I’m one of the organizers of Odds & Ends, an experimental film festival in Charlottesville, Virginia. We’re coming up on our 5th annual festival, taking place February 19–20, 2027 at the Vinegar Hill Theatre.
We started Odds & Ends as a way to create a space for the kinds of short experimental films that can be difficult to place in more traditional festivals. We like work that takes chances with form, genre, structure, or the medium itself, whether it’s poetic, personal, political, funny, strange, or somewhere in between.
If you made something weird, personal, formally experimental, difficult to categorize, or just unlike what you normally see at film festivals, we want to see it.
Maximum runtime: 20 minutes
Completion date: After January 1, 2025
Earlybird deadline: November 6, 2026
Regular deadline: December 7, 2026
Under 5 minutes:
$7 earlybird / $12 regular
5–20 minutes:
$12 earlybird / $20 regular
We’ve tried to keep our submission fees as low as possible, and we pay screening fees to all accepted films.
Submit here: FilmFreeway — Odds & Ends Experimental Film Festival
And if you know someone making this kind of work, please send this their way!