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An international event that is dispersed over numerous spaces and landscapes on the seven Canary Islands giving all residents and visitors a platform for sharing ideas on the importance of landscape, and the search for imaginative solutions for a better future, in harmony with the environment.

Founded in 1979, Ars Electronica spotlighted the emerging digital revolution. The Festival has developed into one of the worlds foremost media art festivals and has provided an annual setting for artistic and scientific encounters with social and cultural phenomena that are the upshot of technological change.

Founded in 1978, AAIFF is proudly known as 'The First Home to Asian American Cinema.' It was the nation's first festival dedicated to screening works by media artists of Asian descent and continues to be a leading showcase for Asian American film and video.

Founded in 2001, the Triennial is New Zealand's premier international contemporary art exhibition providing a window onto the world of contemporary art while creating a dialogue between local artists and their global counterparts.

Founded in 1996, the biennial is an exhibition of works by international artists and artist groups sponsored by KUNST-WERKE BERLIN Institute for Contemporary Art, and on display at twelve venues along Augustsatrasse in Berlin's Mitte district.

Founded in 1997, the biennial and its vigorous education program is supported by the funds raised by the Foundation Biennial of Mercosur which also oversees the preservation and documentation of all the historical materials related to the bienal.

Initiated in 2008 by Ok Center for Contemporary Art, the Biennale presents a selection of the most interesting and best works from the most important art biennials around the world. It offers visitors a glimpse into the international art world and an opportunity for a condensed experience of contemporary art.

Since 1973 the biennale has acted as a catalyst for cultural development and discussion. It has created unique opportunities for direct contact between artists, writers, and curators from other countries, as well as collectors and gallery directors, with their counterparts in Australia.

Founded in 2007, the biennial has been commissioned and produced by the Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia and it is held at different locations in the historic precinct of Tallinn's Old Town.

Founded in 2009, the Biennial includes a wide range of institutions and projects crossing traditional boundaries between biennials, exhibitions, institutions, curators and artists.

Founded in 2002, the biennale includes the Contemporary Art Exhibition, the Sea Art Festival and the Busan Sculpture Project.

CAPE aims to culturally connect Cape Town, South Africa and the Diaspora by creating a ground-breaking contemporary African art event. It is a call to action for cultural practitioners to respond to the unique realities of present-day Africa and redefine African cultural practice for an international and local audience.

CUFF presents alternative, underground, independent and experimental films.

An online international short film festival connecting creators and viewers all around the world. See Application Guide link at the bottom of the screen.

Crossover Australia brings together accomplished Australian artists, filmmakers, game developers, web designers and screenwriters, for five days. The goal is to develop ideas for projects that combine the storytelling skills of independent filmmaking with new kinds of interactivity made possible by emerging technology.

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Founded in 1993, the 2009 edition of the Festival of Regions will be oriented toward the southern edge of the city of Linz, along the Traun River, with a focus on the satellite town of Auwiesen and the residential complexes of solarCity.

Founded in 1976, this annual exhibition of contemporary art is the premier exhibition of its kind in Ireland. Curated each year by a different curator of international standing, e v+ a presents the work of Irish and international contemporary artists in a range of venues and settings, formal and alternative, throughout the city of Limerick.

Founded in 2000, the Biennial focuses on presenting the recent advances in contemporary electronic art and also includes a conference section, and a forum for discussion.

ECFF is a network of 250 audio-visual festivals with strong roots in the regions of Europe. Member festivals are dynamic, cultural events which have made a commitment to promote the diversity of the European moving image.

A calendar of all current exhibitions, including exhibitions on tour plus an archive of online exhibitions on subjects including Bob Hope, the Gettysburg Address, and the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Founded in 2008, the festival is dedicated to international contemporary art and its protagonists.

An online entertainment destination dedicated to showcasing film festivals around the world and fostering new film and filmmaking talent. See "Call for Entries" link under each listing.

This listing contains over 400 film festivals, markets, expositions, and communications industry conventions.

Organized by Takashi Murakami in 2007, the Festival is where artists from all over the world come together to exhibit their works. There is no particular screening of applicants. Any artist who is willing to create and present an original art work can take part in GEISAI.

Founded in 2001, the biennial has a pedagogic mission in terms of conveying contemporary art to the residents of Gothenburg and especially to the children and youth of the city.

The first biennial of contemporary art held in an Asian city and founded in 1995, it exhibits a diverse selection of art from around the world.

The history of the festival dates back to the 1980s and the members of the Photographic Society in Finland who organized nine events every three to four years. Since 2000 the event has been known as Helsinki Photography Festival, and is organized by the Union of Artist Photographers in Finland. The Union also organizes the Triennial of Finnish Photography, and the annual Art Fair Suomi.

A comprehesive listing of festivals and events around the world.

Founded in 2004, the biennial exhibition is to act as an open window onto the world of free thought, of new trends, of reinterpretations and new dynamic proposals  in other words, onto the world of contemporary art.

The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts has been organizing the International Istanbul Biennial since 1987. The biennial aims to create a meeting point in Istanbul in the field of visual arts between artists from diverse cultures and the audience.

Established in 1997, the Biennial is organized by the Centre international d'art contemporain de Montreal (CIAC) presenting a selection of recent and yet unseen works produced by internationally known and emerging artists.

Founded in 1995, the biennial is usually curated by one or two guest curators.

Founded in 1998, the biennial aims to be an internationally acclaimed exhibition showing significant new works by artists commissioned to create works specially for the City of Liverpool.

Founded in 2007, the exhibition focuses on current positions in contemporary art by a younger generation of German and international artists who live and work in Germany.

Founded in 2004, the main idea of the biennale is mediation, a dialogue between different cultures of the world, based on the experience and exploration of the culture and art of Central Europe.

Founded in 2005 the biennale is organized by a group of international curators and presented by the Ministry of Culture and Mass Communication, the Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography, and the Moscow Biennale Art Foundation.

Founded in 2000 and held at Cooper- Hewitt National Design Museum, the triennial brings together the experimental designs and emerging ideas at the center of American culture.

A collaboration of artists, producers, distributors, consumers, and press in an attempt to lend exposure to new gifted artists. List of current years winner's only.

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Founded and held in Panamas Museum of Contemporary Art since 1992 the Biennial has experienced a process of constant renovation, from its initial stages as a painting competition to its present status as a contemporary art exhibition that includes all artistic media.

In 1997 the Romanian artist Matei Bejenaru founded Periferic in the form of a performance festival. In 2001 it was transformed into an international art biennial by Vector Association, a non-profit cultural and artistic association, which promotes contemporary art in the local context.

The Film Festival was created in 1996 as a reaction to the moribund state of the British film industry, to provide a forum for new film-makers and give exposure to movies on different formats.

Founded in 2008, the biennial has been designed to help reinvigorate New Orleans following the human, civic, and economic devastation left by Katrina in 2005. The long-term primary goal of the biennial exhibition is to redefine the city as a cultural destination, where the visual arts are celebrated and can once again thrive.

Founded in 1993, the biennial presents various attempts in visual arts and film that address the growing social, political and environmental challenges the world is facing due to excessive urban development, pollution, political ambitions, and the thoughtless misuse, abuse and exhaustion of natural resources.

Founded in 1995 the primary mission of the biennial is to give independent curators the freedom to present unique international exhibitions within the context of our museum that incorporate site-specific projects that may otherwise be difficult to execute in larger institutions.