Festivals

Archivio Aperto 18th edition: Time of Liberations

By Marcos Ortega on Fri, 19/09/2025 - 04:32

Archivio Aperto is the festival dedicated to the rediscovery of small-format film heritage — private, amateur, experimental, artist’s cinema — and their contemporary reuse organised by Home Movies – Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia.
Dates:
Friday, September 26, 2025 (All day) to Tuesday, September 30, 2025 (All day)
Celluloid Now 2025 Full Program Announcement

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 18/09/2025 - 05:01

The Chicago Film Society is thrilled to announce programming for the third edition of Celluloid Now: four days of screenings and workshops showcasing the work of filmmakers and artists creating work in analog film formats, alongside archival rediscoveries and restorations.
Dates:
Thursday, October 9, 2025 (All day) to Sunday, October 12, 2025 (All day)
Venue:
Gene Siskel Film Center - Chicago, United States
25 FPS - International Experimental Film And Video Festival

By Marcos Ortega on Tue, 09/09/2025 - 03:28

The international competition will feature 25 films focusing on humanity and its conceptual and literal fragility, turbulent existential crises, and cracks in time, space and ourselves; the festival opens with an exhibition by Italian visual artist Rosa Barba.

21st 25 FPS Festival will take place from September 23 to 27, 2025 at Kinoteka cinema in Zagreb, with a grand opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art. After Zagreb, the festival continues at Art-kino cinema in Rijeka (September 30, October 1 and 3), and at Multimedia Cultural Centre Split (October 30).
Dates:
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 (All day) to Saturday, September 27, 2025 (All day)
Venue:
Kino Kinoteka - Zagreb, Croatia
Budva Video Art Festival

By Marcos Ortega on Sun, 07/09/2025 - 05:31

The first Budva Video Art Festival's theme is contemporary nomadism and a glimpse into a new reality. Films chosen for selection have in common a certain sense of wandering, artistic pilgrimage. Works showcased at the first edition are in search of a certain cinematic language and common ground in times of crises. An attempt to observe and describe the rapidly changing context we are placed in as artists and spectators.

Featuring:
Dates:
Saturday, September 13, 2025 - 21:00
Venue:
Cultural Center Auditoria - Budva, Montenegro
CROSSROADS 2025

By Marcos Ortega on Tue, 19/08/2025 - 05:25

CROSSROADS 2025 is the sixteenth manifestation of Cinematheque’s annual film festival. CROSSROADS 2025 features 47 works of film, video and performance by 47 artists representing 19 countries and territories presented in 8 curated programs.
Dates:
Friday, August 29, 2025 (All day) to Sunday, August 31, 2025 (All day)
Venue:
Gray Area / Grand Theater - San Francisco, United States
Elevation Film Festival 2025

By Patrycja Loranc on Sat, 09/08/2025 - 12:47

Elevation Film Festival
Sat 6th - Sun 7th September 2025

Elevation is a celebration of experimental film and artists’ moving image from around the world.

In our second edition, we'll be screening over 55 films, installations and expanded cinema performances from 14 countries over one weekend, including a dedicated programme for filmmakers based in Cornwall and Devon.

Dates:
Saturday, September 6, 2025 (All day) to Sunday, September 7, 2025 (All day)
Venue:
Maker Heights - Millbrook, United Kingdom
Underneath the Floorboards 14th Edition

By Underneath the ... on Fri, 08/08/2025 - 05:58

Underneath the Floorboards 14th edition, showing the best in video art, experimental film, documentary and animation is in Now Showing (free) on VisualcontainerTV. This selection celebrates the innovative, experimental, and non-linear expressions of video art.
Dates:
Monday, July 28, 2025 - 12:00 to Monday, August 25, 2025 - 12:00
2025 CUT! Experimental Film Festival

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 17/07/2025 - 08:09

2025 CUT! Experimental Film Festival
July 24 - Aug 2, 2025
Cinematheque・Passion＋ CCCN Macau ＋ Convento da Ilha Verde
Dates:
Thursday, July 24, 2025 (All day) to Saturday, August 2, 2025 (All day)
Pan-Cinema - Curitiba Int’l Exp Film Festival 2025

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 17/07/2025 - 02:34

Pan-Cinema presents Focus: Japan
July 29 – October 31, 2025
Cinemateca de Curitiba (Brazil)
All events are free and open to the public

In 2025, Pan-Cinema – Curitiba Int’l Exp Film Festival turns its spotlight to Japanese experimental cinema with Focus: Japan, a special program running from July 29 to October 31 at the Cinemateca de Curitiba.
Dates:
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 (All day) to Friday, October 31, 2025 (All day)
Venue:
Cinemateca de Curitiba - Curitiba, Brazil
16th (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico

By Marcos Ortega on Wed, 28/05/2025 - 06:49

From June 3 to 8, 2025, the city of A Coruña, Spain, will once again become a hub for avant-garde cinema as it hosts the 16th edition of the (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico. This year's festival coincides with the 60th anniversary of the Super 8 film format, a medium that has significantly influenced experimental cinema. The festival pays homage to this format through various screenings and retrospectives, highlighting its enduring impact on the art of filmmaking.
Dates:
Tuesday, June 3, 2025 (All day) to Sunday, June 8, 2025 (All day)

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