Logo of Madrid Sci-Fi Film Festival

Deadline
31 Oct 2023


Published: 02 Apr 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Madrid Sci-Fi Film Festival

Madrid, Spain


MSFFF was born from a mission:

We’ll take you on a journey through the genre’s cinematographic productions from all over the world.

The next March we will be able to enjoy the best and most current animated productions in Madrid.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Animation  Fantastic  Experimental



 
Logo of Miradas Medellín - Film and Audiovisual Arts Festival

Deadline
31 May 2023


Published: 01 Apr 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Miradas Medellín - Film and Audiovisual Arts Festival

Medellín, Colombia


Miradas Medellín - Film and Audiovisual Arts Festival is organized by Secretaría de Cultura Ciudadana of Medellín (Colombia). Its main objective is to bring Colombian and Latin American film production and other audiovisual expressions to the city's audiences, offering diverse exhibition, training and meeting experiences. It is also committed to promote and generate dynamics around the appreciation, dissemination and distribution that strengthen the audiovisual and film industry in the country. Through its programming, the festival seeks to be a point of convergence of multiple views on reality and contemporary and innovative formats that work with the moving image, focusing on the perspective of filmmakers from Colombia and Latin American countries.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of ESPIGOL FEST

Deadline
05 Jun 2023


Published: 01 Apr 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films


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ESPIGOL FEST

Herbers, Spain


A unique short film festival situated in the backdrop of a beautiful village in the north of Castellón: Herbers.

Promoting film talents that highlights the importance of repopulation, rural environment, biodiversity and diversity in the rural environment giving them the platform to showcase and promote their work.


Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest

Deadline
30 Apr 2023


Published: 01 Apr 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest

Palma, Spain


Comunidad Filmin SL and its subsidiary Filmin Mallorca SL. are organising the fourteenth edition of the Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest, an annual international meeting point between creators, professionals and the audiences to whom their works are directed.

The main objective of this section is to attract young audiences to cinemas. To propose a section of feature films that empathise with the dilemmas, conflicts and different situations faced by the new generations and that, in addition, speak their language.

The 14th edition of the Atlàntida Mallorca Film Fest will take place from 20 July to 20 August 2024.


HIGHLIGHTED!

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Other



 
Logo of National Rural Film Festival

Deadline
10 Jul 2023


Published: 01 Apr 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films

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National Rural Film Festival

Ayacucho, Argentina


VI NATIONAL RURAL FILM FESTIVAL OF AYACUCHO

The Rural Film Festival emerged in the city of Ayacucho in 2016 from an initiative presented by Mr. Emilio Quiroga to the Directorate of Culture to promote audiovisual production in our city.
Below, we list some of the central ideas, according to time and resources, that have been and will be developed within this space:
- General direction and coordination of the Rural Film Festival.
- Promotion and promotion of the movie theater and alternative projection spaces.
- Linkage and cooperation between rural and urban schools.
- Generation of socio-educational projects in schools, institutes and training centers.
- Provision of courses and training open to the community.
- Production of content and audiovisual resources for Municipal offices.
- Production of local short films that cover fiction and non-fiction stories, documentaries, on various topics.
Every year we launch an open call nationwide for fiction and non-fiction short films that cover Rural life from its form and/or content. Our intention is to get to know and enrich ourselves with productions from other places in our country.
The Festival provides training and support programs with theoretical and practical tools for audiovisual production to those who join this initiative. We refer to teachers and students from schools, institutions, neighborhood headquarters, organizations or groups who wish to participate.
This experience became a much larger phenomenon around the initially proposed Film Festival. We are motivated by the need to consolidate a space that seeks to generate identity, value culture, emphasis on human relationships and also commercial links that derive from this massive meeting that can be used to make goods, services and trades visible in pursuit of profit. mutual of the community.
Another important point is to strengthen the ties of our community with those people and groups that come to our city from both nearby towns and also from other cities and provinces of our country summoned by the social event that the Festival represents.
We will use the Festival as a construction tool committed to our social context and in accordance with sustainable production mechanisms considering current communication channels and technology. We will approach the audiovisual understood as an object to think about and in constant transformation.
It is necessary, from our intervention, to guarantee access to a symbolic language, essential to navigate the world around us and construct the images and sounds of our time, this being a necessary task for the development of society, the strengthening of democracy , equity and access to work.


Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Joutseno Art Summer International Film Festival

Deadline
06 May 2023


Published: 01 Apr 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Joutseno Art Summer International Film Festival

Joutseno, Finland


Welcome to Joutseno Art Summer International Film Festival. This international festival which has the main theme of the UN SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) is the Nordic celebration of independent filmmaking!

To highlight the importance of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), Joutseno College (Joutsenon Opisto in Finnish) is holding this international film festival offering the pleasant atmosphere and the great natural scenery of Lake Saimaa just 2.5 hours train trip from Helsinki, the capital city of Finland.

Joutseno College, which organises the festival, has been an established educational provider of arts and languages for over 70 years, and it is well equipped to allow the preparation of such a programme that includes both outdoor and indoor activities.

As an addition to the college's Art Summer programme running for decades, this festival provides not only a novel cinematic experience for audiences as well as filmmakers, but it also renders an opportunity to reflect on the future of our planet emphasising on the role and responsibilities of us as human beings.

Our main goal with Joutseno Art Summer International Film Festival is to help maximise the engagement of select independent filmmakers who choose to challenge and reflect on global scale problems. The festival would offer filmmakers a unique opportunity to screen their works in one of the most scenic venues and locations in Finland!

In addition to live screenings, we offer:

❄ networking events
❄ open dialogue sessions
❄ pre/post festival training/discussion sessions
❄ an extensive network of different stakeholders
❄ a guided tour of Lappeenranta and Joutseno
❄ several recreational events such as live music

Visit our website https://www.joutsenonopisto.fi/ff2023 for more information and updates.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of Benevento Social Film Festival Artelesia

Deadline
30 Jun 2023


Published: 31 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Benevento Social Film Festival Artelesia

Benevento, Italy


The Social Film Festival ArTelesia is organized by the non-profit Cultural Association “Libero Teatro”.
The event is supported by the MIC Directorate General for Cinema and Audiovisual, the Film
Commission Campania Region, Cesvolab and the patronage of the Presidency of the Council of
Ministers, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Education, University and Research, UNAR - National
Office against Racial Discrimination, the Province of Benevento, the Municipality of Benevento, the
Chamber of Commerce of Benevento, Arcigay Napoli, the University Center Synapses of the Federico
II University of Naples, the University of Sannio, the Suor Orsola Benincasa University of Naples, the
University of Salerno, the UCAM San Antonio de Murcia University (Spain), the CADMUS. Students
from the aforementioned universities will participate in the organization of the fifteenth edition as Interns.

PURPOSE OF THE COMPETITION

The Social Film Festival ArTelesia intends to promote cinema both in Italy and abroad. The Festival represents a showcase for the promotion of films of cultural interest, belonging to the independent and non-independent cinema circuit. An ideal place for lively confrontations between producers, authors and distributors, but also between the production universe and the target audience, the Festival promotes the dissemination of films of high artistic value, capable of contributing to cultural growth and the formation of a mature awareness criticism in young people.

THEMES

- I BELONG TO ME: respect for one's own individuality, knowing how to be beyond all appearances, cultivating one’s freedom against all dependencies

- INTEGRATION: respect for ethnic and cultural identity against all forms of discrimination

- DEEP SURFACES: discovery and enhancement of the historical-artistic heritage of the territories

- ORTHOMETRY: Stories of sustainable agriculture

- FREE THEME

SECTIONS

- Filmmaker: emerging and professional directors, production and distribution companies

- DiVabili: works created by directors with disabilities or involving disabled actors that do not necessarily have to focus on the topic of disability


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Fantastic  Terror  Experimental



 
Logo of Mercantil En Off Film Festival

Deadline
31 Jul 2023


Published: 31 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Mercantil En Off Film Festival

Balaguer, Spain


The fourth edition of the La Mercantil in Off Film Festival will take place in Balaguer on the december 20th 2025.

