Calls for entries

  • CROSSROADS 2017 Call for entries

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    Founded by filmmaker Bruce Baillie in 1961, San Francisco Cinematheque is the Bay Area’s premier venue for avant-garde/experimental, underground and personally expressive film and video work. In our steadfast dedication to exhibiting works of aesthetically radical cinema from all historical eras and geo-political locales, San Francisco Cinematheque celebrates the breadth and depth of this vibrant art form in all its myriad expressivities.

    Cinematheque seeks submissions of recent films and videos for CROSSROADS 2017, the eighth manifestation of our annual film festival to be held  May 19–21, 2017 at San Francisco’s Victoria Theatre. CROSSROADS 2017 will showcase new film/video works by emerging and established filmmakers, including performance and works of “live cinema.” Cinematheque seeks submissions of compelling non-commercial, artist-made work of all genres and durations.

    Dates: 

    Tuesday, November 15, 2016 (All day)
    Thursday, December 15, 2016 (All day)
    Sunday, January 15, 2017 (All day)

    Venue: 

    Victoria Theatre - San Francisco, United States

  • Open Call 'End(less)' Contemporary video art festival

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    Second edition of a contemporary video art festival with an international selection of video artists and film makers showing their vision on the theme of 'End(less)', translated to infinity, life & death, circle of life, transformation, etc. The video's will be screened in a mystical underground space, part of Museum Romeinse Katakomben (MRK) in Valkenburg, the Netherlands. 

    Museum Romeinse Katakomben is a historical Roman museum. Wandering through the underground passages you will discover the ancient Rome of the second and third century. You descend to the graves of ordinary Roman citizens and to the beautiful tombs of prominent Romans. The video festival is part of the contemporary program of this museum.

    Dates: 

    Thursday, September 15, 2016 (All day)

    Venue: 

    Museum Romeinse Katakomben - Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands

  • Call for Entries CineAutopsia 2017

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    The Bogotá Experimental Film Festival / CineAutopsia open its call for entries for artists to participate with Audiovisual Artworks, that have an experimental development and non-commercial concept. We accept all works that fits into the experimental film category and all its sub genres like found footage, essay film, video dance, video performance, expanded cinema, experimental animation, abstract film, experimental documentary, video art, real virtuality, direct animation or any other alike.

    Dates: 

    Sunday, November 6, 2016 - 00:00 to 22:55

  • Experiments in Cinema v12.3 call for submissions

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    Basement Films’ annual international film festival is proud to announce our call for submissions for Experiments in Cinema v12.3 (April 18-23, 2017). Our call for submissions is open from August 1 – November 1, 2016 so don’t wait! See www.experimentsincinema.org for our online submissions form.

    Experiments in Cinema seeks new and old work that moves beyond traditional narrative, experimental, and documentary forms. We are interested in cinema that "steps on toes", questions authority, complicates traditions, experiments with form and content, and provides us with a view into the world that we have never seen before—challenge us (if you dare)!

    Dates: 

    Tuesday, November 1, 2016 (All day)

  • Call for submission for 8th Cairo Video Festival

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    Medrar for Contemporary Art is accepting applications for the 8th Cairo Video Festival, which will take place in February, 2017.

    Initiated by the Cairo-based artist initiative Medrar for Contemporary Art in 2005, this festival continues its focus on providing a platform for sharing and discussing newly produced high concept/low-budget experimental videos and films. Based on a call for works by emerging artists, the festival program takes the format of a concise series of video screenings, accompanied by talks and discussions with active video-makers and curators to tackle some of the key themes and issues presented in the works.

    Dates: 

    Friday, September 30, 2016 (All day)

    Venue: 

    Medrar For Contemporary Art - Cairo, Egypt

  • Re:Cinema - Open call for moving images works that engage with the cinematic

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    We seek moving image works for a curated program that examines the idea of the cinematic in relation to the contemporary image­scape. Please submit recent creative, original and diverse works that explore ideas of the cinematic in a variety of ways. The program will premiere at the 2016 Sydney Underground Film Festival. No submission fee.

    DEADLINE: 5 September 2016

    Submit your work here: http://www.recinema.net/2016/

    Dates: 

    Monday, September 5, 2016 (All day)

  • Scream but not Cry Call for Entries

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    Blacklight Film + Video Series is currently seeking submissions for the upcoming Scream but not Cry film screening on August 29th, 2016 at Sediment Arts in Richmond, VA.

    Scream but not Cry is a screening that aims to move the viewer from a state inaction to action. It has been created as a response to feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, frustration, and isolation derived from the current social and political climate. We are seeking work that explores these feelings in an attempt to actively combat them. We are seeking any form of social or political activism expressed through film and/or video.

    Dates: 

    Wednesday, August 17, 2016 (All day)

    Venue: 

    Sediment Arts - Richmond, United States

  • FLAMIN Productions: Round 7 Call for submissions

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    Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN) has recently announced its next call for entries for FLAMIN Productions, a unique two-stage commissioning fund for London-based artist filmmakers.

    Successful applicants will be awarded £30,000 each in production funding, as well as a development programme with ongoing support and professional mentoring. The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 24 October, and FLAMIN will host a special information session at the ICA on Wednesday 28 September for those wishing to find out more.

    Dates: 

    Monday, October 24, 2016 - 17:00 to Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 16:55

  • 24th Chicago Underground Film Festival Call for Entries

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    Now in our 24th year, the Chicago Underground Film Festival, the longest running “underground” film festival in the world, is an internationally recognized program providing a venue for documentary, experimental and avant-garde narrative film and video. The festival’s mission is to select and screen film, video and related works presenting a diverse line up of moving image programming focusing on filmmakers working to reinvent and explore new approaches to established practices, to foster new forms of media art and to build an audience for such work. Our goal is to achieve these aims by presenting a fun, user-friendly and accessible event..if you suspect your film is “underground,” it probably is.

    Dates: 

    Saturday, October 1, 2016 (All day)
    Thursday, December 1, 2016 (All day)
    Friday, January 6, 2017 (All day)

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