Proceso de Error - Festival Internacional de Video Experimental

About the Open Call

PROCESO DE ERROR is a non-competitive international festival focused on experimental video. Since 2014, it has taken place in Valparaíso, Chile, with exhibitions held in cinemas, museums, cultural venues, on a boat over the sea, and also abroad. Organized by INVE, Experimental Arts Platform, a creative, horizontal space with mutual support dynamics that transmits its collaborative spirit to the event, the festival aims to bring this type of work closer to the general public, as well as to creators, thinkers, and enthusiasts of cinema and expanded arts. We are interested in generating links around experimental cinema and its ways of thinking in the global sociopolitical context. This festival is a meeting space that exhibits single-channel and expanded cinema pieces, in addition to offering free workshops and talks with prior registration. During the week before the festival, we hold LAB PDE, a creation residency whose works premiere during the official days of the event. PROCESO DE ERROR is an invitation to make, watch, and reflect on cinema and its infinite manifestations, in a safe environment of mutual care and shared critical thought. OPEN CALL 2025: We are looking for works that explore experimentation in image and sound, with both formal and thematic coherence. The duration of the works can be from 2 minutes to 90 minutes. We accept submissions in the following formats: Experimental documentary, Video art, Video performance, Video dance, Archival and found footage, Audiovisual collage, Digitized film, Virtual reality (VR), Artificial intelligence, Immersive pieces. Festival dates: December 11–14, 2025, as always in the city of Valparaíso. After the festival, selected works will be available online for one week. 2025 FOCUSES: Timeless Treaties (Feature films and short films in experimental documentary, video art, video performance, video dance, archival material, found footage, collage, digitized film, VR, and AI. International). Breaking the Return: Chilean Video Artists (Works by Chilean creators in formats including experimental documentary, video art, video performance, archival footage, collage, digitized film, VR, and AI). Non-Binary Manifestation: New Technologies and Artificial Intelligence (Short films in VR or created using AI that push the boundaries of perception and identity). Affections of a Circular History: Experimental Cinema and Political Memory (Feature and short films addressing how state repression affects the body and generates social frustration). Other Sections (Additional screenings will include premieres from the LAB PDE residency and works developed through workshops held throughout the year). CONDITIONS: Selected works will receive a screening fee. We are unable to cover travel costs, but we can provide letters of selection to support funding applications. Final selection will be made by our curatorial team. We look forward to seeing your work and discovering your poetic universe!

What is Offered

Selected works will receive a screening fee.

Requirements

Works that explore experimentation in image and sound, with both formal and thematic coherence. The duration of the works can be from 2 minutes to 90 minutes. We accept submissions in the following formats: Experimental documentary, Video art, Video performance, Video dance, Archival and found footage, Audiovisual collage, Digitized film, Virtual reality (VR), Artificial intelligence, Immersive pieces. Each work whose main language is not Spanish must be subtitled in Spanish.

How to Apply

We set up a small fee to recover the production costs of the Festival. We will no longer accept file submissions over the Internet, please use only FilmFreeway. REGISTRATION MUST INCLUDE: Title, director, duration, synopsis of no more than 30 words and contact information (telephone and email), as well as at least one .jpg image in 300 dpi. CONSIDERATIONS: We accept works through Vimeo, YouTube or the file upload system of FilmFreeway, with or without a password. Once the work has been selected, a digital exhibition file will be requested. There is no limit of works by author. Each work whose main language is not Spanish must be subtitled in Spanish. If your work is selected, you accept that we can use images to promote the screenings like flyers and videos. In addition to being part of the online showcase following the official in-person exhibition, your work may also be considered for other screenings in Chile and abroad. In case of being selected, you will be notified in due time.