The 2025 INEFF Conference
17 and 18 July, University of Salford, MeciaCityUK
Submit your film to the Festival on Filmfreeway (Late deadline: 27 June 2025)
Express your interest to take part in this year's 24/7 Filmmaking competition, and get your film screened at Cultplex
Our INEFF event brings together the best of independent experimental fiction film production from all around the world, alongside a fantastic programme of talks, workshops, and more. We believe in bringing film practice and research in experimental fiction film closer together. In this way, we want to celebrate the best of the creative production in this exciting new field, while forging a dialogue between artistic practice and critical context. |
To do this even better, we will hold this year's festival in partnership with an exciting independent cinema Cultplex. By dedicating a day of the INEFF event to the festival, we want to celebrate independent fiction film practice, and make this a day that anyone can enjoy. Whether you love film, think deeply about it, or just want to see some great experimental fiction shorts, this day is not to be missed. |
The INEFF Festival and Conference is a unique and innovative event that showcases the best and most exciting experimental fiction films from around the world. The event brings together filmmakers, artists, scholars, and industry professionals, and it is dedicated to exploring the creative possibilities and boundaries of experimental fiction filmmaking, and promoting the development of new modes of storytelling and audio-visual communication.
The event programming features a diverse selection of films that embody the experimental fiction filmmaking ethos, ranging from short films to feature-length works, as well as expanded cinema and VR. The films are chosen for their deviation from traditional narrative and stylistic norms and their emphasis on exploration and experimentation.
In addition to film screenings, the event features panels, workshops, and Q&A sessions with filmmakers and experts in the field, engendering a deep conversation between theory and practice, inspiring innovation and development of the film form. These sessions are designed to engage all attendees in critical discussions about the creative possibilities and boundaries of experimental fiction filmmaking. The festival also provides networking opportunities for attendees to connect with industry professionals, artists, and fellow filmmakers. This facilitates the development of new collaborations, partnerships, and projects within the experimental fiction filmmaking community.
The INEFF Festival and Conference is a platform for both established and emerging filmmakers, offering a space to showcase their work and receive recognition for their creative and artistic vision. By bringing together diverse perspectives and experiences, the event fosters an environment of collaboration, experimentation, and innovation in the art of filmmaking.
What do we mean by Experimental Fiction Filmmaking?
Experimental Fiction Filmmaking is an open approach to film production that is informed by creative traditions in cinema, specifically experimental film, art cinema and expanded cinema, but also by specific philosophical concerns and practitioner insights and sensibilities. In parallel to the notion of experimental fiction in literature, it can be defined by a deviation from established narrative and stylistic norms linked to seamless and coherent representation, dramatic structure or commercial principles of spectacle and entertainment.
There is no fixed definition of Experimental Fiction Filmmaking, and the INEFF Festival and Symposium will help to define but also expand the field.
There is no fixed definition of Experimental Fiction Filmmaking, and the INEFF Festival and Symposium will help to define but also expand the field.
What are the creative possibilities and boundaries of experimental fiction filmmaking?
Which modes of collaboration can inform novel and meaningful experimental fiction film outputs?
How might new technology shape new narrative fiction forms?
How might we define Experimental Fiction Filmmaking?
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