Photography competition

 Video art call - sustainable views

Deadline: 30 August 2020

The call is addressed to Italian and International artists involved in video making, who want to propose a creative view in terms of environmental sustainability and responsible recycling.

The aim is to provide ideas for a sustainable lifestyle through the videodocumentation of solutions already in place, or to approach the issues of environmental sustainability (including recycling and waste disposal) with a proactive, utopic and positive view, in order to stimulate reflection on climate change.

The contest is addressed both to individual artists and to collectives.
Each artist/group of artists can submit one single video.


No entry fee


PRIZES
Artistic Residency Prize: promoted by Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto.
A week long residency with Unidee (University of Ideas).
The winner video will be projected at events and exhibitions in accordance with
Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto.

Workshop Prize: promoted by PAV - Parco Arte Vivente.
Two workshops with artists from the PAV art program.
The winner will be allowed not only to participate at the workshops, he/she will
also be allowed to film them.

The winner video will be projected at events and exhibitions in accordance with
PAV Parco Arte Vivente.

Exhibition Prize: promoted by Espronceda - Institute of Art & Culture
The two winners will also have the opportunity to show thier videos during an
exhibition at Espronceda - Institute of Art & Culture, under the Collettivo IF
curatorship.

The two winners will be awarded publicly during the event “Dove lo getto? -
Quello che devi sapere sul monouso compostabile e il riciclaggio”, in a ceremony
that will include the projections of their videos.

Anime Festival

Deadline

31 October 2020 for Short Animation

10 November 2020 for Feature Animation

Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2021(TAAF2021) calls for feature and short animated films with high potential and strong messages from all over the world. Our aim is to screen high-quality animated films superior in originality, provide opportunities to inspire audience as well as creators, cultivate new talents, and contribute in the development and promotion of animation cultures and industry.

Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2021 (TAAF2021) is an international animation film festival organised by the Association of Japanese Animations and TAAF Executive Committee, and co-hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. TAAF2021 will take place in Tokyo in March 2021.

Two categories:

Feature Animation (60 min. or longer)

Short Animation (less than 30 min.)

No entry fee

Prizes:

Grand Prize (both for Feature and Short): 500,000 yen

Award of Excellence (both for Feature and Short): 100,000 yen

Details:

https://animefestival.jp/en/award/competition/

Artist in Residency India

Deadline: 20 February 2020


Artists of all disciplines creating in any media are welcome to apply: dance, theatre, music, sound, performance art, writing, painting, drawing, printmaking, textiles, culinary, photography, video/film, animation, architecture, sculpture (any material), ceramics, mixed-media / multi-media, interdisciplinary, installation, other new/alternative media, etc. Researchers, curators, and art critics are also welcome to apply. Open to emerging and established artists.

Sessions:
1. Session:   10th October – 4th November 2020
2. Session:   5th November – 30th November 2020
3. Session:   1st December – 25th December 2020
4. Session:   6th January – 31st January 2021
5. Session:   1st February – 25th February 2021


No entry fee

Residency fee:
$650 USD Residency fee


Residency offers:
Accommodation (Private tents with bed and bedding)
Meals (Vegetarian breakfast, lunch, dinner included)
Tea (coffee on request)
Studio space
Exhibition opportunity
Invitation letter
Local sight-seeing
Internet
Electricity
Basic kitchen
Printer B/W
First aid kit (medical box)
Basic tools
Farm Studio residency provides three types of working spaces where artists can explore their art and ideas in the rural Rajasthani environment; at the Farm Studio indoor studio, the outdoor and farm environment, and in Andore Village.

Details:
https://farmingstudio.wordpress.com/art-residency/

Art award

Deadline: 10 February 2020

Internationally renowned, Wildlife Artist of the Year brings together a wide range of artists and art-lovers from all over the globe to celebrate our planet’s wildlife through some of the world’s most exciting and diverse wildlife art. Since the competition began in 2008, it has attracted more than 10,000 entries, raising more than £1.2m to fund David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation’s (DSWF) vital work.

There is no maximum number of entries.

Categories:
Animal Behaviour
Earth’s Wild Beauty
Facing Extinction (previously Vanishing Fast)
Human Impact (ages 16-22 only)
Into the Blue
Urban Wildlife
Wings
Endangered: Wildlife in Motion

All artistic mediums are allowed excluding digital mediums and photography



Entry fee:
Entry to the ‘Human Impact’ category for young people is £10 per entry.
For all other categories, entries are £25 per entry or £10 (per entry) for Wildlife Shepherds.

