Calls for entries

  • Premium Deadline OPEN CALL:

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    Premium Deadline OPEN CALL.

    Underneath the Floorboards, shows the best of experimental film, documentary, animation and video and digital art.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    London, United Kingdom

    Deadline: 

    Thursday, December 4, 2025 (All day)
  • Open Call: Films for Freedom, Presented by The Film-Makers' Cooperative and Canyon Cinema

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    Please join The Film-Makers’ Cooperative and Canyon Cinema in support of Fall of Freedom – an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    New York, United States

    Deadline: 

    Monday, November 10, 2025 (All day)
  • International open call for entries | Video Art Miden

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    Video Art Miden invites all video artists and video creators from all over the world to submit their videos for the next events & collaborations of Miden, which include screening events and video art exhibitions in Greece and internationally.

    The call will be open until November 30, 2025.

    There is no entry fee.

    There are no thematic or morphological restrictions, but note that the curatorial focus of Video Art Miden is experimental art videos and not narrative short films. Videos under 6min duration will be preferred.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, November 30, 2025 (All day)
  • VIII International Bad Video Art Festival OPEN CALL

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    The VIII edition of BAD VIDEO ART FESTIVAL will take place in January/February 2026 (exact dates will be announced later) on Visualcontainer TV, the platform for video art since 2009.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    , Online

    Deadline: 

    Monday, December 1, 2025 (All day)
  • Media City Film Festival's 2026 Call for Entries: 28th edition

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    Media City Film Festival’s call for entries for its 28th edition is now open. The festival will take place in person in Windsor–Detroit, September 15–19, 2026.

    Follow this link to fill out MCFF’s online entry form (or click the icon below). 2026 Guidelines and detailed instructions are available as you navigate the form. An additional FAQ is available at right.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Windsor, Canada

    Deadline: 

    Friday, May 1, 2026 (All day)
  • Antifa Film Screening 2

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    This is an open call for short  films (experimental or traditional) that have themes of anti-fascist dreams and hopes. Films that show  how a world that resists fascism could look like or already does look like.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    New York, United States

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, October 26, 2025 (All day)
  • Submit short films for The Gathering Dark Film Night

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    As part of The Gathering Dark exhibition, on 13th November the Brewery Market (Twickenham UK) will be hosting a night of short films. If you have a film (15 min max) that explores themes associated with the darker part of the year (Winter rituals, seasonal animations etc) we’d like to include it in the programme. The screening be in the bar via Vimeo so please send a link to https://vimeo.com/clutterfox

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Twickenham, United Kingdom

    Deadline: 

    Wednesday, November 12, 2025 (All day)
  • Berlin Masterclass & Screening (Cinematic Synesthesia / TCS 2025)

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    Application deadline: Monday, 20 October 2025 (23:59, Berlin time)

    EFS Film School (Experimental Film Society/Rouzbeh Rashidi) and Tehran Contemporary Sounds invite final applications for the two-day, tuition-free masterclass “Experimental & Personal Filmmaking.” Now in its third year, the Cinematic Synesthesia collaboration convenes a curated cohort for an intensive workshop focused on the poetic and philosophical dimensions of experimental practice.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Berlin, Germany

    Deadline: 

    Monday, October 20, 2025 (All day)
  • Odds and Ends Experimental Film Festival Call for Entries

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    Odds & Ends is an experimental film festival located in Charlottesville, Virginia. The festival will hold its fourth annual screening on February 21, 2026 at the Vinegar Hill Theatre and will be presented by Light House Studio.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Charlottesville, United States

    Deadline: 

    Friday, December 5, 2025 (All day)
  • Arquiteturas Film Festival 13th edition - "Urban Age"

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    How can film help us reflect on the urban age we inhabit, and on the ways cities and territories are shaped by today’s social, political, and environmental challenges?

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Oporto, Portugal

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, November 2, 2025 (All day)

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