PVTV Fringe Flicks (3)

Inizio del Festival: 11 luglio 2025      Festival si chiude: 11 luglio 2025

People Versus TV (PVTV) invites filmmakers, video artists, and creators of all stripes to submit their films for Season 3 of our Fringe Flicks series!

We’re on the lookout for unconventional work that defies norms and embraces the subversive, absurd, and surreal. Whether you’re a seasoned filmmaker or just starting out, we want to see your bold and boundary-pushing creations.

What We’re Looking For

We’re passionate about work that’s:

- Weird, anarchic, and fun

- Absurdist, surreal, or experimental

- Satirical and subversive, especially satire that punches up

We encourage submissions from artists at any stage of their career, and we’re particularly interested in amplifying voices from underrepresented communities.

Why Submit to Fringe Flicks?

Fringe Flicks is not just a screening series—it’s a celebration of avant-garde, experimental, and boundary-pushing work in the moving image. By participating, your film will:

- Be showcased alongside like-minded creators in Liverpool, at the heart of the city’s creative and cultural Fabric District.

- Reach an audience eager for unique, challenging, and unconventional content.

- Have the chance to spark meaningful conversations with a vibrant and engaged community of cinephiles and creatives.

Event Details

Selected films will be shown at our Fringe Flicks Season 3 events, starting with 11th July 2025 at DoES Liverpool, with further events on 10th October 2025 and 6th February 2026.

Submissions are open now and close on 2nd May 2025. Notifications will be sent by 23rd May 2025.

All screenings are held at DoES Liverpool, 1st Floor, The Tapestry, 68-76 Kempston St, Liverpool, L3 8HL.

Event Structure

Each Fringe Flicks night is a curated mix of independent and experimental short films, divided into two halves with an intermission:

- First Half: A selection of shorter films showcasing creativity, experimentation, and storytelling.

- Second Half: A featured short film and longer works. If we select a feature film from this callout, it will be showcased in the second half.

The bar will remain open after the screenings, providing an excellent opportunity for filmmakers and audience members to connect, network, and share their thoughts.

What We Value

We’re focused on imagination and creativity over technical perfection, especially for shorter works. While longer works should exhibit high-quality storytelling, we’re less concerned with technical polish and more with the strength of your script, dialogue, and narrative.

Future Opportunities

If your work isn’t selected for one of our upcoming events, we may still consider it for future screenings. In that case, we’ll contact you first to confirm your interest.

How to Submit

Submissions are open exclusively on Festhome.

Submissions are open now and close on 2nd May 2025.

Contact Information:

For questions, please email us at peopleversustv@gmail.com.

We can’t wait to see your work and celebrate the unconventional, the surreal, and the absurd with you!

We have recently introduced an Audience Choice Award, which is voted on by the audience at the event.

At Fringe Flicks, we believe cinema is best experienced as a conversation. Our Audience Choice Award isn’t about deciding which film is “best” but rather serves as a way to encourage discussion and deeper engagement with the work we showcase.

At each event, audience members vote for the film that resonated with them the most—whether it challenged, surprised, or stayed with them long after the screening. The award highlights films that spark conversations and leave an impact.

???? Winner: Recognised at the event and featured in our festival archive.
???? Honourable Mentions: If voting is close, we may also acknowledge standout films that engaged audiences in unique ways.

We see this as a tool to celebrate the variety of voices and styles that make independent cinema exciting, rather than a competition.

What We’re Looking For

We welcome submissions that are:

- Weird, anarchic, fun, absurdist, surreal, or experimental

- Parody and satire that punches up
We encourage submissions from artists at any stage of their career.

Length

We accept films in the following categories:

Up to 3 minutes
3 - 15 minutes
15 - 30 minutes
30 - 60 minutes
60 - 90 minutes

Previous Screenings

We’re happy to show work that has been screened elsewhere or made available online before; however:

- Your film must not have been shown at a PVTV event before.

- If you’ve had your work featured at a PVTV event in the past, contact us for a free submission code. We value ongoing relationships with artists and want to showcase your new work!

Free Submissions

In our commitment to promoting both local and global voices, we are offering free submissions for films under 30 minutes from:

- Liverpool
- Africa
- Iran

Quality & Experience

We value imagination and creativity over technical polish, especially for shorter works.

- For shorter works, we’re more interested in bold concepts and unique perspectives than technical production quality.

- For longer works, we expect higher quality, but we’re still more focused on the strength of your concept, scriptwriting, dialogue, and storytelling than on slick production.

Multiple Submissions

You may submit more than one work.

Geographical Location & Language

The callout is open to artists worldwide.

We welcome films in any language, but non-English films must include English subtitles, either burnt in or provided as an SRT file.

For More Information

Visit our website: https://www.peopleversus.tv/fringe-flicks

Contact us at: peopleversustv@gmail.com