Open Call for Open Air Media Festival 2026
Call for EntriesOpen Call for Open Air Media Festival 2026
This year's call is for our new traveling screening program. We are looking for film/video/moving image works in any genre with a preference towards experimental work: video art, non-traditional documentary, animation, narrative, non-narrative, use of artificial intelligence, and more. All works should be suitable for a public-facing, screening format. Multi-channel video installations or expanded cinema projects are not eligible.
Info & Submissions: https://filmfreeway.com/OpenAirMediaFestival
The first screening will occur in Iowa City where the festival ran for five years from 2020 through 2024. Opening night on Friday May 29 will be outdoors at FilmScene in the Park in Iowa City, IA. Selected works will be screened on a 48 ft wide screen and 10,000 watt sound system. The program will then travel across the Midwest and Southeast to Louisville, KY, and Greenville, SC. Additional venues may also be added through 2027.
Submissions close March 1, 2026
Open Air Media Festival is an artist-led program organized by Zen Cohen and Dana Potter
All inquiries: openairmediafest@gmail.com