FENDA - Experimental Festival of Film Arts

FENDA – Experimental Festival of Film Arts, a new international encounter dedicated to experimental film arts, announces the call for submissions for its International Competition. The festival was supposed to take place in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, from July 14 to July 19, 2020, but due to the COVID-19 crisis, we had to postpone the event indefinetly. Our hope is that the festival will happen in the second semester of 2021. Over the course of six days, we will experience screenings in movie theaters, installations, performances, conferences, film concerts, workshops and outdoor screenings. The event seeks to expand the possibilities of film beyond traditional formats and spaces, creating a zone of creative contagions between cinema and the visual arts, historical works and the current production, analogic and digital, filmmaking and critical thinking. Bringing together some of the most inventive works of contemporary audiovisual production and curated programs with films and installations in Super 8, 16mm and digital, the festival will promote encounters between international and local artists, celebrating free experimentation and daring expression. The festival is organized through public funding via Lei Municipal de Incentivo à Cultura de Belo Horizonte. All events have free admission.