SHORT MOVIES ABOUT LOVE & OBJECTS

About the Open Call

Tell your love story through your art or design object! FaveLAB, in cooperation with SMCK Magazine's SMCK ON REEL video festival, invites artists, crafters, and designers working with jewelry, textile, applied arts, crafts, fashion and accessories, objects, performance, film or poetry, to submit their personal love stories on video. Create your video using a camera or simply your smartphone – what matters most is your story and message! All videos will be screened at Grassimesse Leipzig 2025, SCHMUCK Jewelry Week in Munich, and the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim (Germany), 2026. All videos will be presented on SMCK Magazine's SMCK On Reel website and promoted through the social media. All videos will be nominated for the SMCK On Reel Video Award 2026. Love stories move and inspire us. Let’s think of ourselves as the protagonists of a unique love story with our works – jewelry, ceramics, clothes, shoes, bags or shoes, glass, textiles, furniture, or even photographs or videos or drawings and designs – playing a central role in the plot. But what can objects tell about our passions, thoughts, life and memories, and how can we include all these elements in a video shot with a smartphone or amateur camera? One of applied art's major role is to connect us with our loved ones. A precious object – jewelry, ceramics, textiles, dress or accessory, furniture – reflects emotions, memories, values and life milestones. In many cultures, a unique object, for example a jewelry piece, seals the lovers’ commitment and oath. Send us YOUR love story, a real one or imaginary with a happy or a sad end ❤ A story of passion or a story of disappointment ❤ A story about love destroyed by social conventions or a story about love against all odds ❤ A story of secret or forbidden love or a love story that ended abruptly through separation or war or death ❤ A love story that led to a happy family ❤ A love story that started promising and became a nightmare or a story between people who did not match initially, however fell in love and grew together ❤ A love story that never happened, but remained a phantasy and became the tormenting question: 'What would have happened, if...?' Participate in the Short Movies About Love & Objects by sending your video, or your idea for a love story. All accepted videos will be nominated for the SMCK ON REEL Video Award 2026.

What is Offered

All videos will be screened at Grassimesse Leipzig 2025, SCHMUCK Jewelry Week in Munich, and the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim (Germany), 2026. All videos will be presented on SMCK Magazine's SMCK On Reel website and promoted through the social media. All videos will be nominated for the SMCK On Reel Video Award 2026. Two prizes will be awarded for the two best love stories: a JURY AWARD and an AUDIENCE AWARD. The award winners take part in an intensive, four-day FaveLAB residency program in Athens, Greece. The residency includes a customized program of curated museum and site visits focusing on arts, crafts and jewelry, three nights accommodation in an individual studio in central Athens, a publication of the winners' experiences in Athens, plus an interview and presentation of their work in SMCK Magazine’s next issue and in the social media. For Option B, the e-Residency includes: a 2-day online workshop on literature, history and meaning of objects and performance; directions and shooting guidance from SMCK Magazine; editing and production of video material by SMCK Magazine; and publication in SMCK Magazine.

Requirements

Artists, crafters, and designers working with jewelry, textile, applied arts, crafts, fashion and accessories, objects, performance, film or poetry. Create your video using a camera or smartphone. Submitted videos must be no more than 5 years old and no longer than 3 minutes. The image format should be landscape/horizontal (16:9 or 4:3), and the video resolution HD or 1920x1080px. Files larger than 20MB must be sent via WeTransfer. For e-Residency (Option B), artists who work in the field of jewelry, object, design, sculpture, installation, performance, video, photography, textile art, ceramics, as well as filmmakers, crafters, art theorists, researchers, curators are encouraged to apply.

How to Apply

OPTION A (VIDEO): Send your video or video link, and a short statement of max. 150 words describing your story / your work to favelab.info@gmail.com. OPTION B (VIDEO E-RESIDENCY): Send us a short sketch of your love story (max 150 words), as well as a weblink and your work statement. Email your application to favelab.info@gmail.com.