Festival of (In)appropriation 2012
Call for entries!
Deadline: May 15,2012

Los Angeles Filmforum invites film and videomakers to take part in the 2012 Festival of (In)appropriation.

From collage to hip-hop, remix to mash-up, détournement to machinima, the appropriation of preexisting sounds and images has become integral to the creation of new and provocative works of art –all the more so in the digital era. Artists from diverse backgrounds are taking “found” sounds and images and appropriating them into new works that fundamentally alter the meaning and function of these found objects.

The Festival of (In)appropriation, now in its fourth year, plays on the notion of what an “appropriate” use of a found sound and/or image may be. Since what is considered appropriate always depends on context –being in the “right” place at the “right” time –appropriation is by definition the art of the inappropriate –being in the “wrong” place at the “wrong” time. Indeed, every reuse is, in some way, a productive misuse –a misuse that we celebrate! When films and videos tear materials from one (con)text and place them in another, they question the limits of what is “appropriate” and thereby open the doors to new ways of seeing, hearing, and thinking. At its best, this act of (in)appropriation may produce revelation that leads viewers to reconsider the relationship between past and present, here and there, truth and lie, intention and subversion.

With that idea in mind, Los Angeles Filmforum invites submissions for the 2012 Festival of (In)appropriation! We are open to all works that appropriate film or video footage and repurpose it in inventive ways. We will consider both films and videos, including works that are made up entirely of found footage and those that only use small segments of appropriated material. However, we will only accept films that include some form of appropriation, that are under 20 minutes long, and that were finished in 2010 or later.

The Festival of (In)appropriation will take place at Los Angeles Filmforum in Fall 2012, specific date TBA.
Curated by Jaimie Baron, Lauren Berliner, and Andrew Hall.

25 FPS 2012
25-30 September 2012, Zagreb, Croatia
Submission Deadline: May 1st 2012 (Postmark)
Selection results: July 1st 2012 at www.25fps.hr
Entry form: www.25fps.hr/Entry-Form/

25 FPS International Experimental Film and Video Festival is organized by the 25 FPS Association for Audio-visual Research, Zagreb, Croatia.
25 FPS promotes innovative and alternative visual expressions, original visual concepts, works of stylistic, linguistic and media diversity, works based on the tradition of avant-garde and experimental genre.

Eligibility
Experimental films and videos up to 60 minutes completed after January 1st 2010 are eligible for 25 FPS Competition Program.

Pre-selection
- DVD is accepted as preview copy. It will NOT be returned to the sender.
- DivX or other formats on CD are NOT accepted as previews.
- DVD and a filled (printed) entry form must be sent to the Festival address.
- When sending a DVD, please indicate “For cultural purposes only, no commercial value” on the package or you may be required to pay customs duties.
- Festival accepts previews submitted by link, but only with a filled entry form.
- If the work applied by link enters the second round of pre-selection, Festival will require the work on DVD. In that case the applicant will have to send a DVD at their own expense.
- If the film has a dialogue in any language other than English, preview must be subtitled in English or accompanied by a printed dialogue list.

Experimental film and new media from the Middle East and North Africa
Call for Submissions
Deadline February 1st 2012

The Arts at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, a visual arts exhibition program, is planning a Spring 2012 program of experimental film and new media from the Middle East, North Africa, and their diasporas. Inspired by the Arab Spring and its potential for a radical redress of oppressive structures of power, the program explores ways in which power determines frames of social and cultural visibility. Drawn from work both invited and solicited through this call, the program examines marginalized subjectivities. Submitted work should address gender and sexuality, (cross) border identities, counter-cultural practices, or other experiences not commonly reflected in mainstream narrative films.

This program is co-sponsored by Artist Television Access and the San Francisco Arab Film Festival. There are no limitations on length and no fees for submitting your film. For submission form and guidelines please send an email to [email protected].