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Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival

ON, Canada

Festival overview

About Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival

Physical film festival in ON, Canada with submission categories including Medium length and features: experimental, underground, independent, avant-garde works 30 minutes and over (any topic) and Experimental, avant-garde, underground, surrealist films, a

CALL FOR INDEPENDENT, EXPERIMENTAL WORKS OF ALL GENRES Applications for the Winter 2026 edition open on June 17! Winter 2026 edition will stream from December 13 to 21 on our website.

Pebbles Underground film and video art platform is focused on showcasing experimental, avant-garde, underground, and no-to-low budget independent films and video art projects from all over the world. If you're making slow films, performance films, dance films, experimental docs, essay films, hybrids, non-films of an absurd, uncanny, witty, humorous, queer, political, or something no one has the name for yet – we're here for you!

The artists selected for the programs keep ALL the rights. Attention!

We will never include your work in the screening without your permission. If your work is selected, you will receive a lengthy email containing details regarding the program, and asking for your permission to screen the work.

For questions: _ ABOUT US Pebbles Underground is an independent project not funded by any government or corporation, and we intend to keep it that way.

Schedule

Important Dates

Call for Entries Opens
June 17, 2026
Final Submission Deadline
November 27, 2026
Notification Date
December 6, 2026
Festival Starts
December 13, 2026
Festival Ends
December 21, 2026
Eligibility

Rules & Eligibility

General Rules+

  1. NOTICE ~ application process might be paused early, if we receive a higher volume of submissions than we can fairly handle ✧ REQUIREMENTS /

  2. ELIGIBILITY ~ 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.

Current Categories, Deadlines & Fees

Category

Medium length and features: experimental, underground, independent, avant-garde works 30 minutes and over (any topic)

If your work is over 30 minutes long, and you feel that it is a good fit for our project, you can apply here. Experimental documentaries, mockumentaries, screendance, screenlife, essay film, mixed techniques, animation, etc. We have to establish a higher fee in this case due to length. Free theme.

Current FeeEUR 13.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 30 minutes
Category

Experimental, avant-garde, underground, surrealist films, animation, video art, mixed techniques, web based works (any topic)

Experimental, avant-garde, underground, surrealist films, animation, video art, and mixed techniques. Web based experimental works (interactive videos, websites, html based art, etc) Works between 1 second and 30 minutes. Free theme.

Current FeeEUR 5.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 29 minutes
Category

Experimental, expanded, artistic, independent, personal documentaries, as well as mockumentaries (any topic)

Experimental, expanded, artistic, independent documentaries between 1 second and 29 minutes. Free theme.

Current FeeEUR 5.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 29 minutes
Category

Screendance, experimental dance, video performance (any topic)

Screendance, experimental dance, video performance (any topic). Works between 1 second and 29 minutes. Free theme.

Current FeeEUR 5.00Early
RuntimeMaximum runtime: 29 minutes