The Film and Video Poetry Society Presents:
The 2026 Film and Video Poetry Symposium
Poets, writers, filmmakers, animators, media and video artists are called to submit their work to the 2026 Film and Video Poetry Symposium.
The Symposium will celebrate and screen a large scope of film and video projects developed primarily through the medium of poetry. FVPSociety will present a series of panels, guest speakers, workshops, and public dialogues over the course of the symposium. In addition to these activities and screenings, programmers also curate and present a 30-day media gallery exhibition.
The Film and Video Poetry Symposium will accept submissions of poetry films, filmpoems, digital-poetry, poetry video, choreopoems, Cin(E)-Poetry, spoken word film and videos, videopoems, visual poetry, poetronica, media poetry, and film and video works that are driven by onscreen text.
The Film and Video Poetry Symposium also calls for experimental film and video. This includes non-narrative work as well as the avant-garde. We strongly consider work that challenges traditional and current visual communication methods while continuing to function as a mode for exploring narrative forms and personal expression. Experimental work that explores language and/or literature whether it is oral, written, visual, or symbolic are also encouraged.
The Film and Video Poetry Symposium also calls for essay film, works of epistolary cinema, documentaries, artist moving image, performance art film and video, animation, and oratorical works.
Lastly, The Film and Video Poetry Symposium seeks digital art projects including but not limited to artificial intelligence, virtual reality, 360° Video, works that explore ASMR, video mapping, media installation proposals, and video art presentations that feature, hybrid, or contain aspects of poetry.
DEADLINE: August 31, 2026
NOTIFICATION BEGINS: OCTOBER 1, 2026
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED: October 5, 2026
