MONITOR 16
Deadline
November 10, 2025
12 days left
Application Fee
FREE
Rewards
Multiple Rewards
Interest
High
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About This Opportunity
Calling all artists and filmmakers! SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre) is now accepting submissions for MONITOR, its longstanding experimental film and video program. The 16th iteration will be collaboratively curated by Sameena Siddiqui and Vicky Moufawad-Paul.
MONITOR is dedicated to the presentation of experimental short films and videos that initiate dialogue around the shifting nature of politics, economies, and landscapes across the Global South and its diasporas. Since 2005, SAVAC has engaged an international community of artists, curators, and audiences through artists’ works that transcend languages, borders, and political divides.
Artists and filmmakers are invited to submit new, independent, and innovative works that balance aesthetic explorations with critical narratives and subject matters. We encourage artistic approaches that are creative, unconventional, and take risks in their form, content, and style.
What You'll Get
Types: EXHIBITION, FUNDING
Selected works will be screened throughout 2026 in Toronto, Canada, and internationally. Artists will receive screening fees based on [payment standards set by IMAA](https://imaa.ca/asset/imaa-fee-schedule-2025/#1-screenings-audio) (Independent Media Arts Alliance).
Application Requirements
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Eligibility
Other Requirements
* Short format works only (under 20 minutes) * Works must be produced in the last 3 years (in or after 2023) * All submissions must be digital vimeo, youtube, or google drive links (private/password protected are accepted). * Each artist may submit up to 2 works. * Artists living anywhere in the world are welcome to apply. * First-time directors are welcome. * Collaborative projects are welcome. * Films and videos must be independent projects. This means that you, as the artist, retain complete creative and artistic control of the project. * Artists who screened their work in MONITOR 15 are not eligible to re-apply until MONITOR 17.
South Asian Visual Arts Centre
Toronto, CA
Verified Organization
Active since 2020
Ready to take the next step?
Don't miss out on this opportunity. Applications close on November 10, 2025.