e-flux Film Award 2024 open for submissions

e-flux Film Award is a prize for artists’ films that push the boundaries of the aesthetic and critical potential of moving images in the age of planetary circulation of information. Selected by a jury of distinguished artists, filmmakers, and film selectors and curators from open submissions, it is awarded annually, with three awards given: a first prize of $3,000 USD, a second prize of $2,000 USD, and an honorable mention. Awarded films will be shown at the e-flux Screening Room in New York.

e-flux Film Award welcomes submissions from both emerging and established artists who subvert and redefine traditional narrative forms and broaden our understanding and perception through the mastery of both film form and content.

Open call: 2024 edition

The second edition of e-flux Film Award will be juried by Saodat Ismailova, Shana Moulton, and Elena Vogman. Submissions will be reviewed for preselection by Lukas Brasiskis, Dmitry Frolov, and Steff Hui Ci Ling.

Eligibility and submission guidelines

-The deadline for submissions is August 15, 2024 at midnight ET.

-All submissions must be made via e-flux’s FilmFreeway platform, on this link. A submission fee of 5 USD applies.

-Submitted works must have been completed on or after January 1, 2023, and must be no more than 35 minutes in duration.

-Previously screened as well as never-before screened works are eligible. 

-Only one submission per author per award cycle will be considered. 

-Submissions are accepted by emerging or established artists and filmmakers, individuals or collectives; a demonstrated history of exhibitions and/or public screenings of previous work is expected. 

-Only digital, single-channel files are accepted. 

-Authors must have copyright of the work they are submitting. 

-Submissions must be made directly by the author; submissions by production companies or distributors will not be considered. 

-Subtitles in English are required for all submissions featuring non-English dialogue or voice-over; subtitles must be burned in. 

-All submissions must clearly include title, year, duration, country or countries of production, and film synopsis; and the author’s bio, year and place of birth, and list of recent presentations of work. 

-Submissions that fail to meet the above requirements may be automatically disqualified.

The e-flux Film Award 2023 first prize was awarded to Maurício Chades, Green Cemetery (Brazil, 2023, 25 minutes) and second prize to Eri Saito, May All Your Wounds Heal (Japan, 2021, 5 minutes), with an honorable mention awarded to Bo Wang, An Asian Ghost Story (Hong Kong/The Netherlands, 2023, 37 minutes).

For more information, contact program@e-flux.com.