Experimental Cinema

New book: Ken Jacobs - I Walked Into My Shortcomings, published by The Visible Press expcinema.org/site/en/book...

Peter von Ziegesar: The Long View Peter von Ziegesar: The Long View Presented by Millennium Film Journal Friday February 20, 2026 doors 7:30 PM films 8:00 PM IN-PERSON MILLENNIUM FILM WORKSHOP 167 Wilson Ave, Brooklyn NY 11237$10-15 S...

Peter von Ziegesar: The Long View - Presented by Millennium Film Journal. February 20th, 19:30h - Millennium Film Workshop, NYC expcinema.org/site/en/even...

Light Held In Time: The films of Jerome Hiler and Nathaniel Dorsky Cinema Konsonant and Kino Ponrepo present a two-evening program of the films of Jerome Hiler and Nathaniel Dorsky.Nathaniel Dorsky's cinema centers on a poetic montage — relying not on a descriptive n...

Cinema Konsonant presents - Light Held In Time: The films of Jerome Hiler and Nathaniel Dorsky. March 11th, 19h - Kino Ponrepo, Praga expcinema.org/site/en/even...

Crossing Borders with Naomi Uman Join us for a two-part programme presenting the work of experimental filmmaker Naomi Uman.Known for her hand-processed 16mm experimental films, Naomi Uman’s kaleidoscopic practice blends feminist pers...

Crossing Borders with Naomi Uman. Double program February 20th & 27th, 19h - Finch Community Cinema, London expcinema.org/site/en/even...

Frédérique Devaux & Michel Amarger - Cinexpérimentaux 14: Rencontre avec Abigail Child Abigail Child is an American filmmaker, poet, and writer born in Newark in 1948. She specializes in documentary and experimental filmmaking, having created over 40 films, videos, and installations. Sh...

New DVD published by re:voir - Frédérique Devaux & Michel Amarger - Cinexpérimentaux 14: Rencontre avec Abigail Child expcinema.org/site/en/dvd/...

20/20 Vision: Ash Wednesday argos marks Ash Wednesday, the day after mardi gras, with a double bill on the Carnival season. Transmitted from generation to generation and repurposed through time, its folkloric traditions have bec...

20/20 Vision: Ash Wednesday. February 18th, 18h - argos centre for audiovisual arts, Brussels expcinema.org/site/en/even...

PHIL SOLOMON: STILL RAINING, STILL DREAMING INDEX Edition 054 is dedicated to a particular group of works from the oeuvre of the major U.S.

New book: INDEX Edition 054 - PHIL SOLOMON: STILL RAINING, STILL DREAMING (includes files for download) expcinema.org/site/en/book...

Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son + Introduction by Mark Webber Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son + Introduction by Mark Webber Open City Documentary Festival Thu 12 Mar 2026, 18:30 Barbican Cinema 2Ken Jacobs’ 1969 structural film classic created from found footage, incl...

Open City Documentary Festival: Tom, Tom, the Piper’s Son + Introduction by Mark Webber. March 12th, 18:30h - Barbican Cinema, London expcinema.org/site/en/even...

OPEN CALL 18th Edition Inshadow - Lisbon Screendance Festival InShadow is an international festival dedicated to screendance and moving image, held annually in Lisbon from mid-November to mid-December. We celebrate bold, innovative and hybrid works at the inters...

OPEN CALL 18th Edition Inshadow - Lisbon Screendance Festival. Deadline April 30th expcinema.org/site/en/call...

MicroActs Artist Film Screenings - Open Call MicroActs is now accepting submissions for our next edition of MicroActs, an evening of artist short film!We celebrate artist filmmakers from around the globe & across genres, and aim to create an int...

MicroActs Artist Film Screenings (London, UK) - Open Call. Late deadline February 28th expcinema.org/site/en/call...

The Film-Makers' Cooperative's 65th Anniversary Gala Benefit. February 13th, 19h - Judson Memorial Church, NYC expcinema.org/site/en/even...

Pebbles Underground: Award Winning films from Winter 2025 edition streaming on VisualcontainerTV February 1-15 This screening showcases the award-winning short experimental films and video artworks from Pebbles Underground Winter 2025 edition. Despite vastly different geographies and aesthetics, the artists sh...

Pebbles Underground - Award Winning films from Winter 2025 edition streaming on VisualcontainerTV February 1-15 expcinema.org/site/en/even...

Cinema of the Body: Maria Klonaris and Katerina Thomadaki Join us at e-flux Screening Room on Thursday, February 12 at 7pm for a rare screening of four films by Maria Klonaris and Katerina Thomadaki: three short works made between 1970 and 2016, and their fo...

Cinema of the Body: Maria Klonaris and Katerina Thomadaki. February 12th, 19h - e-flux Screening Room, NYC expcinema.org/site/en/even...

Marienbad Film Festival 2026 Open call The Marienbad Film Festival is an international film festival based in Czech Republic focusing on works of an experimental nature, marginal forms of cinema, contemporary moving image, and artistic & c...

Marienbad Film Festival 2026 Open call. Deadline March 31st expcinema.org/site/en/call...

Scratch Projection: ARCHIPELAGIC VISIONS: SWEDISH EXPERIMENTAL FILM 1954-1991 Guest program by Martin Grennberger, independent curatorWhen attempting to remap some early milieus of experimental film culture in Sweden, one cannot help but notice their scattered nature.

