WIRE NOVUS | Call for Proposals (2025)
WIRE NOVUS | Call for Proposals (2025)
Call for proposals
NOVUS invites proposals for innovative projects that bridge filmmaking, production and artistic research. By engaging talented experts and practitioners from FilmEU's institutions, NOVUS seed funding will encourage cross-disciplinary collaborations resulting in new pieces for screen.
WIRE by FilmEU, NOVUS invites proposals for innovative projects that bridge filmmaking, production, and artistic research.
What is the call about?
A strand of WIRE by FilmEU, NOVUS invites proposals for innovative projects that bridge filmmaking, production and artistic research. We recognise that many experts and practitioners in film and media arts institutions excel in their creative fields but may not identify as artistic researchers. NOVUS seeks to harness this wealth of talent, providing a platform for cross-disciplinary collaboration that will reinvigorate filmmaking with fresh perspectives and methodologies.
In this call, NOVUS will support the creation of at least 1 high-quality screen piece with seed funding of €5,000. With a maximum of 4 NOVUS funded projects during the 5-year period of WIRE.
Who should apply?
We invite applications from small cross-disciplinary teams including creative practitioners and artistic researchers. Teams that bring together diverse skills and perspectives, fostering innovation in screen-based media. These may include academic and non-academic staff.
Teams must include:
- Members from a minimum of two FilmEU Alliance institutions.
- At least one team member must come from a Widening country (i.e., Portugal (Lusófona), Lithuania (LMTA), Slovakia (VSMU), Estonia (BFM-TLU), and/or Bulgaria (NATFA)).
- Lead applicants must be academic, non-academic staff and researchers (not PhD students). PhD students are welcome to be part of NOVUS teams.
- A combination of recognised practitioners (who do not necessarily have a research profile) and artistic/academic researchers.
- Previously successful NOVUS and FilmEU / WIRE funded lead applicants are ineligible to apply.
What do you need to do?
If you are interested in applying for NOVUS, please complete the Application Form.
For more information please see the Read More Document.
The maximum duration of a project is 12 months, starting in May 2025 and ending May 2026.
The work will be presented in-person at the annual WIRE Artistic Research Exhibition 2026 in conjunction with the annual FilmEU / WIRE Summit.
An online Matchmaking event will be held on March 6th (10-12 CET). This is a hands-on opportunity for you to meet, listen and pitch ideas. Matchmaking allows you to explore our FilmEU network and work creatively on initial ideas for an application.
The deadline for applications is Monday, April 28th at 23:59 CET.
Please send a completed application form in PDF format to Martina Mullaney (IADT) via e-mail to Martina.Mullaney@filmeu.eu.