Prizes:
First prize: £10,000
Second prize: £1,000
8 category winners receiving £500 each


Details:
https://davidshepherd.org/art/wildlife-artist-year-submission-2020

Artist in residency in Ireland

Deadline: 3 February 2020

Trinity College is pleased to invite applications from artists for a 12 month artist‐in‐residence position commencing in March 2020. The artist will be based at TTEC (Trinity Technology & Enterprise Centre), Grand Canal. The aim is to enable the artist to develop new work through a collaborative process of engagement with communities which should include local residents and school children and may also include technology and creative start‐ups and businesses, as the site transitions towards a new campus at the heart of the proposed Grand Canal Innovation District (GCID). The new site will have a focus on technology and creative arts, housing researchers, industry and start‐ups, as well as providing a welcoming space and opportunities for local residents. It is intended that this artist‐in‐residence position will be the beginning of a long‐term commitment to integrating art into the campus and wider innovation district. Submissions are welcome from artists working in any art form.

The artist‐in‐residence will focus on collaborative, community oriented programming, working with
local residents of all ages, school children and community groups. Applicants will be expected to
produce new work, engage with the history and culture of the area and site, as well as considering the
proposed plans for development. Our hope is that they will listen to the issues that affect this
community and respond to these issues with collaborative art that is ambitious, radical, engaged, and
meaningful. This is an open brief and artists may use a range of art forms, including but not limited to
theatre, story‐telling, film‐making, music, visual art, dance, writing, animation.

No entry fee

Residency offers:
The Artist‐in‐Residence position will be for one year part‐time (3 days/week) with a fee of €33,000 to include the artist fees, materials and other expenses/ inclusive of VAT. Working days/hours are negotiable.

Details:
https://www.tcd.ie/innovation-district/news/2019/12/artist-in-residence/

Open call for papers and artworks

Deadline: 15 January 2020

Economia – The Limited Edition is a conference taking place at Natlab, the former Philips physics laboratory, aiming to invent new avenues for playful and imaginative future developments in Economics.

In the search for new economic insights and alternatives to the current model, why not start by treating the economy like any other social and cultural construct, taking ownership so that we can reshape and rework it as we see fit? We welcome academic researchers, designers, artists, scientists, students, scholars, (social) entrepreneurs, visionaries and other creative thinkers and practitioners to submit proposals for Economia – The Limited Edition with regards to the following themes:

1. The economy as evolution
2. The economy as a game
3. The economy as magic
4. The economy as a playground
5. The economy as a caretaker
6. The economy of the commons


Proposal Requirements

Proposals should explore at least one (or more) of the proposed themes. The selected participants will be invited to present their paper/research as part of the conference in Eindhoven.

Artwork proposals

We will select art projects based on quality, feasibility and the connection to the theme.

No entry fee

but there are Conference Registration Fee (Notifications of acceptance will be sent before 28th of February 2020)

Early Bird: €30,00 until 1st of April 2020 / Full Price: €40.00.
Student Early Bird: €15.00 / Student Full Price: €20.00.
Early Bird registration will be open from the end of January, 2020.

Conference offers:
- limited funding available to support the travel/ accommodation of independent artists/researchers.
- limited budget to cover for artists fee


Details:
https://www.baltanlaboratories.org/library/call-for-papers-and-artworks-economia-2020

Grants for artists

Deadline: 11 February 2020



Innovate Grant is now accepting submissions for the Winter Cycle. Innovate Grant awards (2) $550.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition to receiving a grant award, winners will be featured and recognized on our website and join a growing community of vibrant and talented artists. For more information and to apply https://innovateartistgrants.org

Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older, from all around the world, are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted.

Entry fee
$25

Details:
https://innovateartistgrants.org

Media art festival

Deadline: 1 February 2020

Vector Festival is an annual media arts event dedicated to showcasing experimental art works that engage critically with digital technologies.

The festival is proudly participatory and community-oriented. Hosted by InterAccess and co-curated by Katie Micak and Martin Zeilinger, Vector Festival takes place at arts venues and in public spaces across the City of Toronto.

