Film Open Call

The Liu Shiming Art Foundation is announcing their first Open Call for the 2025 edition of the Screening Series. This year’s theme, “Everyday Heritage – Cultural Memory in Motion,” invites emerging filmmakers and video artists to submit moving image works that explore how culture, memory, and identity are carried, embodied, and transformed through the gestures of everyday life.

Selected works will be presented in two or three public screenings at the Liu Shiming Art Gallery & Foundation in Midtown Manhattan during Summer/Fall 2025, in tandem with the Gallery’s upcoming exhibition People Everyday, which features artworks by Hank Willis Thomas and Liu Shiming on May 27, 2025.

Requirements

• Artists may submit work in a range of formats, including but not limited to: Narrative short films, Documentary or ethnographic works, Experimental or hybrid video, Video essays, Archival remix or found footage, Performance or installation-based video.
• Submissions will be accepted from May 15 to June 20, 2025.
• Works under 60 minutes are preferred. Theystrongly encourage submissions from underrepresented voices and communities working across diverse cultural and geographic contexts.

Application Instructions