collectives to submit audiovisual works to two separate competitions. 1. International Competition for Films of an Experimental Nature 2. International competition of audiovisual essays and videographic criticism
▫ 디지털 및 슈퍼 8 필름 : Chris H.Lynn (미국) ▫ Digital and Super 8 film : Chris H.Lynn (US) 1. 〈느린 시선의 방을 위한 13개의 시선〉 13 Views for the Slow Viewing Room Urban Silence Project를 위해 특별히 제작된 새로운 풍경 영화 (사운드가 포함된 디지털 비디오) A new landscape film created specifically for the Urban Silence Project (Digital video with sound) 2. 〈표류하는 시간의 기록〉 Journal of Drifting Hours 슈퍼 8 필름을 디지털 비디오로 변환한 작품 A Super 8 film transferred to digital video 슈퍼 8 필름은 무성으로 상영된다. 이 영상은 떠도는 순간들, 서정적인 장면들, 기억의 충동, 풍경 연구, 그리고 시각적 메모들
On 31 March and 1 April, Image Forum Cinémathèque (Tokyo) will screen four films under the title ‘An Introduction to 8mm Film in 2026’, including the final work of Yoichiro Serizawa, who sadly passed away last year.
The 2026 edition of the Courtisane Festival returns to Ghent from 1–5 April, bringing together filmmakers and artists working at the intersection of experimental cinema, political reflection and audiovisual research. The festival continues its long-standing commitment to cinema as a space of inquiry—where historical works and contemporary practices meet in carefully curated thematic programs.
Dates:
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 (All day) to Sunday, April 5, 2026 (All day)
CHROMA: Image & Sound is an experimental film and music festival based in Knoxville, Tennessee.
We present short and feature-length experimental films in conversation with hand-selected, carefully curated music. Rather than treating sound as accompaniment, each program is conceived as a dialogue between moving image and live ambient and experimental music, allowing both to shape the experience of time, space, and attention.
Submission fees:
Submission fees are charged
Location:
Knoxville, Estados Unidos
Deadline:
Repeats every month on the 1 of March, April, May 3 times.
On 31 March and 1 April, Image Forum Cinémathèque (Tokyo) will screen four films under the title ‘An Introduction to 8mm Film in 2026’, including the final work of Yoichiro Serizawa, who sadly passed away last year.
Lothringen, a Seoul-based film collective, and KU Cinema present Masqué derrière le nom de la plus fameuse des fleurs, a curated program showcasing the work of Rose Lowder and Anne-Marie Faux.
Dates:
Saturday, April 4, 2026 (All day) to Sunday, April 5, 2026 (All day)
Curating the future through rooted experimental practices
interlaced.tv is an online platform dedicated to advancing the dialogue around analog video practices. It serves as both a curated exhibition and a dynamic space for artists, makers, and enthusiasts engaged with innovative and unconventional approaches to video art. By embracing resistance and imperfection, interlaced.tv celebrates a diverse range of independent, experimental works that interrogate the materiality and unpredictability of the moving image.
Regular submissions close March 15, 2026.
Submission fees:
Submission fees are charged
Location:
, Online
Deadline:
Repeats every week 1 times. Also includes Sat Apr 04 2026.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE FILM-MAKERS' COOPERATIVE 2026 NEW YEAR/NEW WORK FESTIVAL! SUBMIT YOUR FILM TODAY: tinyurl.com/nynw2026.
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: APRIL 10, 2026, 11:59PM EST.
Calling all filmmakers, video-makers, and moving image artists! We are now accepting submissions for our 13th annual New Year/New Work festival. The festival will take place at The Film-Makers' Cooperative screening room over two evenings: Thursday, May 7th, and Friday, May 8th, at 7pm.
