Electric Spring, in association with the Centre for Experimental Practice (CXP) and the Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM), is announcing an open call for experimental short films at Electric Spring 2024.

We welcome short films with an experimental approach to any aspect of audio visual expression – visual, sound, narrative, genre, performance, theme... all approaches are encouraged for submission. Selected films will be screened at an evening event slot (9-10pm) at Electric Spring on the festivals 3.5m x 6.2m screen and utilise the Huddersfield Immersive Sound System (HISS).

- Films should ideally be shorter than 7 minutes. Films exceeding 10 minutes are unable to be considered.
- The first sift of applications will be decided based upon a nominated extract (1 minute) by the artist. Please indicate the starting point for this one minute extract in the submission form.
- Media links should connect to a video streaming service (YouTube, Vimeo, etc...). Links to file sharing service (WeTransfer, SwissTransfer, Google Drive, etc...) are unable to be considered.
- It is preferred that media links are not password protected. 

Screening Jury:
Prof. PA Tremblay (Music)
Dr Sam Gillies (Music)
Dr Jenna Collins (Contemporary Art)
Dr Ben Spatz (Drama, Dance and Performance)
Kate Holden, MFA (Drama, Dance and Performance)

Submission deadline: August 11, 2023
Applicants notified: September 01, 2023
Screening: February 2024

Entrance to Electric Spring is free, and concerts usually average an attendance of between 70 and 120 people. Attendance to the screening is self funded. Queries should be directed to Sam Gillies (s.gillies@hud.ac.uk). All queries should have 'HESFS' in the subject line.