Fotofestiwal Open Call gives you an opportunity to present your project to the wide audience of the Fotofestiwal – International Festival of Photography in Lodz, Poland.

Fotofestiwal is a space for presentation and discussion on society, environment and photography itself. But first of all, invariably, it is a vivid place for meeting, sharing and exchanging. 

We are looking for artists with exceptional personalities and projects which present bold visions. The call for entries is open – with no thematic or age limits. We invite specialists from the world's most important media and photographic institutions to join the jury. 

If your project is selected as one of the six best, you will be offered: 

→ exhibition during Fotofestiwal 2022 (over 20.000 viewers);

→ production budget (and full technical support) – 450€;

→ artist's fee – 400€;

→ accommodation for the main weekend of the festival (4 nights);

→ reimbursement of travel expenses up to 200€;

→ promotion before, during and after the festival.

Fotofestiwal was established in 2001 as one of the first photography events in Poland. Since then it has grown into one of the most relevant photographic festivals in Europe but its core mission has not changed: presenting photography in its various ways (via exhibitions, films, slideshows, workshops etc.) but also talking about important social issues and introducing the unobvious beauty and unique history of our city to the audience. For such reason we organize thematic exhibitions in various post-industrial spaces, which Łódź is well known for, we put stress on networking parties – (we are quite famous for those), but also every year we try to develop new ways of talking about photography: via events such as Photo-Match: Completely Different Portfolio Review, during which we focus on having equal status granted to the curators as well as artists, with formula of presentation that numerous festivals are applying worldwide now with a success. Since 2016 we work as a collective, with no board of directors, developing a new way of cultural institution management. 

Edition 2022 will take place in June / Lodz, Poland.

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Photo: Federico Estol – Fotofestiwal Open Call 2021 finalist