20 open opportunities · updated November 9, 2026
Animage — 16th International Animation Festival of Pernambuco is accepting submissions for 2026 and invites entries by filmmakers from around the world. The Fes…
The Pro Carton Student Video Award is a European competition for video storytelling about folding cartons and cartonboard. Your video should promote or explain …
Film submissions are now open for the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) 2026, scheduled for 23–27 September 2026. Short and feature animated films,…
Entry fee: 20 $ per entry (details on the official page). Epson has launched the 17th International Pano Awards. Entry is now open to photographers worldwide fo…
Entry fee: 50 $ per entry (details on the official page). Applied Arts Media is calling for entries to their 2026 Design Awards competition, open to students fr…
Entry fee: see the official page. The 45th Uppsala Short Film Festival is calling for short films of all genres with a running time of no more than 40 minutes. …
Applied Arts Media is calling for entries to their 2026 Student Awards competition, open to students from all parts of the world. Current secondary, post-second…
Quickdraw Animation Society (QAS) is accepting submissions to the 22nd GIRAF International Festival of Independent Animation. The organizers are looking for ani…
Wiki Loves Folklore 2026 is an international media contest which aims at documenting tangible and intangible culture and heritage of different parts of the worl…
Entry fee: see the official page.The Photometria International Photography Festival, organized by Entefxis, a non-profit organization, is calling for entries to…
Entry fee: 13 – 20 £ per entry (details on the official page).The Edinburgh Short Film Festival (ESFF) is calling for entries for its 16th edition, which will t…
Entry fee: see the official page. The International Uranium Film Festival invites filmmakers worldwide to submit their best work for the 2027 edition. The festi…
Entry fee: 10 – 180 $ per entry (details on the official page). Communication Arts has opened the 2027 Illustration Competition, open for new work — first publi…
Entry fee: 5 – 10 € per entry (details on the official page). The Anča civic association has opened the call for entries for the 20th Fest Anča International An…
Free to enter. Pictoplasma Berlin 2027 is calling for animation submissions for the “Characters In Motion” international screenings. High-grade Characters in an…
Entry fee: 40 – 50 $ per entry (details on the official page). The Revelation Perth International Film Festival is accepting entries for 2027 and invites filmma…
Entry fee: see the official page. ÉCU – The European Independent Film Festival is calling for submissions for the 22nd edition of the festival. As one of the wo…
Entry fee: 10 – 180 $ per entry (details on the official page). Enter the most prestigious competition for creativity in photography, the Communication Arts Pho…
Entry fee: see the official page. The La Guarimba International Film Festival is calling for short film entries for 2027 on any theme by filmmakers from all par…
Free to enter. Nikon Instruments Inc. has opened entries for the 53rd annual Nikon Small World Photomicrography and Video Competition. The 2027 edition is now a…