The Marienbad Film Festival, an international film festival focusing on works of an experimental nature, marginal forms of cinema, contemporary moving image, and artistic & challenging films, invites authors and authors' collectives to submit audiovisual works to two separate competitions. Festival is based in Mariánské Lázně, Czechia and it will take place on 13th-16th of July 2023.

1. International Competition for Films of an Experimental Nature:
-the call is open to projects within the broader definition of experimental film from the Czech Republic and abroad
-the competition does not impose restrictions on length nor format
-the work can and must be able to be screened in a cinema
 
https://forms.gle/yfkK3Dg1CJstpR7L8

2. International competition of audiovisual essays and videographic criticism
-the competition is open to audiovisual essays from the Czech Republic and abroad that meet the definition of an audiovisual essay that develops a form of academic research or film criticism through film.
-the aim of the section is to support videographic film studios and video essayists

https://forms.gle/dRfFSPwmmoGi7ATk7
 
Selected projects will be presented in the Forum Marienbad section, which aims to expand the awareness of peripheral forms of film and the contemporary moving image in the following subsections: Forum Marienbad: Main Competition, Forum Marienbad: Audiovisual Essays.
 
Entry fee 250 CZK (10 €).

The winners of both sections will be announced during the 8th edition of the festival, which will take place on 13th-16th of July 2023. The award includes a financial prize of 10 000 CZK (420 €).
 
The deadline for entries is 30th of April 2023.
 
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