SUBMIT to FAILED FILMS SEASON 8

New Orleans

Submissions open now through March 4, 2026

On April 4, 2026, we're hosting a one-night event featuring short films, visual art installations, and multimedia work from New Orleans-based (and surrounding area) artists. We want this show to belong to New Orleans, your stories, your community, your beautiful failures.

Please know we have not forgotten our bay area roots or our beloved community in LA or the people from all over the world that have somehow heard of us and trusted us with their works. You are and always will be what makes Failed Films and we can't wait to come back and do it all over again with you.

Submission info (what we’re looking for):

Short Films (5–8 minutes)

  • Open to New Orleans-based (and surrounding area) filmmakers only

  • We have capacity to screen 45–60 minutes of short films total

  • A completed film is not required to submit—a concept and description is enough to apply

  • Final deadline for completed works is Mar 4, 2025

  • Note: Films with content warranting trigger warnings may be placed in the Trigger Warning Theater loop at the curators' discretion 

  • Films need to be in a 1920 x 1080 aspect ratio

Ultrawide Video Art

  • Ultrawide video art needs to be in a 3840 x1080 aspect ratio and will be displayed on a 42’8” x 12’ screen

  • Audio not supported

  • 15 min max

Visual Art Installations (3 spots)

  • Environmental art, sculpture, photography, et al that does not require projection or sound

  • Artists must be able to install their own work the day before the event

  • Technical requirements must be communicated in advance (we will ensure your work is lit appropriately)

  • We can not hang anything on the walls, artists will need to provide the stands to display their art

  • $100 minimum materials stipend available

Interactive/Multimedia Installation (1 spot)

  • This installation will have its own dedicated room, approximately 20' x 25'

  • May include projection or interactivity, but no amplified sound

  • If projection is required, the screen will be a hung white scrim—not a traditional screen

  • Artists must be able to install their own work the day before the event

  • Technical requirements must be communicated in advance (we will ensure your work is lit appropriately and can provide one projector/can potentially support more complex content service)

  • $200 minimum materials stipend available

Note: Priority will be given to artists who plan to premiere their work at the show.