Scratch Projection: ARCHIPELAGIC VISIONS: SWEDISH EXPERIMENTAL FILM 1954-1991. February 3rd, 20:30h - Luminor Hôtel de Ville, Paris expcinema.org/site/en/even...

SITUATIONS/PROJECTIONS. February 6-22 - Reflet Machine, Paris expcinema.org/site/en/even...

European Media Art Festival (EMAF) 2026: "An Incomplete Assembly" Institutions strive to organise volatile relations, such as power, work, privileges, language and emotions, as efficiently as possible, in order to establish a permanent order. What benefits do they o...

European Media Art Festival (EMAF) 2026: "An Incomplete Assembly". April 22-26 - Osnabrück expcinema.org/site/en/even...

Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival 2026 Call for entries is open! Every fall for the past twenty-five years, the Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival has occupied the Casino de Montbenon (which is actually NOT a casino - but this almo...

Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival 2026 - call for entries. Deadline May 15th expcinema.org/site/en/call...

Kinoskop 7 - Call for Entries KINOSKOP - 7TH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANALOG EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA - CALL FOR ENTRIESSTRICTLY ACADEMIA - SPECIAL EDITION8-9 March 2026Kinoskop, Belgrade’s indie/niche festival dedicated to analog cin...

Kinoskop 7 (Belgrade, Serbia) - International Festival of Analog Experimental Cinema - Call for Entries. Deadline February 4th expcinema.org/site/en/call...

Look What I Found! Negativland + Craig Baldwin On Saturday January 31, we will be screening a special double feature celebrating the work of found footage luminaries Negativland and Craig Baldwin. Negativland is an experimental music and video gro...

Look What I Found! Negativland + Craig Baldwin. January 31st, 19h - Millennium Film Workshop, NYC expcinema.org/site/en/even...

Jennifer Locke: Passing Through Jennifer Locke’s Passing Through is a two-channel video installation, projected on opposing walls of the gallery, exploring the body as a sculptural object in relationship to architectural space and t...

Jennifer Locke: Passing Through. Exhibition February 7th-April 4th - Telematic Gallery, San Francisco expcinema.org/site/en/even...

Frames Per Wave: Collective 16mm Film Fundraiser For Flotilla to Gaza Please find the project introduction on Instagram first.https://www.instagram.com/p/DTVj3-wAeT6/ Frames per Wave is a collective film/mutual aid film project supporting A Thousand Madleens To Gaza. Ju...

Frames Per Wave: Collective 16mm Film Fundraiser For Flotilla to Gaza. Deadline January 30th expcinema.org/site/en/call...

Village People. Open Call for Films Short Circuit's themed screenings continue into 2026 with an invite for filmmakers to share their films for our April programme VILLAGE PEOPLE What is a village? Whether urban or rural, ancient or evo...

Short Circuit: Village People. Open Call for Films. Deadline March 6th expcinema.org/site/en/call...

Dicky Bahto: a survey of recent works. Triple program, January 30th-February 1st - Human Resources, Los Angeles expcinema.org/site/en/even...

Bogota Experimental Film Festival 2026 The Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Cineautopsia, celebrates its XII (12th) edition in 2026. We call upon works and artists from Colombia and around the world who are nonconformist and dissident to...

Bogota Experimental Film Festival 2026 - call for entries. Deadline February 28th expcinema.org/site/en/call...

Robert Beavers: Filmmaker in Residence This career retrospective, combined with a filmmaker residency, offers Bay Area audiences a chance to see American avant-garde filmmaker Robert Beavers’s highly rewarding body of work and engage with ...

Robert Beavers: Filmmaker in Residence. January 30th-February 7th - BAMPFA, Berkeley expcinema.org/site/en/even...

Videotage: Open Call for Video Essays Videotage will publish D-normal/V-essay: Videotage Edition - Open Call in June 2026. From now until 6 February 2026, video creators worldwide are invited to submit their video essays.As a keen observe...

Videotage: Open Call for Video Essays. Deadline February 6th expcinema.org/site/en/call...

Skin, Inscribed: Contemporary Brazilian hand-processed films ✸ Skin, Inscribed ✸ Contemporary Brazilian hand-processed films► Just as a painter applies raw paint on a canvas, a filmmaker applies light(and other matters) on film strip. This hand-picked program f...

Skin, Inscribed: Contemporary Brazilian hand-processed films. February 15th, 16h - Cinéma le Grand Action, Paris expcinema.org/site/en/even...

Artistic Impulses In Another Light: Cinema of Memory is the Al Larvick Conservation Fund’s 10th anniversary screening series, marking a decade of work dedicated to preserving and sharing American home movies, amateur c...

In Another Light: Cinema of Memory - Artistic Impulses. January 30th, 19:30h - Paradise Factory, NYC expcinema.org/site/en/even...

BEAST IFF 9.0: Call for Entries 9th BEAST IFF – Festival of Central & East European Film June 3 - 7 2026 Porto, PortugalSubmissions: until April 30Entering its 9th edition, BEAST International Film Festival is returning to Porto, tu...

BEAST IFF 9.0 (Porto, Portugal): Call for Entries. Deadline April 30th expcinema.org/site/en/call...