The Hors Pistes film festival offers a showcase of unique and innovative video works, films and performances that move away from traditional genres to blend fiction with documentary, contemporary art and experimental formats. Hors Pistes is more than 30 programs exploring trends in contemporary visual creation, as well as an exhibition space based on a specific theme. This year : SPORT.

Deadline: October 15, 2010

MONO NO AWARE is an international film event open to any person or group of persons making work that incorporates Super8mm or 16mm film format as part of that presentation. Dancers, Sculptors, Musicians, Theorists, Scientists, Athletes, Visual artists, everyone, AND Film-makers are encouraged to submit.

Deadline: November 5 , 2010

The Open West is an annual open competition and exhibition inviting submissions from national and international artists practising contemporary and conceptual art, inclusive of painting, installation, film, photography, print and sculpture.

Deadline: October 26, 2010

Making Spaces and Finding Time: Women’s Creativity and Collaboration in Art will be exhibited at The Columbia City Theater, presented by Tracy Cilona and Crystal Fosnaugh of the Seattle Curatorial Collective, DameBuilder. The show is open to all women in the Seattle area, and all arts based media will be considered, including writing and collaborative projects.

Deadline: September 19, 2010

Northwest Film Forum announces their latest obstruction for the frisky filmmaker: The Pocket Film Challenge-a small screen, big picture experience. Filmmakers are asked to use mobile phones to shoot and edit three-minute, one-take films.

Deadline: November 8, 2010

The Stranger and the HUMP! 2010 jury invite local filmmakers, actors, kinksters, exhibitionists and notorious sex-havers to submit they're greatest amateur pornographic works to HUMP!

Deadline: October 15, 2010

The Editorial Interns will work with NFFTY staff to coordinate, create and edit all content on the new NFFTY website coming soon. The site will be an online magazine style blog featuring youth filmmaking news, interviews and tools. The Internship will last from September through December 2010.

Deadline: Open.

Newport Beach Film Festival is now accepting entries to consider for its upcoming festival. The festival will be held from April 28 to May 5, 2011.

Final Deadline for entries: 1/24/2011
Student Showcase Deadline: 2/2/2011

Visual Overture magazine is accepting submissions for a special section of the magazine called "Spotlight on Video Art," which will be included in the Winter 2010 issue and feature the work of one serious emerging videographer whose work is fine art.

Deadline: September 30, 2010