Since its inception, Vector Festival has been innovative in its inclusion of game-based digital art alongside other new media disciplines. Continuing this focus for the 2020 edition, the festival’s curators pose a deceptively simple question: what comes after gamification?

Now that game culture and game technologies have become so pervasive in popular culture, how do experimental media artists respond critically to the rampant gamifying of everyday life? From online social interaction to digital finance, from education to military conflict, from politics and environmental issues to the ways in which humans (and machines) express themselves creatively, what comes after gamification?

The Festival will take place between July 16-19, 2020, with the flagship exhibition extended until August 22, 2020.

Categories:

FLAGSHIP EXHIBITION
Digital and post-digital art works including interactive installations, experimental game mods, sculptural work, screen-based work, sound art, etc.

ONLINE P ROJECTS
Web-based projects and digital artworks that can be presented online, including experimental interactive and time-based digital projects.

FESTIVAL SCREENING
Experimental film/video/machinima works.

PERFORMANCE
Performance-based proposals including chiptune, sound art, live coding, A/V performances, and telematic performances for virtual and public spaces.

SITE-SPECIFIC OUTDOOR SCREENING
To be presented on two large-scale (4.88 x 8.64 m) outdoor LED screens for a public audience of all ages.

GIFs
Animated GIFs intended for presentation on public screens across Toronto.

CURATORIAL SUBMISSIONS
This year, we also invite curators/curatorial collectives to submit proposals for machinima screenings (on a theme of your choosing). If you are considering a curatorial submission, we encourage you to contact the Vector Festival team for additional practical details.

No entry fee

All artists and curators selected for participation will receive fees in accordance with the up-to-date CARFAC Fee schedule, as well as support to apply for external funding.

Details:
http://vectorfestival.org

Call for experimental film and video

Deadline: 10 February 2020

Videoex invites you to submit your work for the International & Swiss Competition.

We are looking for: experimental, innovative and progressive cinematic works, moving image works that explore the possibilities of film as a medium, expanding the idea of film and cinema, experimental films (8mm / 16mm / 35mm (screened in original format), digital productions (experimental, videoart, essay, experimental documentary,…), innovative animation, experimental digital & graphic productions (to be screened), experimental documentaries, experimental music videos

Works must have been completed since October 2018

Participants may submit a maximum of three (3) works.

No entry fee

Details:
https://videoex.ch/videoex/callforentries/

International image contest

Deadline: 26 January 2020

The International Image Festival (FINI), organized by the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, is a multidisciplinary encounter to promote and appreciate the artistic creation and visual communication in a space of reflection and debate about aesthetics and the meaning and value of images in their different genres, expressions, and applications.

The Tenth Edition of FINI will take place on April 24-30, 2020, in the city of Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, having as main topic Water.


The International Image Contest aims to recognize, promote, encourage and diffuse the works, in different genres, expressions and uses of image, of Mexican and foreign creators. The Call for entries is addressed to students and professionals of the image in the genres of Photography, Alternative Techniques, Poster and Documentary Film. The proposals will be examined by a Jury integrated by individuals with great national and international recognition.

FINI 2020 will have as main topic Water, therefore, the registered works must show the relevance of this topic from a biological, philosophical, political, economic, social, or cultural perspective.

Your participation in the International Image Contest will contribute to generating a reflection and raise awareness on the use of this vital liquid.

Genres:
 a. Photography (analog and digital)
 b. Alternative techniques (graphics or digital stamp, photomontage or
 collage)
 c. Documentary (full-length film and short film)
 d. Poster (free technique)

Details:
https://www.uaeh.edu.mx/fini/english.html

Open call for films

Deadline: 5 January 2020

The Marseille Underground Film & Music Festival works on the diffusion of audiovisual & artistic productions coming from alternative and underground cultures. The festival team curates an eclectic programme including film projections (personal and thematic retrospectives), an international short film competition, concerts, exhibitions, talks, workshops and other hybrid cultural forms.
MUFF #4 takes place from April 15 to 19, 2020 in various venues in Marseilles.

At MUFF we carry, without any hierarchy of genre, an undisclosed love for the disturbed, the deranged, the degendered, the non-conformist, curious, weird, hilarious, vindictive, pornographic or boring.

