Strangelove Festival

Strangelove Festival Strangelove is a Time-based Media artist festival working across the South East.

04/03/2026

dokumentART European Film Festival 2026 (Neubrandenburg, Germany) - call for entries. Deadline March 31st

"dokumentART — European Film Festival in Neubrandenburg (Germany) is now accepting submissions for its 2026 edition. With a 30-year history of presenting European short films (up to 30 minutes), the festival places special emphasis on socially engaged cinema and formally daring works, including hybrid, experimental, and boundary-blurring forms.

We invite submissions from filmmakers working at the edges of documentary, fiction, animation, and hybrid/experimental practices. Curated by a team of experienced programmers connected with Berlinale, Kassel, achtung berlin and Slamdance festival seeks voices that push cinematic language into new territories while engaging with contemporary social, political, and aesthetic concerns.

Regular Deadline: March 31, 2026
Submit via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/dokumentART

As an independent festival navigating ongoing public funding challenges, each submission supports the sustainment of a critical platform for experimental, hybrid, and politically attuned short cinema."

https://expcinema.org/site/en/call/dokumentart-european-film-festival-2026

Are you a dancer, choreographer, performance artist and looking for an opportunity to explore and experiment in an envir...
07/01/2026

Are you a dancer, choreographer, performance artist and looking for an opportunity to explore and experiment in an environment of collaboration, then check out this new project by wavelengths dance and performance festival

Across six open sessions, dance and performance makers are invited to come together to try things out, follow hunches, work physically, and explore ideas in relation to others. These are open-source workshops, with no fixed structure or facilitation; each day begins collectively and unfolds accordin...

07/12/2025
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer + Q&A Silver screen at 7 pm 3 December With introduction and Q&A with Elizabeth Klinck.  ...
03/12/2025

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer + Q&A Silver screen at 7 pm 3 December With introduction and Q&A with Elizabeth Klinck. Documentary filmmaker Thomas von Steinaecker spoke to people who have worked with Herzog over his long career. We also hear from Herzog himself, with extraordinary anecdotes about film locations and shoots, his admiration for Lotte Eisner, and his eternal search for beauty. .south

14/11/2025

We've reached the end of this season's live talks for now, keep an eye out for our broadcasts on featuring both our talks at and tour of London.

We'll also be publishing more of the audio archive from on as .

Stay tuned!

31/10/2025

The group show "Figure-Ground" took place in summer this year, and it has stayed with is. Curated with the premise of Gestalt psychology that " To perceive, is to divide" the exhibition room instability as it's starting point.

A stunning series of time-based works made from stills and edited clips, the six screens clustered together unevenly on the wall at Gallery, Mortimer Street, central W1, London.

Palestinian weight lifters and body builders, faced with the lack of gymnasiums carry out their routines in the rubble of . Hey flicker and disappear, some fade,others remain.

Artists: Pio Abad, Jananne Al-Ani, Saba Khan,

A powerful film that shows the effect of war that you don’t see in the media. The effect on ordinary people caught in an...
27/10/2025

A powerful film that shows the effect of war that you don’t see in the media. The effect on ordinary people caught in an extra ordinary situation. Life on the front line in Ukraine. Info from the press release: Both Alaska and Cuba volunteered for military service and work as partners in the same unit, serving in the middle of the war-torn, desolate East Ukraine. Despite being very different, they became close friends. Director Yegor Troyanovsky filmed their lives since the summer of 2022, capturing both moments of respite and joy during rotations and the stark horrors of war, where battles against death and the loss of comrades cast long shadows.

Coexistence, My Ass!A really warm and uncompromising film that explores and exposes the complexities and simplicities of...
25/10/2025

Coexistence, My Ass!

A really warm and uncompromising film that explores and exposes the complexities and simplicities of the occupation of Palestine. It does not shy away but confronts the conflicting issues deep in the Israeli State. Its central message is that coexistence can never be achieved until the Palestinians and Israelis have equality and democracy for everyone.

The film shown as part of the Folkestone Documentary Film festival was followed a Q&A

Comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi’s one-woman show tackles the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the struggle for equality, challenging audiences with uncomfortable truths when her pursuit of coexistence starts sounding absurd.
Directed by Amber Fares Cheryl Pierce

24/10/2025

Highlights from the performance piece that won the artists award, live stand up comedy story-telling, political commentary, acts of solidarity from Qatari-American artist Sophia Al Maria with

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07/10/2025

A free talk on how performance art is embodied.

"Is public art programmed by artists experienced differently?"

Folkestone artist Diane Dever discusses her audience-centred work, re-imagining the Harbour Arm and Folkestone town for residents to be part of local change. A co-founder of Folkestone Fringe, Dever's programmes are interventions in public space, be they curated festivals, live projects, or performative events. As a parallel, Bradley discusses her performance-participatory work and background in regeneration.

Hosted by artist and broadcaster Fari Bradley for Strangelove, the time-based media festival.This talk is recorded for later broadcast and podcast on arts-radio station Resonance104.4FM.

5-6pm on Friday October 10th




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