Calls for entries

  • Braziers International Film Festival - Call For Entries

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    Open Call to all filmmakers.

    The 8th edition of Braziers International Film Festival will run from Aug 28 - 30, 2026, with a 3 day programme of international films, along with installations, live performances, special focus screenings, workshops and discussions, at Braziers Park, Oxfordshire, UK.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    Deadline: 

    Saturday, May 30, 2026 (All day)
  • PXL THIS 35

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    Filmmakers get a fresh chance to enter PXL THIS 35, one of the oddest, oldest, and most experimental film festivals here in L.A., a movie capital.

    “Still NO entry fee,” PXL THIS founder Gerry Fialka said. “Our free, non-competitive, non-commercial film fest returns this fall for its 35th run. Email me <pfsuzy@aol.com>.”

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    , Online

    Deadline: 

    Wednesday, October 22, 2025 (All day)
  • Student Experimental Film Festival (SEFF) at Binghamton University

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    As part of a curating course, Binghamton University’s Cinema Department holds this festival every year. This year’s festival will take place on Friday, November 7th, and the theme is Dwellings. SEFF focuses on experimental, student-made works that challenge the conventional cinematic experience, so our filmmakers are open to interpreting the prompt as they see fit and submit a film of their choice: When you hear the word dwelling, is there a time or place that sticks out to you as memorable? One that feels unforgettable, or runs through your mind?

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Binghamton, United States

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, October 19, 2025 (All day)
  • Grain Urbain – 2nd Edition / Call for Films Open

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    GRAIN URBAIN is back after a successful first edition. This international experimental film festival, dedicated to urban spaces and aesthetics, is now launching its open call for the 2026 edition in Paris.

    We are looking for formally inventive short-films that explore the complexity, diversity, and poetics of urban life.

    Submit now to be considered for the official competition:
    https://filmfreeway.com/GRAINURBAIN

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Paris, France

    Deadline: 

    Repeats every month 1 times. Also includes Wed Oct 29 2025, Sat Nov 29 2025.
    Monday, September 1, 2025 (All day)
    Thursday, October 30, 2025 (All day)
    Sunday, November 30, 2025 (All day)
  • Laterale Film Festival 2026

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    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.

    The tenth edition of LATERALE will take place in Cosenza (Italy), at cinema San Nicola, in August 2026.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Cosenza, Italy

    Deadline: 

    Thursday, April 30, 2026 (All day)
  • CineSalon Experimental Film Festival 2025

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    CineSalon Experimental Film Festival takes place in Cork City and Cobh, Ireland, and online.

    It celebrates personal, poetic and formally experimental filmmaking from across the world, providing a platform for film artists to share and discuss their work with adventurous audiences in a relaxed atmosphere. Curated by filmmakers, this defiantly independent festival exists to showcase the wild reeds of visionary film that ignore accepted cinematic paradigms and are all the more inspiring for it.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Cork, Ireland

    Deadline: 

    Friday, October 24, 2025 (All day)
  • Open call for video art screening

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    We are looking for completed moving image works ranging from 2 to 10 minutes in length, that explore:

    the experience of being seen,
    the act of witnessing,
    surveillance,
    or observation.

    The selected works will be shown in a curated screening, as a featured event of Art Weekend Budapest in late November. If selected, you will need to provide a downloadable mov or mp4 file of the work for the screening.

    Submission deadline: September 26th.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Budapest, Hungary

    Deadline: 

    Friday, September 26, 2025 (All day)
  • EMAF 2026 - Call for Entries

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    Media artists from around the world can now enter their work to be considered for the 2026 European Media Art Festival. The online platform is already open at https://emaf.filmchief.com/entry-forms

    This year's deadline for entries is 22 December 2025.

    We welcome current works in the categories Film (experimental short and feature films), Installation (installative, interactive, spatial or sculptural media art works), and Expanded (performances, live events, or workshops).

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Osnabrück, Germany

    Deadline: 

    Monday, December 22, 2025 (All day)
  • 9th Punto y Raya Festival

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    The Punto y Raya 2025 call for entries is still open. We are inviting filmmakers and visual artists from around the world to submit short, abstract films made entirely of non-figurative images. It's all about colour, form and sound: art in motion in its purest form!

    Participation is free, and submissions are handled via our website: www.puntoyrayafestival.com/resources/articles/24

    Deadline: Monday, 29 September 2025 (inclusive).

    GENERAL RULES

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Sofia, Bulgaria

    Deadline: 

    Monday, September 29, 2025 (All day)
  • Cauldron International Film and Video Festival

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    CAULDRON is an international film and video festival based in Salt Lake City that is dedicated to challenging and innovative motion-picture works in any genre or format.
    Unorthodox film narratives, rogue documentaries, avant-garde cinema, video mashups, abstract video art, genre-bending storytelling... We accept all categories with an eye towards innovation, iconoclasm, personal visions, and any/all unique motion picture experiences.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    SALT LAKE CITY, United States

    Deadline: 

    Tuesday, January 20, 2026 (All day)

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