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We advise film artists to take time to carefully read the supplied guidelines and ensure that you are eligible for any of the listed festival submissions/grants/bursaries and residencies below; before you begin planning and writing. We also ask film artists to pay particular attention to the deadlines and closing times for any submissions listed on the funders website.
MCFF’s Angelis Novis Network: a rotating congregation of artists, curators, conservationists, funders, filmmakers, and other professionals from Ontario and around the world who convene online and in person throughout the year.
CineMart project submission, International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Deadline: Wednesday 27th August
Barbican Young Film Programmers, London, UK. Deadline: Sunday 31st August
Kyoto Art Center Artist in Residence Program 2026 for Visual Art, Kyoto, Japan. Deadline: Sunday 31st August
Call for Video Screenings, international short film and video and photography symposium, Istanbul, Turkiye. Deadline: Monday 1st September
Pragueshorts 2026, Prague, Czech Republic. Deadline: Monday 1st September
Berlinale Talents, Berlin, Germany. Deadline: Wednesday 3rd September
2025 Ingram Prize, UK. Deadline: Monday 15th September
KADIST Paris Curatorial Fellowship, Paris, France. Deadline: Monday 15th September
Call for Applications: IGNITE-Docs – Cork International Film Festival and Docs Ireland are delighted to invite emerging documentary filmmakers in Ireland and Northern Ireland to apply. Deadline for applications: 5pm, Friday, September 19th 2025
Ann Arbor Film Festival – the oldest experimental film festival in the world. Earlybird Deadline: Thursday 31st July, Regular Deadline :Sunday 31st August, Extended Deadline: Tuesday 30th September
EXPERIMENTAL LOOP INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FEST, New York, USA. Deadline: Tuesday 30th September
Arts and Disability Connect Round Two 2025 Opens: Monday 18th August, Deadline: Tuesday 7th October at 4pm, Come and Ask Questions session via Zoom: Wednesday 3rd September at 12 noon
Altered Images Experimental Film & Music Festival – focused in New Media Arts, Sound, Performance, Inclusivity, Feminism and Queer Activism. Regular Deadline
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival – the UK’s festival of experimental film and the flagship event of Alchemy Film & Arts. Earlybird: 1 August 2025, Regular: 31 October 2025
Fisura, International Festival of Experimental Film and Video, Mexico Regular Deadline: July 17th, Half-time Deadline: November 15th, Late deadline: December 10th.
Open City Documentary Festival: seeks to nurture experimentation within the expanded field of non-fiction cinema, from artists’ moving image to documentary, the essay film, audio and cross-media works. The deadline for entries is November 28th 2025.
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