Calls for entries

  • Chroma: Image & Sound Film Festival

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    CHROMA: Image & Sound is an experimental film and music festival based in Knoxville, Tennessee.

    We present short and feature-length experimental films in conversation with hand-selected, carefully curated music. Rather than treating sound as accompaniment, each program is conceived as a dialogue between moving image and live ambient and experimental music, allowing both to shape the experience of time, space, and attention.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Knoxville, United States

    Deadline: 

    Repeats every month on the 1 of March, April, May 3 times.
    Sunday, March 1, 2026 (All day)
    Wednesday, April 1, 2026 (All day)
    Friday, May 1, 2026 (All day)
  • Fugue State Season 2: Call for Submissions

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    Fugue State, presented by Disassociative Productions and Agitate21C, is a festival of experimental, radical, political, and avant-garde cinema of all sorts, including expanded cinema and VR experiments. The festival has traveled to multiple partner venues including The Film-Maker's Coop in NYC, Los Angeles Center for Digital Arts, Elastic Arts Foundation and Comfort Station in Chicago, and more.

    Submission fees: 

    Fees charged - Waiver available

    Location: 

    Chicago, United States

    Deadline: 

    Repeats every week 1 times. Also includes Thu Apr 23 2026, Tue Jun 23 2026.
    Tuesday, February 24, 2026 (All day)
    Friday, April 24, 2026 (All day)
    Wednesday, June 24, 2026 (All day)
  • ecoSYNTH² - Call for Films, VR & Digital Performances

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    ecoSYNTH² — Call for Films, VR & Digital Performances

    Vorspiel 2026 · CTM × transmediale
    30–31 January 2026 · Berlin

    ecoSYNTH² returns for its second edition as part of Vorspiel 2026 (CTM × transmediale), hosted by TOP Lab, Berlin’s first biolab and transdisciplinary community space.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Berlin, Alemania

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, January 18, 2026 (All day)
  • Underneath the Floorboards - Regular Deadline Open Call

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    For Underneath the Floorboards' 15th Edition we will be continue our online event, which will be screened for a four weeks by our online platform: https://www.visualcontainer.tv/ which screens worldwide to maximises our international exposure. We got over Eleven thousand views last time around, and this time we're aiming for more. We'll also have a live event in the South of France for this edition

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    London, United Kingdom

    Deadline: 

    Wednesday, February 4, 2026 - 17:30
  • The 2026 Film and Video Poetry Symposium

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    The Film and Video Poetry Symposium is a 28-day annual event that is rooted in Los Angeles, CA. Venues range from micro-cinema to architecturally significant facilities. We host a video art gallery for the duration of the event and occasionally present satellite programming internationally.

    The Symposium has hosted with Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Maysles Documentary Center, Boston Court Performing Arts Center, The Getty Villa, Arts on Site NYC, Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, Cinema Kosmos Moscow, PAM, Revive Theater LA, and the University Library of Leuven.

    All events presented by the Symposium are free to the public.

    The Symposium draws a general audience alongside poets, filmmakers, students, scholars, cinema enthusiasts, and public officials from around the world. In-person discussions, Q&As, and reflective engagement are facilitated. Participants also benefit to the fullest extent our resources allow, including free lodging when possible, travel, visa assistance, and opportunities for meaningful networking and professional visibility.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Los Angeles, United States

    Deadline: 

    Monday, August 31, 2026 (All day)
  • 55. Sehsüchte 2026 - Call for Entries

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    From April 22 to 26, 2026, the 55th edition of the Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, one of Europe's largest festivals for up-and-coming filmmakers, will take place in Potsdam. It offers up-and-coming filmmakers from all over the world a platform to present their work to a wide audience and build contacts in the industry.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Potsdam, Alemania

    Deadline: 

    Monday, January 12, 2026 (All day)
  • EXiS 2026 Call for Entries

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    EXiS 2026 Call for Entries!
    23rd Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul (EXiS)

    Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul (EXiS) is now calling for entries to the competitions of its 23rd edition. We value artists’ films made with an original vision that take challenges and aesthetic adventures.

    Entry deadline is March 20, 2026. To submit your work, please check the regulations and use the entry form on the festival's website.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Seoul, South Korea

    Deadline: 

    Friday, March 20, 2026 (All day)
  • The Great Lakes Listening Series: Call For Submissions

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    Great Lakes Listening Series is a new experimental listening event that presents multichannel sonic artworks within a cinema space. Our inaugural program will be hosted by the Union Cinema at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, with support from the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology and the UWM Department of Film, Video, Animation and New Genres.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Milwaukee, Estados Unidos

    Deadline: 

    Saturday, January 31, 2026 (All day)
  • New York City Independent Film Festival 2026 - Experimental Section - Call For Entries

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    The New York City Independent Film Festival - Experimental Section is now accepting submissions for its 18th edition.

    The festival screens in central Manhattan (Times Square) and welcomes work by artists of all nations.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    New York, Estados Unidos

    Deadline: 

    Thursday, January 15, 2026 (All day)
  • Video Art Night 2026: Open Call For US-Based Video Artists

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    AURORA invites artists to submit proposals for the Video Art Night 2026 program, taking place on the evening of April 17, 2026 at the AT&T Discovery District in Dallas, Texas, during a one-night free public art event that will transform the outdoor site.

    Regional and national artists and collectives, aged 18 and above, are invited to propose their moving image artworks for the opportunity to be included in the 2026 VAN program.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Dallas, Estados Unidos

    Deadline: 

    Friday, January 30, 2026 (All day)

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