Once selected, the films in the international competition will be submitted to the vote of the audience, who will determine the winner of a symbolic “audience award”. The selected films will be screened in two programs. Each program will be shown twice, on a donation-based entry.
Submission:

Each submitted film has to meet the following criteria:

the registration form has to be completed in order to submit one or more films

the submitted films need to be between 0 and 60 minutes long.

the submitted films need to be achieved after 1/1/2019

previews need to be submitted via a URL link to an online video platform (Vimeo, YouTube, etc…). No link to download previews will be accepted.

subtitles in English or French are mandatory when the original language is not English nor French (French subs are preferred).

Films produced independently are encouraged.

No entry fee

Details:
https://www.festivalmuff.com/AAF-MUFF2020-ENG.pdf

https://www.festivalmuff.com/appel-a-films.html

CALL FOR PROJECTS - Residency for filmmakers

Deadline: 15 December 2019

The Atelier 105 residency seeks to give experimental filmmakers access to professional post-production facilities that are often out of their reach. A fully-equipped workspace located in Light Cone's premises gives artists access to a film scanner for the digitization of 16mm & 35mm film in 2K & 4K, an editing station, sound mixing hardware and software, a color-correction monitor, as well as dedicated computers for encoding video files and DCPs. This equipment has been designated by professionals to allow filmmakers to have the best possible tools at their disposal. The filmmaker-in-residence also has full access to Light Cone's documentation center and screening room.

A technical manager specialized in digital post-production is on hand to assist the filmmaker. Filmmakers are free to work alone or accompanied by their technicians. At the beginning of the residency, Light Cone's technical manager can offer training for the available software. The filmmakers who have been selected are also able to consult in advance in order to select the formats that are most compatible with the available software.

First residency session of 2020: February 3 to August 7

Entry fee:
You have to pay 30€ to become a memebr of Light Cone

Details:
https://lightcone.org/en/atelier105

Open call for filmmakers

Deadline: 15 January 2020


That One Film Festival is a biennial film festival dedicated to screening and exhibiting works of moving image that are experimental, weird, obsessive, no/low budget, avant-garde and fun. We are committed to supporting emerging and experimental creators, as well as engaging and educating audiences by facilitating film screenings and broadening an understanding of what moving image can be. We enthusiastically encourage and invite experimental filmmakers, emerging artists, students and other creators to exhibit their work and engage the Delaware County community.

Entry fee:
12$

Details:
https://www.thatonefilmfestival.com

Open call for electronic art

Deadline: 14 January 2020

Since 2000 FILE is a non-profit cultural organization that has been promoting exhibitions, workshops and gatherings that seek to investigate the appropriations of the technologic media in artistic accomplishments. With annual exhibitions in São, in addition to participations in national and international events, FILE is the biggest electronic art event in Latin America. For 2020, artists and researchers can submit their works in the main categories: Interactive Art, Digital Language, Electronic Sonority, Workshops, Symposium and Led Show.

Each participant may send up to 3 proposals of works that have been accomplished in the last 3 years

Categories:
Digital Language: As digital language are understood all the research and experiences in the wide scope of the multiple disciplines that uses digital media.
Electronic Sonority: As electronic sonority are understood all research and experiences in the wide scope of sounds, having therefore a wider comprehension than the ambit of music, and open to possible transversalities with other disciplines.
Interactive Arts: As interactive arts are understood all research and experiences in the ambit of art that uses interactive media and which take into account the relationship between the work and its viewer; works inserted in the intersecting fields of art and science, technology, among others …
Led Show: “In situ” installations, of public character, to be displayed in LED facade of the FIESP-SP building
Symposium: Talk proposals that have the aim to expand an international discussion on electronic digital culture in its interdisciplinary extension.
Workshop: Projects that has the main purpose of transferring knowledge and also the research on the use of computing – and other technological languages – for creative purposes


No entry fee


Details:
https://file.org.br/highlight/opencall_file2020/

Open call for short films

Deadline: 15 January 2020

We’re bringing back the Black Girl* Magic Film Series and we’re looking for short film and video submissions by Black womxn* FTLI filmmakers for a screening during Black History Month in Berlin, Germany. Our third installment of the series is being presented in collaboration with White Guilt Clean Up and Frauenkreise Berlin, where it will take place. The resilience and power of creativity in the face of discrimination, injustice, and everyday violence is truly magical. We are excited to celebrate Blackness beyond mainstream tropes and through the lenses of Black womxn* once again with new filmmakers and and new stories.
What we’re looking for:

Short films and videos by Black womxn* FLTI of any genre and exploring any theme. Bonus for films with themes of creativity, power, resilience, and joy of Black Girl* Magic. We’re looking to fill about 90 minutes of runtime.



