“Celebrating sprocket-driven, artist-made work.”
“Engauge,” an experimental film festival based in Seattle, WA, and now in its fourth year, invites you to submit your work ORIGINATING ON FILM.
IN KEEPING WITH OUR MISSION, "ENGAUGE" WILL CONSIDER ONLY FILMS THAT BEGAN ON CELLULOID.
That means that somewhere in the film-making process, you the filmmaker actually worked directly with celluloid, by loading film into a camera and shooting it, or looking through and selecting found footage, or directly scratching, painting, or drawing on, collaging or photogramming objects onto film.
BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING PANDEMIC, WE ANTICIPATE HOSTING A FESTIVAL THAT IS MOSTLY OR COMPLETELY ONLINE, WHICH MEANS SCREENING EVERYTHING DIGITALLY.
HOWEVER, SINCE WE ARE HOSTING THE FESTIVAL LATE IN THE YEAR, WE MAY HOLD EVENTS OR SCREENINGS IN THE THEATER AS WELL. WE WILL STAY IN TOUCH WITH OUR SELECTED FILMMAKERS AS OUR PLANS DEVELOP.
Engauge was founded by two Seattle artist/filmmakers working in 16mm and 35mm. We favor DIY techniques, matte box experiments, in-camera editing, found footage collage, direct animation, hand- and eco-processing, optical printing, pin-hole exposures, laser printing onto film, various analogue hacks, etc.
Cover design: film still from "Perilous Experiment" by Ruth Hayes (EEFF '20).
We are a non-competitive festival.
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