An Open Call for Fotofestiwal Open Program gives you an opportunity to present your works to the audience of the International Festival of Photography held in June 2026 in Łódź (Poland). We are looking for artists with exceptional personalities and projects which present bold visions. The call for entries is open – with no thematic or age limits. We invite specialists from the world’s most important media and photographic institutions to join the jury. From among the submitted projects, the jury will select six which, in cooperation with the curators of Fotofestiwal, will be presented in the form of an exhibition.

From the submitted projects, we also nominate at least one artist each year for the FUTURES program. FUTURES is a Europe-based photography platform bringing together the global photography community to support and nurture the professional development of emerging artists across the world.

From all projects, one will be selected to receive another award – publication in ‘Pismo’ magazine. ‘Pismo’ is an independent media project run by the Pismo Foundation. It is a monthly magazine publishing investigative reporting, non-fiction, fiction and image (illustrations, comic stories and photo reportages). Pismo also produces non-fiction podcast series like Pismo Investigation or the The Sámi: Scandinavia’s Guilty Conscience.

What selected authors receive

• Exhibition during FOTOFESTIWAL in Łódź (over 20.000 viewers) for 6 artists
• Artistic fee 1000 euro
• Accommodation for the main opening weekend of the festival
• Reimbursement of travel costs up to 300 euro
• Exhibition production or transportation budget up to 500 euro

More information & Submission here