Film Submissions for Light Moves Festival 2025
Film Submissions for Light Moves Festival 2025 are now OPEN!
Photo credit Maurice Gunning.
Filmmakers, dance artists, choreographers and visual artists are invited to submit screendance and related media works for consideration for the forthcoming Light Moves Festival taking place 6-9 November 2025. Based in Limerick, Light Moves unfolds across a variety of venues and unique spaces reflecting the city’s rich cultural vibrancy.
The festival embraces submissions of film and media works in which movement, body or dance plays a defining role.
Works considered will include –
1. Screendance films not exceeding 15 mins duration to be presented in a cinematic context.
2. Screendance films not exceeding 40 mins duration to be presented in a cinematic context.
3. Screendance feature length films over 40 min duration.
4. Student Films in which the director and/or choreographer is a registered student on a course up to and including MA level only during the production of the submitted work.
Deadlines: Submit your film by 28 February (Earlybird deadline) or 21 March (final deadline) for a chance to have your work featured at Light Moves Festival 2025.
Keep an eye out for a second Open Call later in January: Our Screendance Open Format category Call Out will be announced later in January 2025. This category invites artists’ proposals that go beyond the parameters of screenings. Keep an eye on our channels for further info.
Submit your project today on FilmFreeway by clicking the button below, please read the Rules and Terms carefully before submitting.
Light Moves Festival is funded by the Arts Council of Ireland and Limerick City and County Council.
The festival is produced by Dance Limerick and supported by partners Digital Media & Arts Research Centre (DMARC), Department of Computer Science & Systems and Irish World Academy of Music & Dance at University of Limerick, Dance Ireland and Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin.