Calls for entries

Rhizome DC Fall 2025 Film & Video Open Call

By Marcos Ortega on Wed, 14/05/2025 - 06:06

Rhizome DC and Filament are accepting submissions for our second-ever Film & Video Open Call. Artists and filmmakers from the DMV region are invited to submit short boundary-pushing, genre-defying, or experimental moving picture works for a screening in September 2025. Works shot or projected on film and XR (extended reality) works are encouraged to apply.
Submission fees:
Free submissions
Location:
Washington DC, United States
Deadline:
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 (All day)
interlaced.tv \ call for works

By Bernard Ternes on Tue, 13/05/2025 - 08:06

interlaced.tv is a platform committed to fostering dialogue around analog video practices. More than just a festival, it serves as a curated space for artists, makers, and enthusiasts engaged with component and composite signal routing. Through its curatorial work and critical interventions, the platform brings together a global community of creators exploring innovative and unconventional approaches to electronic moving image-making.
Submission fees:
Submission fees are charged
Location:
, Online
Deadline:
Friday, September 5, 2025 (All day)
Visual Studies Workshop - Project Space Residency 2025

By Marcos Ortega on Mon, 12/05/2025 - 03:59

Rooted in Visual Studies Workshop's mission to provide support to experimental photo, film and media art artists, the goal of the Project Space Residency is to provide time, space, and resources to artists so they can create.
Submission fees:
Submission fees are charged
Deadline:
Monday, June 2, 2025 (All day)
Laterale 2025 - Call for Entries

By Marcos Ortega on Mon, 05/05/2025 - 02:45

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.
Submission fees:
Submission fees are charged
Location:
Cosenza, Italy
Deadline:
Repeats every day 1 times. Also includes Fri Nov 29 2024, Mon Dec 30 2024, Thu Jan 30 2025, Thu Feb 27 2025, Sun Mar 30 2025, Fri May 30 2025.
Thursday, October 31, 2024 (All day)
Saturday, November 30, 2024 (All day)
Tuesday, December 31, 2024 (All day)
Friday, January 31, 2025 (All day)
Friday, February 28, 2025 (All day)
Monday, March 31, 2025 (All day)
Saturday, May 31, 2025 (All day)
Light Matter 2025 - Call for Entries

By Marcos Ortega on Mon, 05/05/2025 - 02:41

2025 Light Matter Experimental Film and Media Arts Festival
November 7-9, 2025

Submissions Open: May 4
Submissions Close: August 15
https://filmfreeway.com/LightMatterFilmFestival

"...a major East coast showcase of experimental film and video"
-Michael Sicinski, In Review Online
Submission fees:
Free submissions
Location:
New York, United States
Deadline:
Friday, August 15, 2025 (All day)
EMAMI ART Experimental Film Festival 2025

By Marcos Ortega on Mon, 05/05/2025 - 02:32

EMAMI ART EXPERIMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025
Festival of Indian and International Experimental Films, Video, and Artists’ Moving Image
Submission fees:
Free submissions
Location:
Kolkata , India
Deadline:
Thursday, June 5, 2025 (All day)
Underneath the Floorboards - Late Deadline OPEN

By Underneath the ... on Sun, 04/05/2025 - 03:15

Underneath the Floorboards' Late Deadline is now open.

We are a festival that shows the best in video art, experimental film, animation and documentary.

This year again we will be showing online for a month via visual container TV so we can reach the maximum audience, last year we reached 13K viewers. We will also be doing a live event in the Tarbes the South of France.

Submission fees:
Submission fees are charged
Location:
London, United Kingdom
Deadline:
Saturday, May 31, 2025 (All day)
Open Call | IV International Poetic Film Showcase MALDITO FESTIVAL

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 24/04/2025 - 09:39

IV INTERNATIONAL POETRY FILM SHOWCASE MALDITO FESTIVAL
Open call for medium and full-length poetic films.
Deadline for entries: 1 April - 30 June 2025
Submission fees:
Free submissions
Location:
Albacete, Spain
Deadline:
Monday, June 30, 2025 (All day)
Open Call | IX International Videopoetry Contest MALDITO FESTIVAL

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 24/04/2025 - 08:56

IX INTERNATIONAL VIDEOPOETRY CONTEST MALDITO FESTIVAL
Open call for videopoetic short films.
Deadline: 1 April - 30 June 2025
Submission fees:
Free submissions
Location:
Albacete, Spain
Deadline:
Monday, June 30, 2025 (All day)
27th edition of the Paris Festival of Different & Experimental Cinemas

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 24/04/2025 - 06:19

Call out for films and videos submissions for the upcoming 27th edition of Paris Festival for Different and Experimental Cinemas (October 2022). The festival is organised by Collectif Jeune Cinéma every year. CJC - Collectif Jeune Cinéma - was founded in 1971 following the New York Filmmakers's Cooperative footsteps. CJC is a cooperative for distribution with the aim to promote visual and cinematic experimental practices.
Submission fees:
Free submissions
Location:
Paris, France
Deadline:
Monday, May 26, 2025 (All day)