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.
The 2025 Wide Open Experimental Film Festival will take place April 4 - 6 at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. The festival is presented by the Film Department of Oklahoma City University. All screenings are free and open to the public.
WOEFF 2025: FREE MOVIES will screen over 50 films from around the world in five programs, as well as a special, in-person presentation by Kelly Gallagher.
Program 1: Openings Friday, April 4, 6 - 7:15pm
Dates:
Friday, April 4, 2025 - 18:00 to Sunday, April 6, 2025 - 16:00
The Wide Open Experimental Film Festival call for submissions is open for the 2025 season!
We’re looking for anything that fits the broad, diverse definitions of experimental or avant-garde cinema, from lyrical to collage to structural to expanded cinema. Your film might include visual experimentation, it might be process-oriented, it might provoke visceral reactions. If it’s thought-provoking, mind-boggling, and eye-opening, we’d love to see it.
The third annual Wide Open Experimental Film Festival, presented by the Oklahoma City University Film Department in partnership with Oklahoma City Museum of Art, will take place April 26 - 28. Five programs will showcase 58 short films from around the world, including works by Tomonari Nishikawa, Lori Felker, Mark Street, Gregg Biermann, Sasha Waters, and more.
Dates:
Friday, April 26, 2024 (All day) to Sunday, April 28, 2024 (All day)
The call for submissions for the 2024 Wide Open Experimental Film Festival is now open. The entry fee is $10 if submitted by the Regular Deadline, October 15; $20 if submitted by the last deadline, November 5.
WOEFF is a festival organized by the Film Department at Oklahoma City University. Inspired by Oklahoma’s wide-open landscape, we want to showcase experimental films that will open peoples’ eyes to the alternative forms, structures, and styles of film.
Submission fees:
Submission fees are charged
Deadline:
Repeats every week 1 times. Also includes Sun Dec 04 2022.
The first annual Wide Open Experimental Film Festival will be taking place at Rodeo Cinema on Film Row (701 W Sheridan Ave) in Oklahoma City, OK April 9 + 10.
Wide Open Experimental Film Festival (W.O.E.F.F.) is a first-year festival organized by the students of Alternative Cinema in the Film Department at Oklahoma City University. Inspired by Oklahoma’s wide-open landscape, we want to showcase experimental films that will open peoples’ eyes to the alternative forms, structures, and styles of film.
