Years running: 19 (since 2007)
Blow-Up
International arthouse film festival.
About
The Blow-Up arthouse film festival links the most creative artists together with very intelligent audiences for its annual festival of narrative and documentary films, shorts, animations, experimental films, and student work. The Festival was named after the Michelangelo Antonioni's iconic film "Blow-Up".
The Festival pursues goals to introduce more people to the arthouse film. The organizers of the festival believe that a story driven by a genuine expression can stimulate new thoughts that have the power to promote the fundamental principles of humanism, expand creative frontiers, stimulate new levels of compassion, and even lead to social change. The festival welcomes serious films aimed at a specific audience rather than a mass-market consumer, films made primarily for aesthetic and philosophical reasons rather than commercial profit.
Awards
Best Feature Film: Antonioni Award
Best Short: Charlie Chaplin Award
Best Documentary Feature: Dziga Vertov Award
Best Documentary Short: Lumière Brothers Award
Best Experimental Film: Luis Buñuel Award
Best Student Film: VGIK Award
Best Animation: Norman McLaren Award
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Best of Fest: Blow-Up Award
Best Illinois Film: Made in Chicago Award
Best Director: Tarkovsky Award
Best Cinematography: John Alcott Award
Best Screenplay: Tonino Guerra Award
Best Production Design: Cedric Gibbons Award
Best Actor: Marcello Mastroianni Award
Best Soundtrack: Nino Rota Award
Best Musical Film: Bob Fosse Award
Best Comedy: Buster Keaton Award
Best Montage: Eisenstein Award
Special Jury Prize: Best New Director Award
Special Jury Prize(s): Outstanding Directing
Special Achievement Prize(s): Film Criticism or Film Journalism
Founder's Award(s)
Rules
- Films completed after January 1, 2018 regardless of content, subject, or origin.
- Films made in languages other than English must have English subtitles.
To apply:
- Submit via Filmfreeway
- Send a link to the film
- Official trailer or poster
- Synopsis
Screening format: ProRes (recommended), DCP, 16 mm, 35 mm.
Premiere Requirements
No premiere requirement
Jury and Organizers
Festival president: Sergey Mavrody
Documents
Place
United States
Chicago
Official Website
Contacts
Social Networks
Facebook
- Opening DateAugust 16, 2023
- Initial DeadlineSeptember 19, 2023
- Earlybird DeadlineOctober 10, 2023
- Regular DeadlineNovember 20, 2023
- Winter DeadlineJanuary 03, 2024
- Spring DeadlineFebruary 10, 2024
- Closing DeadlineMarch 19, 2024
- Terminal DeadlineApril 27, 2024
- Final DeadlineJune 04, 2024
- Advanced DeadlineJuly 09, 2024
- Extended DeadlineAugust 15, 2024
- NotificationsOctober 15, 2024
- Event Dates10 December 2024
Country of Origin: USA. Duration: under 50 minutes. Project Type: film/video (not a screenplay). Genre/type: Narrative, Experimental, and Musical films. Narrative (fictional) filmmaking is essentially a pre-scripted movie with actors.
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Initial Deadline — $20
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Earlybird Deadline — $30
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Winter Deadline — $45
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Spring Deadline — $55
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Closing Deadline — $60
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Terminal Deadline — $65
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Final Deadline — $70
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Advanced Deadline — $75
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Extended Deadline — $50
Country of Origin: USA. Duration: under 50 minutes. Project Type: film/video (not a screenplay). Experimental film is an artistic practice relieving both of visual arts and cinema, originated in European avant-garde movements of the twenties.
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Initial Deadline — $20
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Earlybird Deadline — $35
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Winter Deadline — $45
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Spring Deadline — $55
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Closing Deadline — $60
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Terminal Deadline — $65
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Final Deadline — $65
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Advanced Deadline — $70
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Extended Deadline — $50
Country of Origin: any. Duration: under 50 minutes.
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Initial Deadline — $20
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Earlybird Deadline — $35
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Winter Deadline — $45
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Spring Deadline — $50
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Closing Deadline — $55
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Terminal Deadline — $60
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Final Deadline — $62
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Advanced Deadline — $65
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Extended Deadline — $65
Country of Origin: non-USA. Duration: under 50 minutes. Project Type: film/video (not a screenplay).
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Initial Deadline — $20
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Earlybird Deadline — $30
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Regular Deadline — $35
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Winter Deadline — $40
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Spring Deadline — $45
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Closing Deadline — $50
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Terminal Deadline — $55
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Final Deadline — $60
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Advanced Deadline — $62
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Extended Deadline — $65
Country of Origin: USA. Duration: over 50 minutes. Project Type: film/video (not a screenplay). Genre/type: Narrative, Experimental, Musical and Student feature-length films.
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Initial Deadline — $45
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Earlybird Deadline — $50
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Regular Deadline — $55
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Winter Deadline — $70
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Spring Deadline — $80
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Closing Deadline — $90
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Terminal Deadline — $100
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Final Deadline — $110
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Advanced Deadline — $115
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Extended Deadline — $120
Country of Origin: any. Duration: over 50 minutes. Project Type: film/video (not a screenplay).
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Initial Deadline — $25
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Earlybird Deadline — $35
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Winter Deadline — $45
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Spring Deadline — $50
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Closing Deadline — $55
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Terminal Deadline — $60
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Final Deadline — $62
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Advanced Deadline — $65
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Extended Deadline — $70
Country of Origin: any Duration: under 50 minutes
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Initial Deadline — $20
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Earlybird Deadline — $30
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Regular Deadline — $35
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Winter Deadline — $40
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Spring Deadline — $45
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Closing Deadline — $50
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Terminal Deadline — $55
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Final Deadline — $60
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Advanced Deadline — $62
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Extended Deadline — $65
Country of Origin: any Duration: any Genre: a single episode of TV/Web/New Media series
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Initial Deadline — $20
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Earlybird Deadline — $30
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Regular Deadline — $35
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Winter Deadline — $40
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Spring Deadline — $45
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Closing Deadline — $50
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Terminal Deadline — $55
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Final Deadline — $60
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Advanced Deadline — $62
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Extended Deadline — $65
Duration: under 50 minutes. Student films over 50 min. must be submitted to the Feature Film category.
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Initial Deadline — $20
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Earlybird Deadline — $28
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Regular Deadline — $30
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Winter Deadline — $32
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Spring Deadline — $34
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Closing Deadline — $36
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Terminal Deadline — $38
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Final Deadline — $40
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Advanced Deadline — $40
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Extended Deadline — $45
Country of Origin: non-USA. Duration: over 50 minutes. Project Type: film/video (not a screenplay). Genre/type: Narrative, Experimental, Musical and Student feature-length films.
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Initial Deadline — $45
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Earlybird Deadline — $50
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Regular Deadline — $55
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Winter Deadline — $70
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Spring Deadline — $80
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Closing Deadline — $90
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Terminal Deadline — $100
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Final Deadline — $110
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Advanced Deadline — $115
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Extended Deadline — $120
Country of Origin: non-USA. Duration: under 50 minutes. Project Type: film/video (not a screenplay). Genre/type: Narrative, Experimental, and Musical films. Narrative (fictional) filmmaking is essentially a pre-scripted movie with actors.
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Initial Deadline — $20
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Earlybird Deadline — $35
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Winter Deadline — $45
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Spring Deadline — $50
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Closing Deadline — $55
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Terminal Deadline — $58
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Final Deadline — $60
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Advanced Deadline — $64
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Extended Deadline — $70
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