Calls for entries

  • Kinesthetic Cinema - Open Call for Interactive Films/Videos/Performative Media

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    We are seeking submissions of "kinesthetic" or, interactive media that invites audiences to kinesthetically engage and/or participate beyond a single-channel theater-viewing experience. This open call welcomes film, video, and/or performance works that prompt or engage the viewer kinesthetically—through spoken word, sound, song, gesture, or full-body movement.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Columbus, United States

    Deadline: 

    Monday, September 1, 2025 (All day)
  • 64th Ann Arbor Film Festival

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    Call for Entries for the 64th Ann Arbor Film Festival opens July 1 and runs through September 30, 2025.

    The 64th Ann Arbor Film Festival will take place in person March 24–29, 2026, with Awards Programs online March 30 - April 13.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Ann Arbor, United States

    Deadline: 

    Tuesday, September 30, 2025 (All day)
  • Grain Urbain – 2nd Edition / Call for Films Open

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    GRAIN URBAIN is back after a successful first edition. This international experimental film festival, dedicated to urban spaces and aesthetics, is now launching its open call for the 2026 edition in Paris.

    We are looking for formally inventive short-films that explore the complexity, diversity, and poetics of urban life.

    Submit now to be considered for the official competition:
    https://filmfreeway.com/GRAINURBAIN

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Paris, France

    Deadline: 

    Repeats every month 1 times. Also includes Wed Oct 29 2025, Sat Nov 29 2025.
    Monday, September 1, 2025 (All day)
    Thursday, October 30, 2025 (All day)
    Sunday, November 30, 2025 (All day)
  • Call for Submissions: Lives on Fire

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    Putting together a reading/short film program for my friend River Selby and their forthcoming memoir: Hotshot: A Life on Fire. 

    George Saunders describes the book “A beautiful reflection on justice, the environment, the self, and much more.” 

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    BROOKLYN, United States

    Deadline: 

    Saturday, July 19, 2025 (All day)
  • Proceso De Error - Festival Internacional De Video Experimental 2025

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    PROCESO DE ERROR is a non-competitive international festival focused on experimental video. Since 2014, it has taken place in Valparaíso, Chile, with screenings held in cinemas, museums, cultural venues, on a boat over the sea, and in various international locations.Organized by INVE, Experimental Arts Platform — a creative, horizontal space grounded in mutual support — the festival embodies a collaborative spirit. Its aim is to bring these types of works closer to the general public, as well as to creators, thinkers, and enthusiasts of cinema and expanded arts.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Valparaíso, Chile

    Deadline: 

    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 (All day)
  • Altered Images Festival 2025 - Call for Artists

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    CALL FOR ARTISTS
    Deadline: 15th August 2025
    Event Date: TBC | Location: London

    Altered Images is a platform for experimental film, video art, installations, and live music. We're inviting visionary artists with a love for innovation and collaboration to submit their proposals and be part of our future events.

    This open call is for:

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    London, United Kingdom

    Deadline: 

    Friday, August 15, 2025 (All day)
  • Like a fish to water: 16mm film residency in Kerala, India

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    This 10 day residency will see participants delving into the medium of b/w 16mm film hands-on, with the outcome of making their own analog black and white motion-picture experimental short films. 

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Kerala, India

    Deadline: 

    Thursday, July 10, 2025 (All day)
  • Films of Return: Filmmakers & Video Artists Face the Climate Emergency

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    Deadline extended to July 10th.

    Films of Return is an online film and video art festival organized by A La Luz that will showcase works by filmmakers and video artists from across the globe who are addressing the urgency of the environmental breakdown our world is facing and its far-reaching consequences. We invite artists worldwide to submit films and video art works which shed light on the complex and urgent challenges of the climate emergency, inspiring action through creative exploration.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    , Online

    Deadline: 

    Thursday, July 10, 2025 (All day)
  • Live Soundtrack 2025

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    LIVE SOUNDTRACK 2025 - CALL FOR ENTRIES

    Monthly festival / A/V event "Live Soundtrack" is seeking for short or feature films without dialogue, which will be accompanied by alternative soundtracking and live performances by various electronic / ambient/ electroacoustic musicians, during the 9th season of the event (July - December 2025).

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Deadline: 

    Monday, July 7, 2025 (All day)
  • Inmersión expandida spectral

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    5 x DAYS OF RURAL IMMERSION FOR THE CREATION OF EXPANDED CINEMA  WORKS
    WORKSHOPS – SCREENINGS – PERFORMANCES
    CONVERSATIONS – TUTORIALS
    EXPANDED CINEMA

    Emulsion Alteration // Ecological Development // Solarization // Contact Printing + Flat Plint // Expanded Cinema // Electroacoustic Sound

    During the immersion, various workshops will be held to create individual and/or collective expanded film pieces.

    The contents include natural development, solarization, lift-off, contact printing, curating, sound, and expanded film.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Riudoms, Spain

    Deadline: 

    Tuesday, June 24, 2025 (All day)

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