Urban Research 2013
Berlin, 7-17 February 2013
Deadline December 25, 2012

Urban Research is a film and video program curated by Klaus W. Eisenlohr for Directors Lounge 2013. Urban Research encompasses explorations of public space, the conditions of urban life, and interventions in the urban sphere, by international film and video artists using experimental, documentary, abstract, or fictive forms. For The 9th International Berlin Directors Lounge artists' moving image in any format except 35mm are welcome.

City life and modernity have been as strongly connected as film and architecture, two art practices, which had a strong impact in shaping the character of the 20th century; playing a major part in establishing and shaping the myth of metropolitanism, the myth of modern art, and of course including the work of self-mystification. During the twentieth century both broadcast radio and cinema embraced the ideological myths of regimes of power. In post-modern, post-histoire, and post-industrial art practice, the controversy between l'art pour l'art and political activism became even more pronounced, their opposition may have been just the flip-sides of one coin, while each side promulgated their part of mythologies, these were capitalized on more by the art market than they were appreciated by centers of power or by a critical public.

Courtisane Festival 2013 - Call for entries
12-21 April 2013, Ghent, Belgium
Deadline: 31 January 2013

Courtisane Festival 2013 will not organise a competition, but we're looking forward to receiving your submissions. From an ecological perspective we highly recommend to send those previews through digital channels (Vimeo, WeTransfer, …)

We request you add these details:

- Title, artist, year of production, country of production, screening format, length & synopsis.
- Contact details: Address, telephone number and emailaddress.

Mail your link and info to info@courtisane.be

If these digital channels are not an option, you can send your submission and info with snail mail. Reduce the packaging to the absolute minimum!

Address:

Courtisane Festival
p.a. KASK
Campus Bijloke
J. Kluyskensstraat 2
9000 Ghent
Belgium

Australian International Experimental Film Festival 2013
Deadline: 18th February 2013

The Australian International Experimental Film Festival is calling for entries for its fourth annual event due to screen in the last weekend in April 2013.

The time has come again to call for entries to the Australian International Experimental Film Festival. We are gearing up for another amazing collection of works to view and are eager to announce that A.I.E.F.F. is now open to receive experimental film and video submissions for consideration of inclusion in its 2013 festival programme. We are aware not everyone on our mailing list is a film/video maker but are keen to get the word out as far as possible so please pass our call onto anyone who may want to know.

As with previous years there is no restriction on production date and works on 16mm and both 8mm formats and expanded cinema are eagerly encouraged.

Guidelines and information for submitting works can be found on our website, http://www.aieff.org/, and online entry forms can be filled out and submitted at the following page: http://www.aieff.org/entryform.php. Please make sure you read the guidelines regarding formats accepted for both previewing and screening before sending in your work.

We are looking forward to receiving exciting work, be it video, film or expanded cinema, so if you have something you think we should see or know someone who may be interested in submitting we will be keen to receive it.

Closing date for submissions is 18th February 2013 (postmarked)

Regulations for entry are available at www.aieff.org/regulations.html

Online entry forms can be completed at www.aieff.org/entryform.php

For further details or to gain extra contact information for A.I.E.F.F. visit www.aieff.org