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  • EMAF 2027 - Call for Entries

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    We look forward to receiving your entries for EMAF 2027!

    Starting now, recent works for the sections Film, Installation and Expanded can be entered via our online platform for EMAF 2027.

    Please note the following change:

    The call for entries will close as soon as 2,200 entries have been received, or the latest on 15 December 2026.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Osnabrück, Germany

    Deadline: 

    Tuesday, December 15, 2026 (All day)
  • Meshwork: Pittsburgh Visual Music Festival Call for Entries

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    OPEN CALL: Meshwork — Pittsburgh Visual Music Festival

    February 25–28, 2027 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Meshwork: Pittsburgh Visual Music Festival invites submissions of experimental film, animation, visual music, and expanded audiovisual work for its inaugural edition, taking place February 25–28, 2027, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Pittsburgh, United States

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, December 20, 2026 (All day)
  • Milan Machinima Festival 2027

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    The Milan Machinima Festival has opened the call for submissions for its 2027 edition, marking ten years of curatorial engagement with machinima, game-engine cinema, and moving-image practices shaped through virtual worlds.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Milan, Italy

    Deadline: 

    Wednesday, December 30, 2026 (All day)
  • DELETE TV - Experimental Filmmakers Wanted

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    DELETE TV is an independent underground video art festival exploring experimental film, moving image and the wonderfully unknown. We showcase bold work from artists, filmmakers, outsiders, humans and machines from around the world through international broadcasts and livestreams.

    For Luck, for Laughs, for the Unknown.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    London, United Kingdom

    Deadline: 

    Thursday, December 31, 2026 (All day)
  • 11th Laterale Film Festival

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    LATERALE FILM FESTIVAL is an international non-competitive festival of cinematic art organized by the Associazione Culturale Laterale.

    Its aim is to highlight the most innovative aspects of contemporary audiovisual languages and to bridge the gap between artistic research and public engagement. Particular attention is given to young and independent filmmakers, as well as to self-made, no-budget works that result from individual exploration.

    The eleventh edition of LATERALE will take place in Cosenza (Italy), at Cinema Italia, in August 2027.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Cosenza, Italy

    Deadline: 

    Repeats every day 1 times. Also includes Sun Nov 29 2026, Wed Dec 30 2026, Sat Jan 30 2027, Sat Feb 27 2027, Tue Mar 30 2027, Thu Apr 29 2027.
    Thursday, December 31, 2026 (All day)
  • Moinho Cine Fest - 9th Edition

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    Submissions for the 9th Moinho Cine Fest are open, and we want your film, music video, or videodance work on our screen in April 2027 in Matosinhos, Portugal. If you are looking for a festival that rewards creators fairly, this is your moment.

    Here is what makes this edition unmissable:

    Monetary Awards and Certificates

    Our Jury will present a set of distinguished awards:

    Submission fees: 

    Fees charged - Waiver available

    Location: 

    Matosinhos, Portugal

    Deadline: 

    Thursday, December 31, 2026 (All day)
  • MicroActs Spring/Summer Open Call

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    We are now accepting submissions for our next editions of MicroActs, international & experimental short film screenings in London, UK.

    This open call is for our first two screenings of 2027, which will take place in April & June next year in London, celebrating our 10th anniversary! Each edition will showcase a selection of unique short films across genres and from all over the world; the selected submissions will be notified which edition they are curated in. 

    Submission fees: 

    Fees charged - Waiver available

    Location: 

    London, United Kingdom

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, January 10, 2027 (All day)
  • CULTIVATE Open Call for films

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    For artists and filmmakers our call for experimental and non-traditional short docs round themes of enriching and growing CULTIVATE is now open for submissions.  

    From tending to roots of belonging to the cultivation of interests and knowledge. From fostering a culture of understanding to nurturing to fields, food or blossoms.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Brighton, United Kingdom

    Deadline: 

    Friday, January 15, 2027 (All day)

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