Open Call: Experimental Animation will be curated by Darren Douglas Floyd, Founder and Executive Director of Still Rendering Production and a guest curator.  The selected works will be shown in an online exhibition at stillrendering.org.  

Still Rendering was founded in 2024 to provide open call opportunities for artists who animate.  While there are many animation festival opportunities, there are relatively few open calls that explicitly include or focus on animation.  This tendency shapes experimental animation towards what is screenable in the festival context (i.e. linear single channel works) and forecloses on wider experiments in animation art. 

December 1, 2024

$20 per submission. Payment is non-refundable and does not guarantee acceptance. If your submission is multi-channel, please indicate this on the form and it will be considered as a single submission.

This call is open to artists who animate, anywhere in the world, 18+ years of age.

Student work is eligible. All experimental animation styles, types and techniques are welcome. AI policy: Animations which include AI processes or content should be described as such in the documentation about the project. Multi-channel animation projects are considered one piece and can be submitted via the form.  This is intended to encourage artist-animators who make installation work or looping work for gallery settings to apply.

The inaugural show is curated and juried by Executive Director, Darren Douglas Floyd along with a guest juror. Please note, there is no personal feedback given by jurors.

All notifications related to this open call will be done via email.