Call for film & video submissions from LGBTQIA+ artists and filmmakers for Queer Night Watch Shoreham
videoclub is curating three new Queer Night Watch outdoor film trails, taking place in February and March 2026, with film & video works projected onto buildings around the town of Shoreham (UK). Work will also be shown as part of an exhibition and cinema screening in Worthing (UK) later in 2026.
Exhibited films will be curated from work submitted to us. Submissions will be accepted from LGBTQIA+ artists and filmmakers from the UK and internationally.
We want to celebrate the diversity of the LGBTQIA+ community – celebrating and showing different viewpoints. However, films do not have to have LGBTQIA+ content. This is a platform to promote LGBTQIA+ artists and filmmakers who have varied perspectives. Films might have the following content or subjects (these are examples, not guidelines or criteria): Trans awareness, disability and neurodiversity, politics, humour, fantasy, reality, and fiction.
Submissions can be artists’ film, video & moving image, experimental film, short film and docs, Machinima, animation, or digital works, and must be less than 5 minutes in length.
Night Watch is curated and produced by international artists’ film & video agency, videoclub. Produced and curated in partnership with ESTEEM. Supported by Arts Council England.
SUBMISSION DETAILS AND INFORMATION
| Deadline for submissions | Notification of selection | Outdoor film trail screenings | Exhibition and cinema screening dates |
| 20 Jan 2026 | 10 Feb 2026 | Feb and Mar 2026 | To be confirmed |
Criteria for screening submissions:
– Be between 2 and 5 minutes in length.
– Be engaging for viewers who may be passing in the street or watching throughout the programme, for example be visually stimulating, humorous, narrative, spectacular, fun, surprising and accessible.
– Be appropriate for public / outdoor exhibition (must be suitable for children and adults in public space).
– Work must be in digital format and be high enough in resolution to be shown at scale (1080p / HD).
Fee:
– An inclusive screening fee of £150 GBP will be paid to the filmmaker if work is shown in the programme (film trail, exhibition and cinema screening).
– Fee will be paid via direct bank payment following receipt of an invoice. Successful artists/filmmakers will be sent details.
Requirements:
– If the language of the film is not English, the film must have English subtitles.
– Only one work per submission (add additional submissions to a new form).
– Entrants may submit an unlimited number of works.
– Work must be digitally available.
– Entrants declare that the film submitted is their own and that its public screening rights have not been transferred to third parties.
If you have relevant queries regarding the film event, the entry process or require assistance navigating the entry form, please email: info@videoclub.org.uk
All artists/filmmakers will be informed of the decision to screen in advance of public announcements.
Submission:
– Click here to submit a film or video via a Google form.
– Complete the form and submit. Please include a short biography about yourself and your work.
– Submissions not using the application form will not be accepted.
