Thursday’s Child Cultural Calendar
A curated cultural calendar for the Thursday’s Child Community to apply*, attend and discover.
*Majority of submissions are open to applicants globally. Locations listed are where the organisations are based. Please check links for eligibility.
OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS – ROLLING
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] No deadline / Arles Photography Festival – Propose A Project / EU / Free entry / APPLY NOW.
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO / DIGITAL / FILM] No deadline / Adobe – Community Fund / Ukraine / Free entry / APPLY NOW
NOVEMBER
[EVENT / FILM] 2nd November / Berlin Fashion Film Festival / Germany / SEE INFO
[EVENT / FILM] 14th – 24th November / LOOP Barcelona / Spain / SEE INFO
OCTOBER
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 6th October Deadline / Fondation Carmignac – Afghanistan : 14th Edition of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award / France / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[EVENT / PHOTO] 12th – 15th October / Hyères International Festival of Fashion, Photography and Accessories / France / SEE INFO
[EVENT / PHOTO] Dates TBD / PhMuseum Masterclass / Remote / SEE INFO
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 31st October Deadline / NordArt 2024 Exhibition / Germany / APPLY NOW
SEPTEMBER
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 1st September Deadline / Exposure – Exposure 2024 International Open Call / CA / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 4th September Deadline / Berlinale – Berlinale Talents / GER / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 8th September Deadline / aperture – Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards / EU / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 10th September Deadline / Premio Ponchielli 2023 / Italy / Free / APPLY NOW
[EVENT / PHOTO] 22nd September – 1st October / PhMuseum Days / Italy / SEE INFO
[EVENT / DIGI] Dates TBD / CIRCA ART: A Future world open / UK / SEE INFO
[EVENT / PHOTO] Dates TBD / Foam Photography Festival / Amsterdam / SEE INFO
[EVENT / PHOTO] Dates TBD / Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards / Malaysia / SEE INFO
AUGUST
[SUBMISSION / FILM] 1st August Deadline / Berlin Fashion Film Festival / Germany / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO / DIGITAL / FILM] 13th August Deadline / Guest Artists Space Foundation – G.A.S. Fellowship Award 2023 / West Africa / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[EVENT / FILM] 21st – 25th August / Berlin Commercial Festival / Germany / SEE INFO
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO / DIGITAL / FILM] 24th August Deadline / Foundation for Contemporary Arts – Emergency Grants / US / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 24th August Deadline / DER GREIF – Guest Room: Varun Gupta / EU / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 25th August Deadline / CHARTA – The Charta Award / EU / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[EVENT / FILM] 30th August – 9th September / Venice Film Festival / Italy SEE INFO
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 31st August Deadline / Photography 4 Humanity – 2023 Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Competition / Free / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 31st August Deadline / The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant / UK / Free / APPLY NOW
JULY
[EVENT / PHOTO] 3rd July – 24th September / The Rencontres d’Arles 2023 – A State of Consciousness / France / SEE INFO
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO / DIGITAL / FILM] 17th July Deadline / M&C Saatchi & Saatchi Gallery – Art for Change Prize 2023 / UK / Free / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTP] 18th July Deadline / Head On Foundation – Head On Photo Awards / US / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO / DIGITAL / FILM] 20th July Deadline / CIRCA – CIRCA ART PRIZE 2023 / UK / Free / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 30th July Deadline / Open Doors – OD Photo Prize / UK / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 30th July Deadline / County Durham Community Foundation – The Dover Prize 2023 / UK / Free / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 31st July Deadline / Rotlicht – Rotlicht Open Call 2023 / EU / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[EVENT / DIGITAL] Dates TBD / Vector Festival / CANADA / SEE INFO
JUNE
[EVENT / PHOTO] 1st June – 30th / Belfast Photo Festival / UK / Free tickets / SEE INFO
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 3rd June Deadline / Innovate Artists – Innovate Artists Grant 2023 / US / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 4th June Deadline / The Photographer’s Gallery – TPG New Talent / UK / Free entry / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 9th June Deadline / PhMuseum – PhMuseum Online Masterclasses / Remote / Free / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / FILM] 12th June Deadline / Depict – Short Film Competition / UK / Free entry / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 18th June Deadline / Foam – Foam Talent Call 2023 / The Netherlands / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 30th June Deadline / IKEA Artist in Residency: Mentorship with Annie Leibovitz / Free / APPLY NOW
MAY
[EVENT / DIGITAL] 4th – 31st May 2023 / MMMAD Digi Fest / Spain / SEE INFO
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO] 7th May Deadline / Fotografia Calabria Festival – Fotografia Calabria Award 2023 / Italy / Fees apply / 2023 / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / FILM] 10th May Deadline / Young Director Award / EU / Fees apply / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION / PHOTO / DIGITAL / FILM] 31st May Deadline / Art Center Nabi – Nabi Artist Residency 2023 / South Korea / Free entry / APPLY NOW
[SUBMISSION/ DIGITAL] 31st May Deadline / MiRNArte – VIRAL HUMAN. Public Art and Metaverse / Italy / Free entry / APPLY NOW
APRIL
[EVENT / PHOTO] 28th April – 11th June 2023 / Fotografia Europea 2023 Festival – ‘Europe Matters’ / Italy / SEE INFO