No entry fee

There will be artist fee for selected artists

Details:
https://artistswac.org/call-for-short-film-submissions-black-girl-magic/

Open call for poets and filmmakers

Deadline: 3 May 2020


Poets, media artists, video artists, and filmmakers are called to submit their work to The 3rd Annual Film and Video Poetry Symposium!

Through the month of July 2020 this festival and symposium will screen a large scope of film and video projects developed through the medium of poetry. The symposium programmers also curate and present a 30-day gallery exhibit in conjunction with the film screenings. There are no restrictions regarding when films or video work are produced or if the work has premiered regionally or internationally. There are also no running time restrictions.

The Film and Video Poetry Symposium is accepting digital-poetry, poetry video, Cin(E)-Poetry, spoken word films, videopoema, choreopoems, visual poetry, poetry films, filmpoems, poetronica, and media poetry.

The Film and Video Poetry Symposium also encourages experimental film and video work that explores language and/or literature whether it be oral, written, visual, or symbolic. This includes the essay film or cinematic essay, non-narrative work, and the avant-guard. We strongly consider work that challenges traditional and current visual communication methods while continuing to function as a mode for experimenting with narrative and personal expression.

Performance material, virtual reality projects, video mapping, installation proposals, and video art presentations that hybrid text or contain strong aspects of poetry are encouraged.

entry fee:
20 USD


Details:
https://www.fvpsociety.com/2020-film-and-video-poetry-symposium

Photography and film awards

Deadline: 5 January 2020

Siena International Photo Awards is a photographic contest open to professional and non-professional photographers from all around the world.

There are 10 categories:

· Journeys & Adventures
· Fascinating faces and characters
· The beauty of the nature
· Animals in their Environment
· Architecture & Urban Spaces
· Sports in action
· Story-telling (sequences of images that tell a story)
· Still Life
· Documentary & Photojournalism
· Short Documentary Film

Entry fee:

Professional photographers and amateurs
· 1 image: free to enter
· 3 images: € 20
· Photo story: € 35

Short Documentary Film
· € 35 per entry

Under 20 (born after 27 October 1999)
· 3 images: free to enter
· Photo story: € 35

Prizes:
SIPAContest Photo of the Year - € 1.500,00 worth of photography equipment
Best Author - € 500,00 worth of photography equipment
SIPAContest Storyboard Winner - € 500,00 worth of photography equipment
There are more prizes and awards.

Details:
https://sipacontest.com/contest/regulation/

Art residency in Berlin

Deadline: 1 December 2019

Each year around 20 internationally renowned and highly qualified visual artists, writers, filmmakers,
composers and sound artists of all ages, who have developed their own distinguished artistic voice and body of work, are invited to Berlin. For visual arts, literature and music divisions, the residency lasts 12 months, for film 6 months.

Residencies are scheduled to begin between January 1 and May 31 of the subsequent calendar year, or later in exceptional cases.

German nationals may not apply. Foreign artists who are residents of the Federal Republic of Germany are also excluded from applying.

No entry fee

Residency offers:
- Monthly grant installments for living expenses and rent
- Provision of a furnished apartment
- Travel and baggage expenses (regular airline, economy class), also for spouse and children who will be staying in Berlin for the entire duration of the invitation
- If required: health, accident and long-term care insurance (contributions will be deducted from the fellowship award)
- German language lessons (optional)

Details:
http://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/en/stipendien.html

Animation festival

Deadline: 1 December 2019

The Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) is one of the most outstanding events for animated film worldwide. The Festival presents a full, up-to-date spectrum of animated filmmaking and its intersections with visual effects, architecture, art, design, music and games. The ITFS offers a platform to directors, production companies and distributors where they can showcase their films and transmedia projects to an interested, broad audience and numerous industry representatives. For six days and nights, the Stuttgart region will again become the global centre for animated film in the spring of 2020!


Any animated film including computer generated animation and combinations of life action and animation completed after October 1, 2018 may participate

No entry fee

Details:
https://www.itfs.de/en/branche/call-for-entries/