New Media art festivals
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Hong Kong

Clockenflap
Clockenflap
Clockenflap Multimedia Arts & Music Festival, commonly abbreviated to "Clockenflap", is a two-day music and multimedia arts festival held at various locations in Hong Kong...

 is an annual multimedia arts festival in Hong Kong.
Microwave International New Media Arts Festival
Microwave International New Media Arts Festival
Microwave International New Media Arts Festival Microwave International New Media Arts Festival Microwave International New Media Arts Festival (微波國際新媒體藝術節)is a new media art festival based in Hong Kong. It began in 1996 as the annual video art festival for local video art collective Videotage....

 is an annual, international media art festival since 1996 Microwave

Austria

Prix Ars Electronica
Prix Ars Electronica
The Prix Ars Electronica is one of the most important yearly prizes in the field of electronic and interactive art, computer animation, digital culture and music...

 (Official website) is the largest international New Media festival. It's held in Linz annually.

Czech Republic

Anemic festival
Anemic festival
ANEMIC festival is dedicated to the independent films, documentaries, experimental video and all artistic, poetic & digital creation form. ANEMIC intends to propose a fresh multi-disciplinary program...

  Independent Film and New Media Art. Organized by M77-Art, New Media & Training, Prague.

Iceland

The SEQUENCES real-time art festival
SEQUENCES real-time art festival
SEQUENCES Art Festival is held in the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik. Its emphasis is time-based work, performance, sound art, video and music.- Concept :...

 is held in the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik. Its emphasis is time-based work, performance, sound art, video and music. The aim of the annual independent art festival is to celebrate and exhibit cutting-edge visual art with a special emphasis on art in public/urban spaces.

Italy

Netmage
Netmage
Netmage is an international festival dedicated to electronic art curated by Xing and produced annually—in the city of Bologna -- as a multidisciplinary program of works, investigating and promoting contemporary audiovisual research.The two major event are netmage and F.I.S.Co...

 is an international festival dedicated to electronic art curated by Xing and produced annually in the city of Bologna as a multidisciplinary program of works, investigating and promoting contemporary audiovisual research.
AsoloArtFilmFestival is an international festival dedicated to films about Arts.

The Netherlands

Amsterdam Film eXperience
Amsterdam Film eXperience
The Amsterdam Film eXperience, or AFX for short, is an annual filmfestival that takes place in Amsterdam. It's being organized by the AISFF...

 - AFX is an international festival for (short) film, new media and cross-over in Amsterdam
GOGBOT
GOGBOT
The GOGBOT festival is an annual festival, organized by PLANETART. The festival deals with subjects on the area of multimedia, art, music and technology. GOGBOT is a free entrance festival and wants to take art of international quality out of the museums and make it accessible for a broad audience,...

 - GOGBOT is an annual international festival for new media art, presented by PLANETART in Enschede.
TodaysArt
TodaysArt
TodaysArt is the annual international multidisciplinary modern creativity festival in The Hague, The Netherlands.-Concept:Each year in the end of September, the festival offers a programme at 20 venues in the city centre with more than 200 artists from over 25 countries, all presenting their...

 - TodaysArt Festival is an annual international festival for arts in The Hague.
Impakt Festival
Impakt Festival
The Impakt Festival is a year-round grouping of multimedia events for the audiovisual arts founded in 1988 in the city of Utrecht, The Netherlands. It showcases films, video art, performances, music, conferences and other special events for artists mainly from The Netherlands.In 2009 the festival...

 - Impakt Festival for audiovisual arts in Utrecht
Moving Buildings Festival - Audiovisual and mapping Festival in Amstelveen
STRP - Annual art and technology festival in Eindhoven

Spain

Artfutura
Artfutura
- ArtFutura :ArtFutura is a festival of digital culture and creativity that is celebrated annually in Spain. It came about from a confluence of interests among some of the pioneers of Cyberculture criticism of the 90s, among whom were, Rebecca Allen, William Gibson and Montxo Algora, who presently...

 Digital Art and Culture Festival. Founded in Barcelona in 1990, in the following years it moved to Madrid and Sevilla, coming back to Barcelona in 2001. Alongside the festival, a program of screenings of digital animation films runs since 2002 in a growing number of cities in Spain and South America.
MADATAC MADATAC (Contemporary New Media Audio-Visual Arts Festival) is a unique and innovative springboard for cutting edge experimental and new media audio-visual culture. Founded by Iury Lech in 2007, takes place in Madrid (Spain) on December within the city Mile of Art.
Sónar
Sónar
Sónar is an annual three-day music festival held in Barcelona, Spain. It is described officially as a festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Art. Music is by far the main aspect of the festival....

