3, 2, 1 - we are ready for new films! Send us your submissions for the 4th Tramway Film Festival (19 to 22 November 2026) via filmfreeway

Three sections:

Autumn/Winter Open Call - we are now accepting submissions for our next editions of MicroActs, evenings of artist short film!

This open call is for our next two editions of 2026, which will take place in September & December this year. Each edition will showcase a selection of exciting & inspiring Artist Film from all over the world; the selected submissions will be notified which edition they are curated in.

This program contemplates the idea of the film surface (emulsion), which is inherent in the production and showcasing of images, as a mirror for the environments which are captured. We are interested in films that dismantle the image so it becomes space, and inversely, in films that dismantle space so it becomes an image. What might it mean for an image to undergo a series of chemical or physical changes which may eventually result in the impossibility of representational content?

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.