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OPEN CALL
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LAB52: ECHOES OF A FESTIVAL<\/strong>
1 Festival \/ X Visions \/ 1 Collective Exhibition\u00a0<\/strong>
Filmfest Aachen 2026, 23\u201327 September 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

What remains after a film ends? What images, emotions, and encounters continue to resonate and how does a festival as a space formulate those?<\/p>\n

LAB52: Echoes of a Festival<\/strong> is a creative laboratory inviting artists, journalists and creatives to experience Filmfest Aachen 2026 from within \u2013 not only as observers, but as active participants. The project creates a space in which the festival becomes a starting point for new artistic works, shaped by personal impressions and individual creative languages.
Rather than documenting the festival, LAB52 asks: How can art capture it?<\/p>\n

Participants are invited to create their own \u201cecho\u201d through photography, film, writing, illustration, sound, performance, installation, digital art, or any other artistic form.
The project culminates in a collective exhibition after the festival, presenting the works created through this shared experience and forming the first chapter of the growing Filmfest Aachen archive.

The Festival
<\/strong>Filmfest Aachen <\/strong>is a new, in 2024 founded volunteering-driven initiative bringing diverse and bold cinema to Aachen. The program includes an international and local competition, world premieres, as well as trashy B-films, thematically curated focus sections, short films, panels, installations, and midnight screenings. Filmfest Aachen understands the cinema as a space of exchange, bringing cinema on eye level.<\/p>\n

While this year’s program is still under construction, highlights like workshops developing film with coffee, concerts, and literature reading can already promise enough matter to create from.<\/p>\n

The Lab<\/strong>
During the festival week (23\u201327 September 2026), participants will receive full accreditation and access to Filmfest Aachen\u2019s program. They will independently explore screenings, talks, and encounters while regularly meeting as a group to exchange ideas, reflect on their experiences, and develop their projects.<\/p>\n

The workshop will be guided by media artist and fashion photographer Mateo Navarro as well as multiple guests from the film industry.<\/p>\n

Who can apply?<\/strong>
We are looking for artists and creatives from any disciplines.<\/p>\n

No formal artistic education is required. Selection is based on your motivation and vision to create. Possible disciplines include (but are not limited to):<\/p>\n