Circulation(s) 2025 Open Call

The next edition of the Circulation(s) festival will take place from April 5 to June 1st, 2025 at the CENTQUATRE-PARIS. The festival also extends to satellite locations in France, Europe and internationally with off the walls events or tours.

Overview

For the past 14 years, Circulation(s) festival promote a modern and inclusive vision of photography. He has more than a decade of discovering new emerging talent, and still a burning desire to make new visual writing accessible to all. 

Every year, the festival brings together the general public, artists and professionals around a multi-faceted, adventurous and innovative program that questions the boundaries between photography and contemporary art. It’s the must-attend event for tomorrow’s photography.

The Circulation(s) festival program is overseen by the artistic direction of the Fetart collective, made up of 8 independent curators specializing in emerging photography – Mano Bourcart, Clara Chalou, Carine Dolek, Laetitia Guillemin, Marie Guillemin, Emmanuelle Halkin, Claire Pathé and Delphine Rodet.

Practical Info

The call for entries is open to all photographers of European nationality and/or resident in Europe at the start of their careers, with no age limit, who have never had a major exhibition in France. Thus, applications from photographers who have had a solo exhibition at another French photography festival, or who have already participated in a previous edition of the Circulation(s) festival, will not be considered. There is no set theme. All applicants are welcome to submit photographic projects that mix formats or involve other media such as video, installation or sound. Group projects are accepted. The use of artificial intelligence to produce all or part of the images in the series presented must be explicitly mentioned in the application (at least in the text presenting the series).

Applicants must send a file via the online form, accessible on the Circulation(s) festival website, including the application form, a biography, an explanatory text on the series presented, and a maximum of 20 images from the series presented.

The artists who will be included in the program of the 2025 edition will receive an amount of €300 (including taxes) for the assignment of copyright. Fetart Collective will be responsible for the production of prints, laminations and framing of the photographs exhibited, within the limit of a budget defined by the festival and communicated to the artist in November 2024. The prints, except for prints on specific media, will be made in their partner laboratory. All works produced remain the property of the photographers.

Plus, the selected artists are invited to the opening weekend of the 2025 edition, the week of April 1st, 2025 (dates to be confirmed). Accommodation will be provided by the Fetart collective. Return transport will be provided by the Fetart association, thanks to the support of the cultural institutes partners of the edition.

About Fetart Collective

Fetart is the creator and organiser of the Circulation(s) festival. The artistic direction is fully handled by the artistic committee of the collective, composed of 8 independent curators specialised in emerging photography. Fetart also relies on a permanent team and brings together a community of passionate volunteers with extensive expertise.