Calls for entries

  • Nation Faces: Reimagining Americana

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    The Hudson Milliner Art Salon is seeking art that speaks to America—not just the political body—but the place, the culture, and the feeling, interpreted across time and by distinct peoples. America can be a frontier plain or a gilded skyscraper, and it belongs to everyone. 

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Hudson, United States

    Deadline: 

    Monday, December 15, 2025 (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, United States

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, November 30, 2025 (All day)
  • Found Footage Magazine - Call for Contributions

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    The call for contributions for the 2026 edition of the film studies journal Found Footage Magazine is now open, and submissions for essays, interviews, video-essays, film and book reviews will be accepted through June 1st, 2026.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    , Online

    Deadline: 

    Monday, June 1, 2026 (All day)
  • Late Deadline Screener Short Films Festival 7th Edition

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    7th EDITION SSF is open for submissions!!
    And the LATE deadline is around the corner....LAST CALL!!

    We are a short film festival based in Hackney, London. We will screen the finalist films on a specific Hackney venue. 

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    London, United Kingdom

    Deadline: 

    Monday, October 20, 2025 (All day)
  • 27th dresdner schmalfilmtage

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    27th dresdner schmalfilmtage
    Festival for 8 and 16mm film
    12 - 15 March 2026
    deadline: November 30, 2025

    Online registration: (Code 27SFT for free submission)
    https://schmalfilmtage.de/call-for-entries/

    IMAGE: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION SUPER8/16 Award Winner (Jury prize) 2025: Guillaume Anglard @guillaumeanglard – DECADENTIA (09:35 min, 2024, Super 8, Frankreich)

    Submission fees: 

    Fees charged - Waiver available

    Location: 

    Dresden, Germany

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, November 30, 2025 (All day)
  • Open Call for 2026 Cosmic Rays Film Festival: A Festival of Experimental, Essay, First Person, and Artists' Film

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    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 Submissions: WOEFF 2026

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    Wide Open Experimental Film Festival 2026 is seeking submissions for screenings in Spring 2026 in Oklahoma City. Regular deadline October 15; late deadline November 30.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Oklahoma City, United States

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, November 30, 2025 (All day)
  • Submissions for Oberhausen 2026 are now open

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    72nd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 28 April – 3 May 2026
    Submit now to the competitions of the 72nd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Oberhausen, Germany

    Deadline: 

    Repeats every day 1 times. Also includes Sun Jan 18 2026.
    Friday, October 10, 2025 (All day)
    Monday, January 19, 2026 (All day)
  • OPEN CALL: Exquisite Corpse - A Video Sculpture

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    We’re seeking submissions for Exquisite Corpse, a collaborative video installation reimagining the Surrealist drawing game. Artists are invited to submit silent video works (1–3 minutes) inspired by one of 12 body parts — eyes, mouth, hair, shoulders/arms, hands, chest, belly, back, butt, genitals, legs, feet. Each piece should offer a personal, political, poetic, or abstract interpretation of the assigned part through your own aesthetic lens. Excerpts of previous work are allowed.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    New York, United States

    Deadline: 

    Thursday, August 14, 2025 (All day)
  • OPEN CALL - Pollen: Video Spells

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    A curated program showcasing experimental and avant garde explorations of music, movement, and moving images. send your gnarled poems and whispered spells to join a chorus of queer chromatic seers. Video Spells will program open call film submissions alongside dance and sound performances. stemming from over 25 years of community curation as part an experimental art venue located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Brooklyn, United States

    Deadline: 

    Tuesday, September 30, 2025 (All day)

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