Courtisane Festival reaches its 12th edition (April 17-21, Ghent), 12 years of "proposing a counter-geography" of cinema and creating one of the most interesting and devoted festivals in Europe. For this edition the 'Artists in Focus' are documentarian Marcel Ophüls and experimental filmmaker Leslie Thornton, whose Peggy And Fred In Hell (1985-) serves as the main image for the festival. Both artists will be the subject of talks, a workshop and a partial retrospective of their work, together with the recently deceased Stom Sogo.
'Once was Fire' is one of the main events in the festival, offering a selection of films by António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro, Straub & Huillet and specially Greek filmmaker Stavros Tornes. The section 'Artistic research' curated by Alejandro Bachmann & Alexander Horwath presents a 'somewhat tongue-in-cheek approach to the term' through three programmes including films by Dušan Makavejev, Forough Farrokkhzad, Lisl Ponger or Ricky Leacock. Though Courtisane doesn't have a competitive section this year, it continues to offer a selection of recent film and video works grouped in ten programmes with works by Mary Helena Clark, Luke Fowler, Kevin Jerome Everson, Ursula Mayer, Laida Letxundi, Rose Lowder and Peter Todd to name just a few. You can access the festival's catalogue here.
EXiS Call for Entries
10th Experimental Film And Video Festival In Seoul 2013
Annual international experimental film and video festival EXiS 2013 is waiting for your innovative film and videos! EXiS is the biggest premier showcase of experimental media works in Asia.
Festival dates
Sep 5 ~ Sep 12 2013, Seoul, Korea
Entry deadline: June 1st, 2013 (Postmark)
What We Look for:
Experimental film or video work in any format and in length.
Requirements
1) Films completed after: September 1 2012
2) Preview Tape (1/2” video cassette or any region DVD)
3) Country of production: all countries
4) Entry Form (both mail & e-mail)
5) 1 photo of artist & 3 production photos (e-mail only)
- No entry fee
Balagan presents... Vicious Circle
Tuesday, April 23 2013, 19:30h
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Mixing a number of rarely juxtaposed genres, Balagan takes a 360-degree look at cyclical structure and circular form. We are happy to present three locally-based artists and filmmakers: Nicolas Brynolfson, Santiago Gil and Julie Miller; as well as an audiovisual performance by NY-based artist Thomas Dexter and a 1970s' experimental film by Japanese avantgardist Toshio Matsumoto.
Signal Culture Cookbook
Call for Papers
Signal Culture invites submissions for its first media arts cookbook. We are interested in writings that provide how-to's, tips and techniques on video processing, image and sound manipulation, augmented reality, electronics, circuit bending, web development, mobile apps, sensors and hardware, or other interesting ways you've used old and new technologies in your art making.
Text documents (2000 words or less) should be formatted as Word or plain text files, and images (300dpi or higher) should be TIFF or JPG files. Send your proposal which includes a brief description of your idea, along with a short bio, url (if available) and contact information to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ATTN: Signal Culture Cookbook.
Deadline for proposals: April 8th 2013
Deadline for completed articles: June 1st 2013
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 2013
Call for submissions
Each year, the Festival du nouveau cinéma presents around 300 feature and short films, interactive works and performances from over 50 countries during 11 days of festivities, and offers over $30,000 in cash and services to the winners of the national and international competition.
Today, the Festival is looking for films, interactive works and performances for its 42nd edition which will run from October 9 to 20, 2013 in Montréal !
Send us your works before June 15, 2013 to maybe be part of the Festival this year! Early bird rate before April 30, 2013 !
To see the 2012 Awards List, click here.