LOCAL VIDEO – Call for Artists & Filmmakers
LOCAL VIDEO is a week-long exhibition celebrating the joy, nostalgia, and creativity of movie culture before streaming, inspired by the era of video stores, VHS box art, and film discovery.
We’re inviting artists and filmmakers of all ages to submit work for a visual and cinematic experience centered on movies, posters, VHS-style artwork, and short films that capture the spirit of analog film culture.
Key Dates
Submission Deadline
Friday, 2.06.26 at 11:59pm
Artwork Drop-off Friday, 2.13.26 by 8:00pm
@ Something Cool Studios, Austin, TX
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Opening Day + Short Film Screening
Saturday, 2.14.26, 2:00pm to 10:00pm
Selected short films will screen as part of the opening day event.
Exhibition on View
Saturday, 2.14.26 through Sunday, 2.22.26
Artwork will remain installed and viewable for the full week.
Art Workshop: VHS Box Transformations
We’re looking for visual art that is:
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Inspired by movies you love, movies you hate, or films that only exist in your imagination.
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Fun, bold, and imaginative — think VHS covers, movie posters, title cards, dream sequences
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2D only: paintings, drawings, illustration, collage, printmaking, photography, or digital art designed to hang on a wall
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Work that captures the feeling of picking a movie by the cover, watching with friends, or getting pulled into something weird and unforgettable
If your piece is rooted in cinema and made to live on a wall, we want to see it!
Short Films Wanted (5–10 minutes)
We’re looking for short films that are:
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Fun, entertaining, and imaginative
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New works or dusted-off gems from your archives
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Any genre welcome — fiction, experimental, documentary, animation, comedy, genre mashups, you name it
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Works that capture the spirit of watching movies with friends, the weirdness of local access TV, or the homespun energy of DIY filmmaking
Whether you’re shooting something fresh or revisiting those forgotten film reels, we encourage you to submit!