EN OFF FILM FESTIVAL is an international fiction, animation and documentary short-film festival. The program’s selection process follows a set of artistic and technical criteria.


SECTIONS

The festival is divided into the following sections:

OVC Section (Original Version in Catalan)
Short films in original version in Catalan with English or Spanish subtitles.

International Section
Short films whose original version is in any language except Catalan, with English or Spanish subtitles.

Music Video Section
In any language and/or format. Subtitles are not compulsory.

Mini Short-Film Section
Short films with a maximum duration of 5 minutes.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Zaragoza International Film Festival

Deadline
12 Aug 2023


Published: 31 Mar 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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Zaragoza International Film Festival

Zaragoza, Spain


The Zaragoza Film Festival, founded in 1995 to create a cinematic activity in the city. At first his main title was the Young Filmmakers. Since 2007 its official name became the Zaragoza Film Festival.

Festival with various events, generalist and national character (although some of its events are international).

Starting in 2021, after celebrating the 25th edition of the Festival, we propose an evolution of the project.


GOYA!

International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of MoDive-Se (LGBT Film Festival)

Deadline
06 May 2023


Published: 31 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films


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MoDive-Se (LGBT Film Festival)

Campinas, Brazil


MoDive-Se is a short film festival and feature films in the city of Campinas, to show films with LGBT themes.
On the first edition was held in 2014, sponsored by the State Government of São Paulo.
In 2015 it was performed independently. The same will occur in 2016, but this year, in addition to film the show will expand its activities with exhibitions of theater and performance.


International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental



 
Logo of OVIEDO MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL

Deadline
01 Oct 2023


Published: 31 Mar 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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OVIEDO MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL

Oviedo, Spain


Oviedo Music Video Festival.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Documentary  Music Video



 
Logo of Central American Film Festival - Vienna

Deadline
15 Jul 2023


Published: 31 Mar 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Central American Film Festival - Vienna

Wien, Austria


The Central American Film Festival in Vienna, Austria, has firmly established itself as an annual tradition for the city.

Vienna has long been revered as one of the world's foremost cultural hubs, making it an ideal setting to showcase the increasingly diverse and compelling productions emerging from the Central American region.

This year's film festival returns in November, and we eagerly anticipate the continued patronage of our devoted audience as they join us to explore the latest offerings from Central American cinema.

Consistent with past editions, alongside the Feature Film, Short Film, Documentary, and Animation categories, the festival includes parallel non-competitive sections: "Pioneers of Central American Cinema," "Works in Progress," "Guest Film," "Bonus Films," and "Latin American View." The latter features a curated selection of audiovisual works depicting contemporary life in Latin America. Detailed descriptions of these sections are provided in the participation guidelines.

"Latin American View": A curated selection of audiovisual works from Latin America offering insights into life in the region.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other



 
Logo of Festival Curta Bragança

Deadline
28 Jun 2023


Published: 31 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films


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Festival Curta Bragança

Bragança, Brazil


Only for Brazilian filmmakers


Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of 22° MonFilmFest, Giochi Di Cinema Senza Frontiere

Deadline
12 Jun 2023


Published: 30 Mar 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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22° MonFilmFest, Giochi Di Cinema Senza Frontiere

Casalborgone, Italy


Immagina, Associazione Culturale, organizes the 22nd edition of the MonFilmFest.

The MISSION: the search for new stories and new talents in cinema through "a game" that defines and determines "a way of producing".

The CHARACTERIZATION: the MONFILMFEST has maintained its root "games of cinema without borders" in the Monferrato region. Without any obligation on regulations, we give guidelines consistent with our past, and WE START FROM THE IDEA OF TELLING from the Monferrato, THE PLANET, in its multiple physical, anthropic, political, and economic aspects with its evident environmental criticalities and its resistant beauties.

The CINEMA GAMES are the tool to fulfill our mission:

1. SEVEN DAYS FOR A FILM
It is a game that tests the ability to produce a film in Seven Days by designing the story and the production plan up to its first screening to the public.

2. SHOWCASE
Showcase presents a program of films to be screened during the festival week after A RESEARCH, A REDISCOVERY of ignored or forgotten films, produced after January 1, 2022.

