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title: OPEN CALL | InShadow - Lisbon Screendance Festival | 18th Edition
description: International screendance festival in Lisbon accepting submissions for videodance, documentary, and animation competitions. $35 fee.
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status: closed
createdAt: "2026-03-30"
updatedAt: "2026-09-30"
programType: Festival/fair
organization: VO ARTE
organizationUrl: https://www.artsume.com/o/vo-arte
deadline: "2026-05-01"
entryFee: 35 USD
location: Lisbon, Portugal
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compensationRange: Prizes ranging from €200 to €3,000, plus a training scholarship (€2,500) and an international director residency grant.
disciplines:
  - dance
  - film
  - animation
  - visual arts
careerStages:
  - Emerging artist
  - Established
  - Mid-career
---

# OPEN CALL | InShadow - Lisbon Screendance Festival | 18th Edition

**Hosted by:** VO ARTE

**Type:** Festival/fair | **Location:** Lisbon, Portugal | **Deadline:** May 1, 2026 | **Entry fee:** $35

## About This Program

> "Screendance and moving image — movement, body, space and time through the moving image"

InShadow is an international festival dedicated to screendance and moving image, held annually in Lisbon from mid-November to mid-December. We celebrate bold, innovative and hybrid works at the intersection of dance, cinema and visual arts. The festival program includes International Competitions in Videodance, Documentary and Animation, as well as performances, exhibitions, installations, workshops and masterclasses.

We are looking for artists working across dance, film, animation and visual arts who are interested in exploring movement, body, space and time through the moving image. We welcome bold, experimental and interdisciplinary approaches, as well as diverse voices and perspectives from around the world.

Artists at any stage of their career are invited to submit works that challenge formats, blur boundaries and expand the possibilities of screendance and audiovisual creation.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Career Stage:** Emerging artist, Established, Mid-career
- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** dance, film, animation, visual arts
- **Note:** Artists at any stage of their career are invited to submit. Looking for artists working across dance, film, animation and visual arts interested in exploring movement, body, space and time through the moving image.

### Additional Requirements

Submit works in one or more categories: Videodance (max 20 min preferred), Dance Documentary (max 90 min preferred), Dance Animation (max 7 min preferred, for ages 5-15), or Photography. Submitted via FilmFreeway platform.

## Compensation & Benefits

Prizes ranging from €200 to €3,000, plus a training scholarship (€2,500) and an international director residency grant.

**Includes:** Prize, Honorarium

Jorge Salavisa Award | Best Videodance: €500. Best Choreography: €300. Best Videography: €300. Luna Andermatt Award | Best Documentary: €400. Territory Award – Best National Director: €3,000 (order value for a videodance to premiere at Teatro Camões). Best Interpretation: €200. ETIC Award – National Film: €2,500 training scholarship. AAC–Soudos International Director: artistic residency with accommodation and food covered by host entity (travel under responsibility of artist). Audience Award and Best Animation Film are non-monetary. Payment of monetary prizes via PayPal only, within 60 days of announcement.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** March 30, 2026
- **Deadline:** May 1, 2026
- **Program Start:** November 15, 2026
- **Program End:** December 15, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://en.inshadowfestival.com/open-call-26