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.

WOEFF is looking for anything that falls under the broad umbrella of “experimental film.” We’re interested in unusual techniques, fringe topics, edge cases, longing outsiders and fed-up insiders, films that break machines, films that channel rage onto celluloid, films that quietly observe, films that chaotically invent. Films by thoughtful weirdos, intuitive poets, structuralists, purists, Luddites, avant-gardists, experimenters, artisans. 

In past years, we've showcased works by filmmakers like Tomonari Nishikawa, Kelly Gallagher, Lori Felker, Sasha Waters, Ben Russell, Peter Rose, Dominic Angerame, Bill Brown, Caryn Cline, Gregg Biermann, Crystal Z Campbell, and many many more.

WOEFF will take place in person in Oklahoma City in Spring 2026 and will, as always, be free to attend. We plan to expand WOEFF’s programming for WOEFF FIVE to include artist talks, introductions by film scholars and students, and panel discussions.

This year, we have a maximum duration of 25 minutes for all submitted films. WOEFF has no requirements for films’ premiere status or date of completion.

WOEFF is organized by the Film Department at Oklahoma City University. 

For more information about Oklahoma City University’s Film Department, visit okcu.edu/film and okcu.edu/film-production