Re:Frame 2026 Open Call
Berlin | Short Films & Expanded Moving Image

Re:Frame is a new curatorial platform by CiLENS dedicated to East and Southeast Asian and diasporic moving image.

Emerging from four years of CiLENS and Indie Chinese Cinema Week, Re:Frame does not mark a break, but a shift: from Sinophone cinema outward, toward the broader field of East and Southeast Asian moving image and its diasporas. It does not aim to represent Asia as a unified field, but to engage with it as a space of differences, frictions, and partial connections.

Selected works will be presented in Berlin in Autumn 2026 through curated screening programmes, expanded formats, and public discussions.

Submission Categories
Re:Frame accepts submissions in two main categories:

1. Short Films
Fiction, documentary, and animation

2. Expanded Moving Image
Experimental film, video art, hybrid works, and performance-based moving image practices

Works that move between or across these categories are also welcome.

Eligibility
Open to filmmakers and artists from East Asia, Southeast Asia, and their diasporas, or to works that engage substantively with these contexts.
- Duration: under 30 minutes
- Completion date: after 1 January 2024
- Non-English works must include English subtitles

Timeline
- Open Call opens: 7 April 2026
- Early Bird Deadline: 5 May 2026, 23:59 CET
- Regular Deadline: 30 June 2026, 23:59 CET
- Notification of Selection: July 2026

Submission Fees
Short Films / Expanded Moving Image (under 30 minutes)
- Early Bird: €8
- Regular: €12

All fees are non-refundable.
Fee waivers are available upon request via: programme@cilens-film.org

Submission Platforms
FilmFreeway
https://filmfreeway.com/ReFrameFestBerlin

Toujiang
https://www.toujiang.today/filmfest/721

More Information
https://www.cilens-film.org/reframe