♫ CALL FOR INDEPENDENT, EXPERIMENTAL WORKS OF ALL GENRES ♫
Winter Edition 2026 will stream from December 13 to 21 on our platform!
✧ FORM/GENRE CRITERIA:
~ Experimental, expanded, artistic documentaries, and mockumentaries (any topic) ~ Experimental, avant-garde, underground, surrealist films, animation, cgi, video art, screenlife, and mixed techniques (any topic) ~ Screendance, experimental dance, video performance (any topic) ~ Web-based experimental and/or interactive projects; e.g. interactive films/videos, games (any topic) ~ Medium length and features: experimental works 30 minutes and over, any of the above mentioned category (any topic)
✧ DRM ENCRYPTED ONLINE FORMAT OF THE SCREENING
~ We are using a video hosting service with DRM encryption, to prevent illegal download of your films during our online screenings, and subtle watermarking. We are not using youtube, or vimeo.
~ premiere status is not necessary, the work does not have to be recent ~ all works in languages other than English MUST have English subtitles; please avoid barely readable fonts. We understand the aesthetic struggle artists are going through while making subs, but believe it or not, subs need to fulfill their purpose! ~ if we select the work, we would ask you to send a screening copy, preferably 1080p. We don’t need ProRes or archival copies, but an h264 mp4 file with best possible quality settings, and 48kHz audio would be much appreciated; depending on the shooting equipment of the selected work, we can also accept 720p and 44kHz ~ include a short bio of the artist (it will be published it if the work is selected) ~ include a short description/ director’s statement about the work (it will be published it if the work is selected) ~ include logline/description/synopsis of the work
✧ EACH APPLICANT CONSENTS TO THE FOLLOWING:
~ application does not guarantee selection, and fee is not refundable; ~ the festival is unable to pay the screening fee at this time; ~ if the work is selected, the festival has a right to present it online, as well as in a physical space; ~ if the work is selected, the festival has a right to use a still or an extract of under 5 seconds from it for promotional purposes (all credits will be included in the video excerpt or still); ~ after the season is finalized, the festival has no right to screen the selected films online or in a physical venue without additional permission from the artist; ~ the selected films will remain in the archive of the festival; ~ the artist keeps all the rights to the work; ~ the artist/submitter must have the copyright to their work (no plagiarism), Pebbles Underground is not liable of any copyright infringement; ~ if the work is submitted by a distributor, or any other third party, the latter must be given the permission to do so by the artist; ~ submissions are accepted only through the online submission platform.
~ All online programs will be FREE TO WATCH ~ If you are a filmmaker from Palestine, Sudan, Georgia, Iran, Armenia, Syria, Lebanon, Belarus, North Korea, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Ethiopia, please write to us for a submission discount or a fee waiver code. In your email, please include the link to the work you are planning to submit.
Pebbles Underground is focused on showcasing and promoting experimental, avant-garde, underground, and no-to-low budget projects by artist-humans from all over the world. Absurd, uncanny, witty, humorous, slow-video – all are welcomed, and loved.
Pebbles Underground is an independent project not funded by any government or corporation, and we intend to keep it that way. Main source of funding is personal donations from humans organizing the project, who are artists themselves, and the main drive of the project is formed by the energy and involvement of the organizers, and the public.
