Screamstation Fest
An Investigation Into The Specific Relationship Between Sound And Image
13–14 November 2026 · Close-Up Cinema, London
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An Investigation Into The Specific Relationship Between Sound And Image
13–14 November 2026 · Close-Up Cinema, London
Screamstation Fest began as an event exploring experimental and innovative short-form cinema in which sound plays a particular role in relation to the moving image.
--->The first Screamstation Fest took place in 2012 at The Horse Hospital in London. The programme featured 23 films drawing on art, film, media, popular culture and philosophy, including work by established artists such as Candice Breitz and Malcolm Le Grice alongside lesser-known filmmakers and time-based media artists. Each work approached the relationship between sound and image in a distinct way.
Screamstation Fest returns to London in November 2026 with a two-day programme comprising three strands: Experimental Film, Innovative Short Film and Expanded Cinema.
This year's programme features work by international artists and filmmakers selected through the festival's open call, alongside a specially curated Expanded Cinema programme.
This year's edition takes place on 13–14 November 2026, at Close-Up Cinema, London. The full programme will be announced on this page closer to the festival.
The festival is co-directed and co-curated by Zhel Vukicevic and Kerry Baldry.
Zhel (Zeljko Vukicevic) is a multidisciplinary artist and curator working across film, sound and expanded cinema. His recent work explores how sound alters the perception and meaning of moving images, bringing them into direct dialogue through live performance. He founded Screamstation Fest in 2012 and has performed and exhibited internationally, including at ICA London, Café OTO London and Transmediale Berlin. He holds an MA in Film Theory from Anglia Ruskin University and undertook doctoral research into film ethics and film sound.
Kerry Baldry is an artist, filmmaker, and independent curator whose work explores the relationship between performance and moving image, shown as single-screen films and installations at festivals and galleries internationally, including International Film Festival Rotterdam, Berlin Art Week, LUX, and HOME. She studied at Central Saint Martins and has worked primarily with 16mm film and video since the 1990s. Her films are held in collections including the BFI and LUX. She also curates the self-initiated One Minute project, archived at the BFI.
Open Call
Screamstation Fest invites filmmakers and artists to submit work via FilmFreeway for consideration for the 2026 programme.
We welcome experimental film, innovative short film, artist moving image and hybrid audiovisual work from anywhere in the world. Films in languages other than English must include English subtitles.
Selected works will be presented as part of the 2026 festival at Close-Up Cinema, London.
Submissions to Screamstation Fest are managed through FilmFreeway and are subject to the festival’s published rules and conditions.
Selected works will receive Official Selection status and will be screened as part of Screamstation Fest 2026 in London, with promotion across the festival website and social media channels.
By submitting to Screamstation Fest, filmmakers and artists agree to the festival rules and conditions and confirm that they hold the necessary rights and permissions for the work entered.
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---> Filmmakers must hold all necessary rights associated with their films and grant Screamstation Fest permission to use short excerpts or stills for publicity and promotional purposes.
---> Screamstation Fest cannot be held responsible for any claims relating to copyright, trademark, credits or royalty issues arising from submitted works.
--->Promotional material may be shared with curators, artists, cultural organisations and festival partners for the purposes of festival promotion and increasing the visibility of selected works.
---> Screamstation Fest is committed to experimental and innovative moving image work, including expanded cinema. We welcome challenging, transgressive and demanding work, but we do not support racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, animal cruelty, or the promotion of violence, hatred or dehumanisation as an ideological position.
Past and present screenings / constantly updated.
