Open Calls
Instructions: Email batikhbatikhcollective@gmail.com with whichever open call you are applying for in the subject line! Submission does not guarantee acceptance to the program or payment. But we log all films for upcoming programming and always try to find opportunities to show submissions in the future.
Upcoming Open Calls for Film, Art Video, Moving Image Work
Films must be playable as single-channel for the following open calls.
Skin / بشرة (Complexion): Tattoos, Race and Beauty Standards in SWANA Culture
Palestinian Women’s Cinema
Documentary, Diaspora and Family through the Female Lens
Yemeni Cinema
Queer SWANA Cinema
Local Philadelphia SWANA Artists
Rolling Open Call
Feel free to send us your work, even if it doesn’t fit into one of the above themes or if you work in other media. We are hoping to grow our programming, connect the SWANA arts community and connect with artists internationally. We want to hear from you and please be patient as we receive emails, process, and reply to them! Please note Batikh Batikh focuses its resources on supporting SWANA artists who identify as LGBTQ+ and/or women. We do not accept submissions with misogynist, homophobic, transphobic, zionist, nationalist, or racist content. Shukran <3