Artists internationally are invited to apply with a short movement-based film to the 10th annual F-O-R-M (Festival Of Recorded Movement) in November 2025.
All movement genres and practices are invited to submit.
If selected, artists will receive a minimum screening fee of $250 CAD as well as free admission to all festival screenings and events.
—About F-O-R-M—
F-O-R-M presents films that investigate the body in motion through curiosity, experimentation, and imagination. We are interested in films that creatively explore our personal lived experiences and how such themes can be told through narrative or experimental approaches. Cinematography, experimental and DIY (Do It Yourself) editing approaches, and post-production effects are also considerations that contribute and add layers to the subject matter. We invite proposals to consider the interplay between the camera and the movement, regardless of the form.
Learn more about F-O-R-M on our About page here: https://www.f-o-r-m.ca/about
F-O-R-M strongly encourages and prioritizes applications from Youth artists, and those from intersectional and traditionally marginalized communities; Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, folks with disabilities, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions (LGBTQ2S+).
Our 2025 festival will offer a hybrid of in-person events in so-called Vancouver and online programming. Screenings will take place in cinemas, our Digital Library, and outside in public spaces through our Public Screens Program.
—How F-O-R-M Defines “Movement”—
F-O-R-M is interested in how movement can be utilized as a vehicle for expression. Some ways we’ve seen movement be expressed are through walking, sports, shadows, animation, the movement of nature, and dance practices.
Movement can be understood in relation to the body, or it can extend beyond into other realms. We believe that every day gestures and mundane interactions are forms of movement. Movement can also be represented through the intangible, such as a transformative social justice movement. Our curiosity is to broaden the scope and possibilities of recorded movement.
Additionally, we recognize the movement that happens behind the camera, such as approaching filming and editing as choreography. We’re constantly evolving our understanding of how movement and film relate, and your films help us shape these curiosities.
How do you define movement? How do you portray this definition within your practice or discipline? How does this movement collaborate with film?
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Our programming team makes an ongoing effort to invite artists to submit who have not historically seen themselves represented on screen or have not previously connected with F-O-R-M. We will be prioritizing films that consider and incorporate either accessibility and/or street dance in their work.
Learn more about these creative approaches here: https://www.f-o-r-m.ca/short-film-submissions-2025
—Submissions—
Submit for FREE via our website application form: https://www.f-o-r-m.ca/short-film-submissions-2025
If you have any questions about our application process please e-mail Associate Artistic Director Erin Lum at erin@f-o-r-m.ca