RPM in Motion celebrates independent animation, digital media art, and music videos. It also features title sequences, and experimental media art that expand our experience, including animation, digital frontier art, and audiovisual performances.

Organized by The Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) Festival, RPM was founded in 2013 at Colgate University and relocated to Boston in 2018.

The upcoming edition of RPM in Motion 2025 will run from March 15th to March 20th and will include media showcases at the Brattle Theatre, Boston City Hall, and other venues in and around Boston. Past iterations of the festival have featured work by animators, educators, and experimental artists such as Stacey Steers, Janie Geiser, Ariana Gerstein, Kelly Sears, Lei Lei, and Sun Xun.

1) Best of Festival
2) Emerging Artist

* Artists are required to fill out a completed application form via FilmFreeway.
* Work should be produced after Jan. 1st, 2023.

*Due to the number of submissions, RPM Fest regrets that we can only notify applicants whose work is selected for the program.

*Screening Format:
*Accepted screening formats are Apple ProRes HQ422, 16mm, VR, Expanded Cinema and Installation. * NO DCP or 35mm.

* The festival only accepts online submission via FilmFreeway embedded Screener (Film links may be private). Please don't email us your film links.

* All work submitted must be fully completed as works in progress will not be considered (release date after Jan. 1st, 2023, the older work won't be considered).

* Productions must be independently produced, with the maker retaining complete editorial control and copyright.

* Submission of an entry indicates acceptance of all regulations, guarantee that a screening copy in the format specified will be made available for the dates of the event, and authorization to publicly exhibit the work at Revolutions per Minute festival.

Please Note:

*The festival does not provide transportation or lodging accommodations

* If screening copy is to be provided by a distributor or agent then entry must be submitted by that distributor/agent, along with any criteria or conditions. (Please don't ask us to rent the work from the distributors.)

File/Film Transportation:
*The party responsible for sending film materials bears the cost of transporting selected films.

The festival incurs the cost of the films return. If sent via mail, the sender must provide the festival with necessary information regarding its return (date needed by/address/phone number).

*International parcels should be marked ‘For Cultural Purposes Only/No Commercial Value'. The copy will be returned within three weeks after festival completion.