Fotofestiwal 2025 – International Festival of Photography in Łódź

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Fotofestiwal 2025 – International Festival of Photography in Łódź: Fotofestiwal 2025 – International Festival of Photography in Łódź, the largest and the oldest photography festival in Poland, announces the call for projects looking for artists with exceptional personalities and projects which present bold visions.

➜ Short description

The Fotofestiwal – International Festival of Photography in Łódź, the largest and the oldest photography festival in Poland, announces the call for projects within Fotofestiwal Open Call 2025.

The Fotofestiwal gives you an opportunity to present your works to the audience of the International Festival of Photography held in Łódź (Poland) that will be held in June. Fotofestiwal was established in 2001 as one of the first photographic events in Poland. Since then it has become one of the most important and largest photography festivals in Central Europe, but its basic mission has not changed.

The organizers present different faces of photography, talk through photography about important social and artistic issues, introduce the audience to the unobvious beauty and unique history of Łódź. They organize exhibitions in post-industrial spaces, emphasize networking events, try to develop new ways of talking about photography. The organizers are looking for artists with exceptional personalities and projects which present bold visions. Specialists from the world’s most important media and photographic institutions are invited to join the Jury. From 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.

The competition does not impose any thematic, age or geographical limitations.

The organizers are looking for artists with exceptional personalities and projects which present bold visions.

The six winners will be selected by an international Jury and exhibited during Fotofestiwal 2025.

➜ Who may enter?

This competition is opne to all photographers woldwide.

➜ Prize:

If your project is selected as one of the six best, you will be offered:

➜ Exhibition during Fotofestiwal (over 20.000 viewers)
➜ Artist’s fee – 400 Euro
➜ Accommodation for the main weekend of the festival (4 nights)
➜ Reimbursement of travel expenses up to 200 Euro
➜ Exhibition production budget (and full technical support) – 500 Euro

➜ Entry fees:

Each participant can submit maximum two projects, and for each submitted project the cost is 15 Euro.