Basement Films’ annual international film festival is proud to announce our call for submissions for Experiments in Cinema v11.4 (April 6-10, 2016).

We are seeking new and old moving image art that will engage audiences with the magic and wonder that IS undependent cinema!  Submissions might be (but are not limited to) essay films, dance films, film poems, structural films, post-structural films, underground films, abstract films, experimental narratives, experimental documentaries, video installations, transgressive films, portrait films, political films… Challenge us and we will be happy (if your creative output requires fancy press packages, agents to be contacted, high rental fees, a world premiere, descriptions like “…think The Little Mermaid on steroids…,” or character development that can only be understood in terms of a traditional narrative arc,  you might do well to find a different festival to screen your film).

Our call for submissions is open from August 1 – November 1, 2015 so don’t wait! See www.experimentsincinema.org for our online submissions form.

• The festival supports Super 8, Regular 8, 16mm, 35mm and, high resolution digital file (Quicktime, AVI, any non-proprietary codec)
• EIC accepts works produced from any year, century or alternative dimension.
• Individual entries are $20 each. If an artist submits 3 or more works, the entry fee is reduced to $15 per entry. We prefer payment via Paypal, but will accept checks or money orders payable in U.S. funds.
• Artists submitting from outside the United States and artists whose work we have accepted to previous festivals are NOT required to pay an entry fee.

For  additional information contact festival director Bryan Konefsky at [email protected] or print traffic controller Nicole Hoch at [email protected]