Clay Films 2025 call for artists
Artists working with film and moving image are invited to apply for the 2025 British Ceramics Biennial Clay Films programme, taking place in Stoke-on-Trent, UK from 6 September to 19 October 2025.
Clay Films celebrates the medium of clay and the artists who capture the vitality of this material with film.
This programme is open to Global Majority artists of African and Caribbean heritage based throughout the world and invites them to submit an existing short film for consideration.
Ten films will be selected and showcased at the 2025 British Ceramics Biennial.
About Clay Films
The Clay Films project aims to celebrate and increase the profile of Global Majority artists that are working with film and clay as a primary material. We aim to reflect the richness of clay as a medium of artistic expression in film. We are interested in how artists are using film for storytelling, activism, provocation and exploration of identity. This can be in any film style or genre. We are seeking films which are intended to be artistic work, rather than filmed documentation or interpretation of other clay and ceramic artwork.
Clay Films is open to Global Majority artists of African and Caribbean heritage based throughout the world, including the UK. These artists are invited to submit an existing artist film for consideration. Submissions will be reviewed by a panel including Global Majority sector experts who will select ten films to be shown throughout the six weeks of the 2025 British Ceramics Biennial, taking place in Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Deadline for applications: 24 June 2025
Application guidance
We have some helpful pages on our website to help you prepare for your application including:
