Call for Short Films – Curated Screening Zürich

Stories Around the Bonfire is a curated screening evening of short audiovisual works taking place at Zentralwäscherei in Zürich. The project is built around a simple ritual: one theme word, revealed at the end of June, and a limited period of time to respond to it through film, video or audiovisual form. The works are created independently by each artist and gathered for a collective in-person screening during the week of September 9, 2026.

The evening is focused on personal, atmospheric and independent works that exist outside the traditional festival circuit, films that feel intimate, experimental, cinematic or difficult to place elsewhere. After each screening, the artist is invited for a brief conversation with the audience.

We are currently reaching out to a small number of auteurs, directors and visual artists whose work and sensibility we strongly connect with. If you're a visual artist and you're interested, contact us:

stecascili@gmail.com

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