Celebrating its 8th edition, Cosmic Rays Film Festival is an annual celebration of non-commercial short films that extend the idea of film as art. We are accepting submissions August 22 - November 16, 2025.

Cosmic Rays screens work that:

• Experiments with the formal possibilities of film and video.
• Explores hybrid forms and the hard-to-describe spaces between filmmaking modes and genres.
• Speaks with a personal or poetic voice, or explores novel ways of telling stories.
• Eschews convention and commerce.
• Has utopian aspirations and weird friends.

Cosmic Rays is excited by filmmaking that expands our idea of what film is and what it can be.

Visit https://filmfreeway.com/CosmicRaysFilmFestival to learn more and submit your film.