The works have no constraints on genre, type, or duration. Showcase is beyond genres for a total vision of the international cinematic panorama. The FESTHOME platform will host the works and allow worldwide enjoyment of the films after the author's registration on the dedicated page of the MonFilmFest.

3. CHAT SI GIRA! is the new game of the MonFilmFest dedicated to the pre-production of a film written four-handed with Artificial Intelligence. The project involves screenwriters and AI developers working together to create an original screenplay.

The first step will be to write in Italian, using the suggestions offered by Artificial Intelligence, the synopsis, the subject, and the treatment or the screenplay of a short film, all in Seven Days.

All authors who can propose their work in Italian can participate.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Fantastic Gijón

Deadline
15 Jul 2023


Published: 30 Mar 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Fantastic Gijón

Gijón, Spain


FantasticGijón was born with the illusion of filling a space that we believe empty in Asturias, to accommodate national and international productions of the Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction genres that, due to the genre to which they belong, have less chance of reaching our community within of the programming of the rest of regional festivals.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fantastic  Terror



 
Logo of Elche Cinema Festival

Deadline
30 Apr 2023


Published: 30 Mar 2023
 Does NOT have submission fees
Short films

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Elche Cinema Festival

Elche, Spain


The Elche Film Festival, organized by Mediterraneo Foundation's main objective is to offer a cultural space to filmmakers and moviegoers.

In a constant commitment to the promotion of culture and supporting emerging values of cinema, focusing on innovation, public conversation with the authors and the elimination of technological compete when barriers and vote.


GOYA!

International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror



 
Logo of  MAFIC MALAGA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Deadline
18 Sep 2023


Published: 30 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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MAFIC MALAGA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Malaga, Colombia


MAFIC: “MÁLAGA- INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL”: Training, BUSINESS AND APPRECIATION Space for new audiovisual, Artistic and Cinematographic products; Academic laboratories; suitable land for the meeting and exchange of alliances and development of projects between the regional, national and international industry.

MAFIC: is composed of 3 EXPERIENCES designed as follows:

REMA: "EXHIBITION ROUTE - MALAGUEÑA": Exclusive Exhibition Spaces throughout the municipality, of the latest Audiovisual Productions - Cinematographic, International, National, and Regional.

MAM “MÁLAGA AUDIOVISUAL AND ART, MARKETING” offers you opportunities that allow you to expand your network of contacts and learn about the regional, national or international Audiovisual market in artistic areas (cinema, theater, music, designers, plastic artists, costumes, decoration, comics, etc.)

LAFAMA "MALAGUEÑA AUDIOVISUAL TRAINING LABORATORIES"
They are laboratories of investigation and knowledge, where illustrious and recognized personages, will expose to the public in general or specific, detailed information of subjects of the cinematographic industry.


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival

Deadline
30 Apr 2023


Published: 29 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films

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Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival

Vila do Conde, Portugal


Curtas Vila do Conde – International Film Festival is one of the most prestigious film festivals in Portugal, reaching its 33rd edition in 2025.

Assuming as the main objective the promotion and diffusion of cinematographic and audiovisual works, selected according to quality criteria, Curtas Vila do Conde focuses on the discovery of new films and filmmakers and also on the recognised legacy of Cinema.

Short film competitions with animations, documentaries, fiction films, experimental films, and music videos, produced in 2024 or 2025, no longer than 60 minutes (exception made, under 30 minutes of duration, for Curtinhas – youth and children; My Generation – competitive section aimed for teenagers; Take One! – student films; and Music Videos), preferably with subtitles in Portuguese or English, are admitted to the various competitions.

Side programs, to be progressively announced, will highlight not only a selection of worldwide contemporary short films but also the relations between shorts and features, music and film, or art and cinema.


OSCAR!

International Festival

Short film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Ekurhuleni International Film Festival

Deadline
09 Sep 2023


Published: 29 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films

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Ekurhuleni International Film Festival

Germiston, South Africa


Theme
Our theme is simple and it is just one word: INNOVATION

Motivation
We encourage filmmakers to come up with innovative concepts and tell unique stories that promote peace and prosperity in their countries.

