This page contains information about current open call opportunities for artists working in the moving image - including the latest festival submissions, exhibition opportunities, residencies and production funds.

To submit artist opportunities for our listings, please email flamin@filmlondon.org.uk

Braziers International Film Festival, Oxfordshire
Regular deadline: 31 March 2026

Jerwood Artist in Residence at the Soane Museum, London
Deadline: 31 March 2026

London Short Film Festival
Early deadline: 31 March 2026

Serlachius Residency, Mänttä, Finland
Deadline: 31 March 2026

Massee Arts Grant, British Mycological Society
Deadline: 31 March 2026

Long Story Short, Annual Short Film Open Call, Kickstarter
Deadline: 31 March 2026

Filmmaking for Artists: Beginners Workshop, Lightbox Gallery, Woking
Deadline: 11 April 2026

The Elephant Trust
Deadline: 12 April 2026

Schloss Wiepersdorf Fellowship 2027, Brandenburg, Germany
Deadline: 15 April 2026

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)
Deadline: 23 April 2026

Emerging Visual Artist Residency 2026, Cove Park, Scotland
Deadline: 24 April 2026

COAL Prize 2026: The Night
Deadline: 28 April 2026

Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Deadline: 30 April 2026

Winnipeg Festival of Moving Image
Deadline: 30 April 2026

Media City Film Festival, Detroit
Deadline: 1 May 2026

Encounters Festival, Bristol
Deadline: 4 May 2026

Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival
Deadline: 15 May 2026

BFI London Film Festival
Deadline: 22 May 2026

International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
Deadline: 28 May 2026

25 FPS International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Zagreb
Deadline: 30 May 2026

Aesthetica Film Fesitval, York, UK
Deadline: 31 May 2026

DocsLisboa
Deadline: 31 May 2026

Artists Access to Art Colleges (AA2A), Residencies 2025-2026
Deadline: Rolling

ScreenSkills Bursaries
Deadline: Rolling

Artquest One to One Advice Sessions
Deadline: Rolling

Research and Development Fund, BFI Doc Society
Deadline: Rolling

Embodied Documentary Filmmaking Workshops, IMPRINT Documentary Collective, Online
Deadline: Rolling

Online residency: Working class creatives, The White Pube
Deadline: Rolling

The Eaton Fund: Small grants for UK artists
Deadline: Rolling

Monthly Experimental Film and Video Screenings, Periphery, Chicago
Deadline: Rolling

Black Artists Grants, Creative Debuts
Deadline: Rolling

Cardiff Animation Nights
Deadline: Rolling

GOOD WICKEDRY online screenings, T A P E Collective
Deadline: Rolling

AiR Drop Residencies, Satellite Films
Deadline: Rolling

ACE National Lottery Project Grants, Arts Council England
Deadline: Rolling

Straight 8, super 8 filmmaking competition
Deadline: Rolling

Artquest Exchange
Deadline: Rolling

Short Film Travel Grant Fund, British Council
Deadline: Rolling

Sundance Institute Documentary Film Fund
Deadline: Rolling

Call for work, OVNI - The Observatory Archives, Barcelona
Deadline: Rolling

Journal of Embodied Research - Video Proposals
Deadline: Rolling

LUX one-to-one advice sessions
Announced in the LUX Newswire

Moving Image Salon monthly artist's discussion group, London
Check website for event details

Pavilion Artists' Moving Image Network monthly meetings, Leeds
Check website for event details