The London & Porto Underground Film Festivals
Deadline 16th September 2013

The London & Porto Underground Film Festivals celebrate the underground, experimental and outsider works of cinema. Our aim is to show work that expresses originality and creativity and that is truly independent in form, content and spirit. We are interested in films that challenge, expand and explore what cinema is, and could be. We are open to submissions of all kinds, both narrative and non-narrative, genre and genreless. We only ask that they are original and creative.

This year, the London Underground Film Festival will take place from 14th to 17th November at The Horse Hospital, as usual. We are also very excited to announce that we’ll be starting a sister festival in Porto, Portugal, that will take place early 2014.

You are free to submit films of any type to the festival, we have no restrictions on genre, style or length.

We are looking for short and feature length films that are non-commercial and non-mainstream. Our concern is to show films from those unique corners of cinema that would normally be ignored or rejected by the commercially driven cinemas. We are interested in the art of cinema, how film can experiment with form and challenge our ideas of what a film is and could be. We specifically seek work that is experimental, poetic, original, underground and unique. We want to show films that will excite, challenge, surprise and enthrall people and give them a cinematic experiment that they won’t forget. We look forward to seeing your film!

The 25th Onion City Experimental Film And Video Festival
Call for entries
Deadline: July 19, 2013

Chicago Filmmakers announces the call for entries for The 25th Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival. Onion City will take place September 5-8, 2013.

Onion City is one of the premiere international festivals exclusively devoted to experimental film and video. Onion City was founded in the 1980's by the Experimental Film Coalition and run by them for many years. Chicago Filmmakers assumed responsibility for the festival in 2001, and expanded the size and opened it up to video work as well as film. It is generally 8-10 programs over four days and features roughly 60-70 works from around the world. Aside from the competition programs, there are occasional special presentations of new or old films of note or guest presentations. Screenings take place at Chicago Filmmakers and other venues around mid-June.
 
The mission of Onion City is to provide local and regional audiences with an opportunity to view a wide variety of contemporary experimental works, focused on artistic excellence but also with an eye towards representing differing styles, forms, and nationalities.

Please read the festival regulations and entry procedures below. Contact Festival Director and Programmer Patrick Friel at onioncity@chicagofilmmakers.org if you have any questions or concerns. You can also enter (with a discount) through Withoutabox at www.withoutabox.com beginning in mid-June.

Studio Two Three: "Emerging Filmmakers" Event
Deadline: May 3 2013 (postmark)

The Studio Two Three Film + Video Series is now accepting submissions for our "Emerging Filmmakers" event. We are seeking submissions for found footage films and videos. This includes all walks of found footage work, including internet videos, mashups, montage compilations, you name it!

We are seeking short videos, under 10 minutes in length. This is a call for student work as well as established film and video makers, please email with any questions.

The Event will be held on April 25 from 7-9pm, in Richmond, Virginia, USA.