European Media Art Festival

European Media Art Festival

Also known as: EMAF
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Experimental film and contemporary media art meet at the European Media Art Festival in Osnabrück, Germany. Organised by Experimentalfilm Workshop e.V., EMAF combines international artists’ films with installations, performances, talks and workshops. Guest-curated programmes and retrospectives connect current work with historical approaches, while the Campus section presents projects by European art academies and universities. The festival traces its origins to Osnabrück’s Experimental Film Workshop in 1981 and carries its present name from 1988.

The 40th edition’s festival dates are 21–25 April 2027; its exhibition at Kunsthalle Osnabrück runs from 21 April to 23 May 2027. The edition explores the archive as a site of knowledge production, critical intervention and alternative futures.

Country

Germany

Focus

Art, Experimental

Categories

Experimental, Feature, Short, Student, Web and New Media

Dates

21 April 2027 — 25 April 2027

Awards and prizes

Under the 2027 regulations, all films in International Selection are equal recipients of the EMAF Award and receive €400 each.

Festival rules

For the 2027 edition, Film, Installation and Expanded submissions are accepted through the festival’s online portal. Works must be completed in 2026 or 2027; a premiere is not required. Each author may submit up to two works. Films up to 60 minutes are considered for International Selection, and longer films for Features. Non-English works require English subtitles for selection. Previously submitted works are not reconsidered. Installation proposals must relate to the 2027 archive theme. There is no submission fee.

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