Calls for entries

  • Experimental Superstars 11 Call For Entries

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    Experimental Superstars is an international festival of experimental films.

    We accept experimental films, experimental documentaries, and music videos that utilize film techniques, including dance film, animation, and other experimental approaches. While we are not a large festival, we boast a dedicated audience and a versatile, high-quality program. 

    Only works suitable for screening will be considered for selection; video installations are not accepted. 

    The festival takes place in Novi Sad, Serbia. 

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Novi Sad, Serbia

    Deadline: 

    Tuesday, March 25, 2025 (All day) to Monday, June 30, 2025 (All day)
  • BEAST International Film Festival 2025

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    BEAST IFF 8.0 is looking for short films to join its Official Competition Programme – productions from Central & Eastern Europe or by filmmakers of Eastern European descent worldwide irrespective of theme, as well as films by international filmmakers with a focus on the CEE region.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Porto, Portugal

    Deadline: 

    Repeats every week 1 times. Also includes Sun Apr 20 2025.
    Tuesday, April 1, 2025 (All day)
    Monday, April 21, 2025 (All day)
  • 3. Tramway Film Festival - Call for entries

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    3, 2, 1 - we are ready for new films! Send us your submissions for the 3rd Tramway Film Festival (22 to 26 October 2025) via filmfreeway

    Three sections:
    - Cineverso - cinema from the other side (short fiction films | competition)
    - Cine Sin Fine - cinema without end (experimental, fiction-documentary hybrids, essays and avant-garde films | competition)
    - Cine Polaco - a review of selected polish shorts (fiction, experimental, fiction-documentary hybrids, essays and avant-garde films | non-competition)

    Eligibility:

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Warsaw, Poland

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, June 15, 2025 (All day)
  • X nodoCCS Video Festival Open call 2025 Art in Motion: The Rhythm of Inquiry -Unfolding New Narratives

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    X nodoCCS Video Festival
    Open call 2025
    Art in Motion: The Rhythm of Inquiry -Unfolding New Narratives
    Closes August 31st 2025

    Inspired by the vision of nodoCCS and its founders, Diana Rangel and Maria Bilbao·Herrera two Venezuelan artists, this initiative invites artists to submit video works that dissolve the distinctions between genres and disciplines, merging visual art, performance, and digital media into cohesive expressions.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Caracas, Venezuela

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, August 31, 2025 (All day)
  • Texture - Call for Entries

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    Texture
    September 10, 2025 at Elastic Arts, Chicago

    Texture is a two hour film-on-film screening. We'll be showing boundary pushing works projected as 16mm film prints. We're looking for experimental and documentary works 20 minutes and under that exist as 16mm film prints but please consider submitting if you have something longer that you think could be a good fit. We will not be showing any digitally projected films.

    Submission fees: 

    Fees charged - Waiver available

    Location: 

    Chicago, United States

    Deadline: 

    Thursday, July 31, 2025 (All day)
  • Open Call for Exhibition and Artist-in-Residence Opportunity for Media Artists

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    The Reese Bullen Gallery at Cal Poly Humboldt is currently accepting exhibition proposals for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 academic years. The Reese Bullen Gallery seeks proposals from both nationally-recognized and emerging artists and curators. Proposals will be considered for solo, two-person, and small group exhibitions.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Arcata, United States

    Deadline: 

    Sunday, May 4, 2025 (All day)
  • Underneath the Floorboards Spring Deadline OPEN

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    Spring deadline Now Open.

    For our 14th 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 ten thousand views for our last edition.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    London, United Kingdom

    Deadline: 

    Tuesday, April 1, 2025 (All day)
  • CosmiX Festival IV

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    CosmiX explores the multitude of the experimental through the fourth edition of its festival revealing a program of this genre. It will take place from Thursday 29th to Saturday May 31th 2025 at the film theatre Saint-André des Arts in the heart of the latin area in Paris, France. The first evening will be dedicated to films rooted in the experimental cinema history while the two second nights will program the short films competition.

    There will be three different competitions : Best french film, Best international film and the public's choice.

    Submission fees: 

    Free submissions

    Location: 

    Paris, France

    Deadline: 

    Thursday, March 20, 2025 (All day)
  • Adriatikino - Call for Entries

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    Adriatikino is the Adriatic Film Exhibition celebrating Analog Footage Film.

    We are looking for short films up to 15 min that have most of their footage in analog format. Included found footage, archive creatively used, or whatever on celluloid support.

    Any genre is accepted, especially if the language challenge the orthodoxy.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Fermo, Italy

    Deadline: 

    Tuesday, April 15, 2025 (All day)
  • F-VaCe - Video-Art and Experimental Film Festival

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    F-VaCe was born thanks to the support and work of former students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Salamanca, as a way to take advantage of and disseminate the degree works, and to exhibit our artistic research to the public.

    Submission fees: 

    Submission fees are charged

    Location: 

    Salamanca, Spain

    Deadline: 

    Saturday, April 19, 2025 (All day)

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