InShadow is an international festival dedicated to screendance and moving image, held annually in Lisbon from mid-November to mid-December. We celebrate bold, innovative and hybrid works at the intersection of dance, cinema and visual arts. The festival program includes International Competitions in Videodance, Documentary and Animation, as well as performances, exhibitions, installations, workshops and masterclasses.
The Marienbad Film Festival is an international film festival based in Czech Republic focusing on works of an experimental nature, marginal forms of cinema, contemporary moving image, and artistic & challenging films. The festival is dedicated to analog filmmaking on 16mm and 8mm, to film performances, videoart, videographic criticism and contemporary moving image. → https://marienbadfilmfestival.com/program/en/open-call-copy-2/ ←
The Marienbad Film Festival invites authors and authors' collectives to submit audiovisual works to two separate competitions. 1. International Competition for Films of an Experimental Nature 2. International competition of audiovisual essays and videographic criticism
Every fall for the past twenty-five years, the Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival has occupied the Casino de Montbenon (which is actually NOT a casino - but this almost-120 years old building is simply named that way) and various other places in Lausanne. During five days, the festival commits to offering an avant-garde and outside of the mainstream artistic programme, combining films screenings, sound performances, workshops, exhibitions, and book launches.
KINOSKOP - 7TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANALOG EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA - CALL FOR ENTRIES STRICTLY ACADEMIA - SPECIAL EDITION
8-9 March 2026
Kinoskop, Belgrade’s indie/niche festival dedicated to analog cinema, announces its ad hoc 7th edition, different in scope and style from the previous editions, which reflects and ponders on the current situation of film festivals and cultural events in Serbia and the absence of our 2025 edition.
Short Circuit's themed screenings continue into 2026 with an invite for filmmakers to share their films for our April programme VILLAGE PEOPLE
What is a village? Whether urban or rural, ancient or evolving, villages and villagers are diverse and resilient with their own identities, conflicts and celebrations. What communities do we picture and what voices do we hear when we talk of ‘Village People’. As ever we look forward to seeing your submissions, interpretations of the theme - and visiting your villages.
The Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Cineautopsia, celebrates its XII (12th) edition in 2026.
We call upon works and artists from Colombia and around the world who are nonconformist and dissident toward the predominant modes of production and creation; we privilege the author’s gaze in unique creative processes of plastic exploration, making use of diverse technologies/resources/media, and developing individual, collective, or interdisciplinary dynamics of creation.
Videotage will publish D-normal/V-essay: Videotage Edition - Open Call in June 2026. From now until 6 February 2026, video creators worldwide are invited to submit their video essays.
9th BEAST IFF – Festival of Central & East European Film June 3 - 7 2026 Porto, Portugal
Submissions: until April 30
Entering its 9th edition, BEAST International Film Festival is returning to Porto, turning it into the centre of Central & Eastern European cinema culture through screenings, masterclasses, workshops and several industry-related events.
