A big poetry slam championship is announcing that they are looking for poetry films to showcase alongside the poetry slam which takes place in Brussels, Belgium from the 26th to the 29th of September 2022. It sounds as if they are exploring a variety of ways to screen films alongside the live event in Brussels.

“… we are going to collaborate with one of the most beautiful libraries in Brussels, Muntpunt, where we will have most of our side activities and a box for projections where people can enter and watch video poetry and spoken word video performances from around the world. We also collaborate with Cine Ritcs where we will screenplay the documentaries and some of the videos selected. Moreover, we will have various points in our venues with small screens where people will be able to stop and watch the videos selected. We are still looking for more spaces to project these videos.”

More details on their website https://www.worldpoetryslam.org/open-call-video-poetry

And on the FilmFreeway submission page https://filmfreeway.com/WorldPoetrySlamChampionship

Deadline is 10th August for films of 7 minutes or less, but really important to note is the requirement for subtitles for inclusivity:

“All films should be subtitled either in English, or Dutch or French or Spanish. The film can be in any language as long as there are subtitles in one of these languages. Even the videos in English should have subtitles, as this is an inclusive festival.”