Application Deadline: Monday February 2nd, 2026
LOCATION: Switzerland
Videoex invites you to submit your digital or analog work for the International & Swiss competition 2026. Videoex is Switzerland’s largest festival dedicated to experimental film and video. Over the course of ten days, Videoex shows films and videos beyond conventional narrative cinema: experimental, visually surprising, conceptually unexpected, or controversially political films and videos on the threshold between visual art and film.
ELIGIBILITY:
They are experimental, innovative, and progressive cinematic works and moving image works that explore the possibilities of film as a medium, expanding the idea of film and cinema.
Videoex invites you to submit your digital or analog work for the International & Swiss competition 2026.
They admit:
Non-Fiction
Moving Image
Documentary
Essay Film
Animated Film
The festival promotes experimental video and film works.
Only works produced after October 1st, 2024, will be accepted.
Participants may submit a maximum of three (3) works.
They are happy to still accept Super8/8mm, 16mm and 35mm film as screening formats (for a complete list, please see full rules below)
Each entry must be accompanied by a short synopsis in German, French, Italian, or English.
To take part in the competition, participants must submit a preview copy of their work. Accepted preview formats: Digital files (using this upload platform), DVD (PAL/NTSC), Blu-ray Disc
BENEFIT:
VIDEOEX 2026 will include an international and a Swiss competition. The total price amount is CHF 1500.
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