Vision
Promote international solidarity and a myriad of opportunities for filmmakers, businesses and broadcasters through film.
 
Mission
Create a self sustainable film industry and a new world class breed of filmmakers.

Background History
The Ekurhuleni International Film Festival was formed as a result of Siyafunda Programme an initiative by Rhythm Cycle Trading Projects in partnership With Ekurhuleni’s Metropolitan Municipality: Department: SRAC: Performing Arts division .The purpose of the Programme is to empower the unemployed youth economically and provide them with vital filmmaking skills. Promote the local businesses in the film industry and promote Social cohesion and mainstream youth development. Promoting indigenous music and instruments and participation in the arts is one of the key roles of the Programme.

The Cinematography wing of the project initiated the Ekurhuleni International Film Festival through one of its partners Rhythm Cycle Projects a local Film & Television film production company. The purpose of the festival is to empower Emerging local and international filmmakers. This will provide filmmaking skills; create networking opportunities with local and international broadcasters. This will also promote the local businesses through the film industry and mainstream economic development across a myriad of sectors of the economy.
 

Introduce young aspirant filmmakers to wildlife filmmaking
Educate the people about the natural world and films
Create networking opportunities for local filmmakers, broadcasters and funders
Promote indigenous music
Enrichment of the arts
Promote culture and heritage
Boost tourism
Mainstream youth development
Attract broadcasters
Create jobs and economic opportunities

Aims & Objectives

1.To ensure that every government department has a progress report on video in preparation for the next financial year.

2.To educate people how our government operates and help them identify what, how they can contribute to boost our economy and get benefits.

3.To develop an advertising medium for SMMEs, Big companies, banks and Educational institutions to generate revenue for the project to empower participants while they are studying.

4.To create a local film industry that will alleviate poverty in rural areas by making films that will tell their stories and attract the international market.

5.To transfer filmmaking skills to the youth out of school and the unemployed.

6.Showcase South Africa’s storytelling talent and introduce a new generation of characters through film and TV productions .

7.To establish partnerships with other territories to implement Co-Production Treaties that RSA signed with other countries to grow our local film industry.

Programme
Registrations
Welcome and Official Opening
Exhibitions
Workshops
Seminars
Screenings
Adjudication
Networking Sessions
Fun walks
Wine tasting
Ekurhuleni International Film Awards


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Fiction  Documentary  Animation  Fantastic  Terror  Other  Experimental  Music Video



 
Logo of Fotogenia Festival

Deadline
10 Sep 2023


Published: 29 Mar 2023
 Has submission fees
Short films
Feature films


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Fotogenia Festival

Mexico City, Mexico


FOTOGENIA, INTERNATIONAL FILM POETRY & DIVERGENT NARRATIVES FESTIVAL, VOL. 5 promotes a space with an alternative conception of films, a celebration of experimentation and avant-garde framework, the love of curiosity and research of the Seventh Art. Everyone is invited, taking into consideration the disruptive nature of the selected works.

FOTOGENIA is a Film Festival held in the heart and diverse areas of Mexico City that celebrates cinema itself, experimentation with its nature, formats, genres, narrative, projection spaces, and all the freedom to explore the audiovisual image without restriction. It joins the Festivals of this type around the world such as the Film & Video Poetry Symposium which takes place in Moscow, Los Angeles, and New York, Rencontres Internationales held in Paris and Berlin, and Le FIFA, Festival International du Film Sur l'Art in Montreal, Canada.

​If you are an audiovisual maker who doesn't find your place, voice, and vision within the traditional film festivals and you are interested in provoking the cinematographic image through the exploration of its frontiers and limits, in order to converse with the viewers in innovative and critical ways to ignite a confrontation between reality and cinematic phenomenon, this is your place to exhibit your passion. We receive filmpoetry, avant-garde films, video art & experimental cinema.

​And if you are a spectator avid for finding new film proposals, personal movies, and experimental works of cinema, this is your place to watch.

​We welcome you to experience films in another way!

Open your gaze!


International Festival

Short film festival

Feature film festival


 Other  Experimental  Music Video