Hello Experimenters,
It’s so nice to be back with you after a long, unscheduled hiatus. Life has been lifeing, and I haven’t had many days to sit at my desk and sift through things. I came back to this project with a full inbox, lots of DMs, and plenty of other items to comb through. I hope to be back on a more permanent basis now, but I’m always looking for new voices to jump into the fray and share out some resources and knowledge. This is a very imperfect issue to get us back into the swing of things that mostly focused on what piled up in my inbox.
In solidarity,
Gabby
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Calls for Entry
Voyage in Time Film Festival due June 3
SET Film Festival due June 7
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Early Bird Deadline June 12
Tramway Film Festival Earlybird Deadline June 15
ANIMAZE Regular Deadline June 19
Barcelona Independent Film Festival June 22
Antimatter Media Art Final Deadline June 26
Squeaky Wheel’s 23rd Animation Fest due June 26
Future Generation Art Prize due June 28
RestFest Film Festival Earlybird Deadline June 29 (Waiver: RESTFEST27SUBMISSION)
Video Art & Experimental Film Festival Standard Deadline June 29
(blank) experimental film festival due June 30
Re:Frame Moving Image Festival Regular Deadline June 30
Apparently in America due July 4
Experimenta due July 5th
Film & Performance Open Call for NYC Emerging Artists due July 5
El Festival Internacional de Cine Cámara Lúcida Earlybird July 6
Tramway Film Festival Regular Deadline July 15
Rhizome DC and Filament due July 15
El Festival Internacional de Cine Cámara Lúcida Last Call July 26
RestFest Film Festival Regular Deadline July 27 (Waiver: RESTFEST27SUBMISSION)
Voyage in Time Film Festival Earlybird Deadline July 31
Moscow International Video Art Exhibition due August 1
Addis Video Art Festival due August 1
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Regular Deadline August 14
International Experimental Film Festival Regular Deadline August 15
Altered Images Regular Deadline August 16
Art at a Time Like This due August 30
New York City Independent Film Festival Earlybird Deadline August 31
2026 Film and Video Poetry Symposium due August 31
CPH:DOX due September 1
International Film Festival Rotterdam due September 15
Liminal Archive Doc/Ex Film Festival due September 15
DETOUR Standard Deadline October 18
Screener Short Films Regular Deadline November 1
Voyage in Time Film Regular Deadline November 30
New York City Independent Film Festival Regular Deadline November 30
Milan Machinima Festival Deadline for Submission December 30
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Los Angeles Times Short Docs
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Millennium Film Journal
Exploding Cinema
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Chicago Seen Screening Series
Labs, Residencies, & Fellowships
Future Art Ecosystems (FAE) R&D Fellowship due June 7
Residenza Lago Scuro due June 7
Elaine and Alexandre Rosenberg Fellowship due June 10
Exploratorium Artist-in-Residency due June 10
QUEER|ART|MENTORSHIP due June 15
Stove Works’ Artist Residency due June 15
Between Bridges Residency due June 21
Just Tech Fellowship due June 28
Stanley Picker Fellowships in Art & Design due June 29
AlterWork Residency due June 30
UMOCA Artist-in-Residence Program due June 30
Studios at MASS MoCA Early Deadline August 1
AlterWork Residency due September 30
Studios at MASS MoCA Regular Deadline November 1
Artist Residency Mountain Retreat
18th Street Arts Center Visiting Artist Residency
Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund (Monthly)
The Loisaida Center Emerging Artist Residency
Funds
Maine Arts & Humanities Grants due June 16
AFAC’s Music Grant due June 19
Elephant Trust due June 28
ACS Studio Prize due June 30
Bitsie Clark Fund for Artists due June 30
Illuminations Grant for Black Trans Women Visual Artists due July 2
Liu Shiming Artist Grants due August 31
Visual AIDS Artist Support Grants due September 15
DeHaan Artist of Distinction Award Round 2 due October 18
AIR At The Factory on Willow
BFI Travel Grant
Perspective Fund
JRG Emerging Artist Award (Disabled, Canada)
Black Artists Grant
ARTNOIR’S JAR OF LOVE FUND
Artist Support Pledge
Things to Watch
Three Films by Susan Britton (June 1 - 30)
VDB: Mom and Dad by Phil Morton
Konstantin by Hogan Seidel
Telsche Co-Directed by: Sophie Colfer and Ala Nunu
Homemade Gatorade by Carter Amelia Davis
Things to Read
Article/Essay: Queer Eye by Manuel Betancourt
Book: Serge Daney and Queer Cinephilia Edited by Pierre Eugene, Kate Ince, & Marc Siegel
Poem: What you dare to open at the threshold by Donika Kelly
Gigs & Jobs
Rutgers: Filmmaking Lecturer due June 7
Grand Valley State University: Visiting Professor of Film Studies due June 15
SCAD: Professor of Sound Design
Hoffman Center for the Arts: Short-Form Video Editor (Remote, Contract)
WYSO Public Radio: Editor & Community Audio Producer
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Media Producer
University of Tampa: Media Production Coordinator/Lecturer, Communication
Studio Museum in Harlem: Archivist
Black Doc Village: Digital Storyteller
Abu Dhabi University: Lecturer or Assistant Professor in Media Production
Asia Society: Video Editor and Production Manager
SITE SANTA FE: Exhibition Manager
Making Space: Production Crew Member (TV & Film)
More Perfect Union: Freelance Videographers