Fotofestiwal – International Festival of Photography in Łódź, the largest and the oldest photography festival in Poland, announces the call for projects within Fotofestiwal Open Call 2025.
The competition is open and does not impose any thematic, age or geographical limitations.
Six (6) winners will be selected by an international Jury and exhibited during Fotofestiwal 2025.
An Open Call for Fotofestiwal Open Program gives you an opportunity to present your works to the audience of the International Festival of Photography held in June 2025 in Łódź (Poland). We are looking for artists with exceptional personalities and projects which present bold visions. The call for entries is open – with no thematic or age limits. We invite specialists from the world’s most important media and photographic institutions to join the jury. From among the submitted projects, the jury will select six which, in cooperation with the curators of Fotofestiwal, will be presented in the form of an exhibition.
From the submitted projects, we nominate at least one artist each year for the FUTURES program. FUTURES is a Europe-based photography platform bringing together the global photography community to support and nurture the professional development of emerging artists across the world.
What selected authors receive
Exhibition production budget 500 euro
Exhibition during FOTOFESTIWAL in Łódź (over 20.000 viewers) for 6 artists,
Artistic fee 400 euro,
Accommodation for the main opening weekend of the festival,
Reimbursement of travel costs up to 300 euro,
Fotofestiwal 2025 will be held in Łódź, Poland in June.
About Fotofestiwal
Fotofestiwal was established in 2001 as one of the first photographic events in Poland. Since then it has become one of the most important and largest photography festivals in Central Europe, but its basic mission has not changed.
The organizers present different faces of photography, talk through photography about important social and artistic issues, introduce the audience to the unobvious beauty and unique history of Łódź. They organize exhibitions in post-industrial spaces, emphasize networking events, try to develop new ways of talking about photography.
Fotofestiwal Open Call 2025 – Entry Fee
Each participant can submit maximum two projects, and for each submitted project the cost is 15 Euro.
Deadline: 25 November 2024
Apply link: https://site.picter.com/open-call-2025-fotofestiwal