Cosmic Rays Film Festival

A Festival of Experimental, Essay, First Person, and Artists' Film

Cosmic Rays is an annual celebration of non-commercial short films that extend the idea of film as art.

Cosmic Rays screens work that:

  • Experiments with the formal possibilities of film and video.
  • Explores hybrid forms and the hard-to-describe spaces between filmmaking modes and genres.
  • Speaks with a personal or poetic voice, or explores novel ways of telling stories.
  • Eschews convention and commerce.
  • Has utopian aspirations and weird friends.

Cosmic Rays is excited by filmmaking that expands our idea of what film is and what it can be.

Links: 

Website
Facebook page

Contact person: 

Sabine Gruffat/Bill Brown

Email: 

contact@cosmicraysfilmfest.com

Location: 

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
United States
35° 54' 47.52" N, 79° 3' 21.042" W
See map: Google Maps

Category: 

Related content

  • Open Call for 2026 Cosmic Rays Film Festival: A Festival of Experimental, Essay, First Person, and Artists' Film

    By on

    Celebrating its 8th edition, Cosmic Rays Film Festival is an annual celebration of non-commercial short films that extend the idea of film as art. We are accepting submissions August 22 - November 16, 2025.

    Cosmic Rays screens work that:

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Chapel Hill, United States

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, November 16, 2025 (All day)

  • Call for Entries: 2025 Cosmic Rays Film Festival

    By on

    Open Call for 2025 Cosmic Rays Film Festival: A Festival of Experimental, Essay, First Person, and Artists' Film

    Now in its 7th year, Cosmic Rays is an annual celebration of non-commercial short films that extend the idea of film as art. We are accepting submissions August 1 - November 15, 2024. Visit https://filmfreeway.com/CosmicRaysFilmFestival to learn more and submit your film.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Deadline: 

    Friday, November 15, 2024 (All day)

  • 6th Cosmic Rays Film Festival - Call for Entries

    By on

    Cosmic Rays is an annual celebration of non-commercial short films that extend the idea of film as art. Cosmic Rays screens work that:

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Deadline: 

    Friday, December 1, 2023 (All day)

  • Cosmic Rays 2023: Call for Submissions

    By on

    Cosmic Rays is an annual celebration of non-commercial short films that extend the idea of film as art. Cosmic Rays screens work that:

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, January 1, 2023 (All day)

  • Cosmic Rays 2022 - Call for Entries

    By on

    Cosmic Rays is an annual celebration of non-commercial short films that extend the idea of film as art. Cosmic Rays screens work that:

    Deadline: 

    Saturday, January 1, 2022 (All day)

  • Cosmic Rays Film Festival 2020

    By on

    The 3rd Cosmic Rays Film Festival will beam into Chapel Hill on Thursday, March 5th and Friday, March 6th, to present 6 programs of performances and film screenings that explore the artistic possibilities of film and media. All events including all screenings and performances are free and open to the public. Screenings will be held at the historic Varsity Theater (123 E. Franklin Street), and performances will be held at Nightlight (405 ½ W. Rosemary Street).

    Dates: 

    Thursday, March 5, 2020 (All day) to Friday, March 6, 2020 (All day)

  • Cosmic Rays Film Festival: Call for Experimental Films

    By on

    Cosmic Rays screens non-commercial short films that broaden the idea of film as art. We are looking for work that experiments with the formal possibilities of film and video; that explores hybrid forms and the hard-to-describe spaces between filmmaking modes and genres; that speaks with a personal or poetic voice, or explores novel ways of telling stories; that eschews convention and commerce; and that expands our sense of what film is and what it can be.

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, December 1, 2019 (All day)

  • Cosmic Rays Festival of Experimental, Essay, First Person, & Artists' Film

    By on
    Cosmic Rays Film Festival

    Cosmic Rays is an annual celebration of non-commercial short films that extend the idea of film as art. 

    We welcome short work (20 minutes or less) that:

    • Experiments with the formal possibilities of film and video.
    • Explores hybrid forms and the hard-to-describe spaces between filmmaking modes and genres.
    • Speaks with a personal or poetic voice, or explores novel ways of telling stories.
    • Eschews convention and commerce.
    • Has utopian aspirations and weird friends.

    Deadline: 

    Saturday, December 1, 2018 (All day)

  • Cosmic Rays Film Festival 2018 Call for entries

    By on

    Cosmic Rays screens non-commercial short films that broaden the idea of film as art. We are looking for work that experiments with the formal possibilities of film and video; that explores hybrid forms and the hard-to-describe spaces between filmmaking modes and genres; that speaks with a personal or poetic voice, or explores novel ways of telling stories; that eschews convention and commerce; and that expands our sense of what film is and what it can be.

    Deadline: 

    Wednesday, November 1, 2017 (All day)

Directory categories

Random entries