TRANÅS AT THE FRINGE Festival will take place in Tranås (Sweden) from 2nd to 9th July 2022 and online.
The film screening is focused on experimental films and videopoems from all over the world and we are happy to open the new call for films!

Submit your film in one of these two sections:
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MAGMA - OPEN CALL FOR EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS
By definition, magma is a burning matter, blend of liquid and gaseous substances in a continuous state of agitation under the surface of the Earth. We are looking for magmatic forms of audiovisuals, unconventional moving images that burn on the screen, breaking with common rules of aesthetics and narrative. The festival is open to national and international filmmakers. Any film with no limitation of duration or genre is welcome to apply.
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GEMS - OPEN CALL FOR VIDEOPOEMS
A collection of precious stones. We are looking for videopoems, those films that stand on the border between audiovisual languages and words - written or performed. The festival is open to national and international filmmakers. Any film with no limitation of theme or duration is welcome to apply.

Moreover, for this year, there will be two new opportunities:
1. "A Poet's response to a film" - some of the selected films will have the possibility of receiving a poetic response from one of the poets participating in the festival;
2. "Filmmakers' residency" - some of the filmmakers will be selected for having the possibility to take part in an art residency in Tranås, during the festival.

(Being it a free-entrance festival, we ask you to pay a small fee for the submission of your film, in order to support the festival and make it possible to happen)

Rules & Terms

1. Dates and Place
Tranås At The Fringe - International Screening of Experimental Films and Videopoems is a film screening that will be held from the 2nd to the 9th of October in Tranås (Sweden) and online, within the context of Tranås At The Fringe festival. In case of force majeure making it impossible to run the screenings also as live events, these will take place just online.

2. Purposes
Tranås At The Fringe - International Film Festival of Experimental Films and Videopoems wants to bring in Tranås, a small town in Sweden, a quality selection of experimental films and videopoems and aims to become a cultural gathering for film lovers and professionals, to support the creation of networks between filmmakers and the local communities and to inspire exchanges between filmmakers and professionals coming from different artistic disciplines. At the same time, the screening will be held online, accessible worldwide, for the duration of the festival.

3. Sections of the festival

MAGMA / International experimental films
The experimental films submitted must have a duration of maximum 40 minutes (opening and ending credits included). They must include subtitles in English or Swedish (where the original language is not one of these two). There is no limitation for the number of works that each author can submit.

GEMS / International videopoems
The videopoems submitted must have a duration of maximum 30 minutes (opening and ending credits included). They must include subtitles in English or Swedish (where the original language is not one of these two). There is no limitation for the number of works that each author can submit.

4. Deadlines
Submission from: 20 November 2021
Deadline for submission: 17 April 2022
Notification date: 30 May 2022
The selected artists must send a screening copy of their films by: 15 June 2022

5. General dispositions
The authors and/or the production companies authorise the publication of their personal data as well as of the ones of their artwork on the festival’s website and on the festival’s catalogue and their related diffusion to press media and/or social media for promotional sakes.
They also agree that an extract of their work (up to a maximum of 30 seconds) may be used with the aim of promoting At The Fringe - International Festival of Experimental Films and Videopoems, in any context and language, by traditional and new media platforms.

Films and videos will be screened, when it is possible, in the screening format specified in the entry form. The organisation, even though being rigorously committed in the safekeeping of the artworks (in digital format), will not respond for any damage or loss that these could be subjected to, from the moment of the arrival on. The participation to the festival imply the entire acceptance of these regulations.

Though the submission of the entry form, the authors and/or the production companies authorise:
- to be included in At The Fringe - International Festival of Experimental Films and Videopoems archive;
- the screening of their film (without screening fee) during the festival and in any future event linked to the festival At The Fringe for cultural sakes (reviews, retrospectives, cine-forums...) or educational ones.
There is no such case in which films and videos will be screened with profits.

BY SENDING A FILM OR VIDEO SUBMISSION TO THE FESTIVAL, ONE ACCEPTS THE PRESENT DOCUMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY.