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title: MONO NO AWARE XX
description: >-
  20th-edition non-competitive expanded cinema festival in NYC for analog film
  and installation/performance artists; travel and accommodations provided.
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type: program
status: open
createdAt: '2026-09-29'
updatedAt: '2026-10-11'
programType: Festival/fair
organization: Mono No Aware
organizationUrl: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/mono-no-aware'
deadline: '2026-10-15'
location: 'Brooklyn, NY, United States'
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compensationRange: Travel stipend and accommodations for selected artists
disciplines:
  - film/video/new media
  - mixed-media/multi-discipline
  - film
---

# MONO NO AWARE XX

**Hosted by:** Mono No Aware

**Type:** Festival/fair | **Location:** Brooklyn, NY, United States | **Deadline:** October 15, 2026

## About This Program

**CALL FOR ENTRIES: MONO NO AWARE XX**

**THE CALL FOR EXPANDED CINEMA IS CURRENTLY OPEN FOR THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM.**

Deadline: All submissions must have been received by Midnight EST US October 15th 2026

**Notification: All entrants will be notified of submissions status by: Friday November 1st 2026**

Event: December 2nd - 13th 2026 in New York City.

MONO NO AWARE is proud to promote a selection from 'Thames Path' — a 16mm film by Adrian Cousins — as our festival call for entries image this year. Cousins is a London-based experimental filmmaker whose work explores the use of custom processes to create films of everyday subjects with estranged colour palettes. With 'Thames Path' developers composed of Oakmoss, Chaparral and Woad are used to create two-colour images on black and white high contrast film stock.

A non-competitive expanded cinema arts festival celebrating film, altered light projection, and durational performance and installation works incorporating analog film formats. Now in its 20th edition, the festival provides selected artists and filmmakers with travel support and accommodations to present their work.

## Eligibility & Requirements

- **Geographic Eligibility:** International
- **Disciplines:** film/video/new media, mixed-media/multi-discipline, film
- **Note:** Open to filmmakers and artists working with S8mm, 16mm, 35mm film and altered light projection.

## Compensation & Benefits

Travel stipend and accommodations for selected artists

**Includes:** Travel grant

The festival provides selected artists and filmmakers with travel support and accommodations to present their work.

## What's Provided

- **Housing:** Provided
- **Travel Support:** Available - Travel stipend and accommodations for selected artists.

## Timeline

- **Opens:** September 29, 2026
- **Deadline:** October 15, 2026
- **Program Start:** December 2, 2026
- **Program End:** December 13, 2026

## How to Apply

Apply at: https://www.mononoawarefilm.com/call-for-entries-mono-no-aware-xx-2026