 Sónar, Barcelona's International Festival of Advanced Music and New Media Art Sonar is a pioneering festival that is unique in terms of its format and content: a leading international benchmark thanks to a carefully assembled range of culture that combines entertainment with artistry, the avant garde and experimentation, featuring the most consolidated artists and trends in electronic music and their interactions and hybridisations with other genres.

UK

AV Festival
AV Festival
The AV Festival is the UK’s largest international festival of electronic art, and features new media art, film, music, and games. As with festivals such as Ars Electronica, ISEA and DEAF, it is considered to be a new media art festival...

. UK's largest electronic arts festival, featuring exhibitions, film, music and newly commissioned works. It is bi-annual and based in the three main urban centres of the North East of England, NewcastleGateshead, Sunderland and Middlesbrough.
onedotzero
Onedotzero
onedotzero is a contemporary, digital arts organisation with a remit to promote innovation across all forms of moving image and motion arts....

 festival World's largest digital film festival that encompasses many new media projects, international events, commissioned and produced works. Based in London, with venue home at the [ICA].
Future Everything, formerly known as Futuresonic
Futuresonic
Futuresonic is an annual festival of art, music and ideas. It involves a freeform mix of live events, exhibitions, workshops and talks in up to 30 different venues and spaces across Manchester, UK. Futuresonic was established in 1995 with the first major festival in September 1996...

 After 15 years, Futuresonic returns as FutureEverything, an annual festival of art, music and ideas. It involves a freeform mix of live events, exhibitions, workshops and talks in up to 30 different venues and spaces across Manchester UK. Futuresonic was established in 1995, with the first major festival was in September 1996, and has since presented projects in Asia, Africa, N America, S America and Europe.

Brazil

FILE - Electronic Language International Festival
Electronic Language International Festival
FILE - Electronic Language International Festival is a New media art festival that usually takes place in three different cities of Brazil: São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre and it has also participated in others events around the world...

 (Official website) is a festival of new media art
New media art
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...

 organized yearly since 2000 in São Paulo, Brazil.

Colombia

Festival Internacional de la Imagen
International Image Festival
The International Image Festival is a space for meeting and discussion on topics related to visual design, electronic arts, digital audiovisual creation, digital sound and electro-acoustic, and in general, new relationships between art, design, science and technology.Proposing an open forum for...

 Manizales, Caldas.

Canada

Images Festival
Images Festival
The Images Festival is a yearly event devoted to independent and experimental film, video art, new media and media installation that takes place each spring in Toronto. It was founded in 1987, originally conceived as an alternative to the Toronto Film Festival...

 is the largest Canadian festival for new media and installation arts.
Elektra Festival
Elektra Festival
Presented every year in May by , Festival is an internationally renowned digital arts festival established in Montreal since 1999.Renowned internationally as a cutting-edge festival, Elektra offers diverse experiences:...

 is a week long festival that shows electronic work in Montreal, Quebec.

United States

The LA Freewaves
LA Freewaves
LA Freewaves is a Los Angeles based nonprofit organization that advocates for and exhibits uncensored independent new media from around the world. Media art works include experimental video and film , DVDs, websites, installations, and video billboards...

 experimental new media art festival is online and in Los Angeles art venues featuring local and international artists.
IMCexpo
IMCexpo
The IMC Expo is described as "a hybrid technology tradeshow, art exhibition, educational symposium, and networking forum". The IMC Expo is produced by the new media design firm StudioIMC in association with the Interactive Telecommunications Program at Tisch School of the Arts, as well as other...

 The Interactive Multimedia Culture Expo (IMCexpo
IMCexpo
The IMC Expo is described as "a hybrid technology tradeshow, art exhibition, educational symposium, and networking forum". The IMC Expo is produced by the new media design firm StudioIMC in association with the Interactive Telecommunications Program at Tisch School of the Arts, as well as other...

) is a new media art show & trade show in New York City (2005 IMCexpo held at the Chelsea Art Museum)
Boston Cyberarts Festival
Boston Cyberarts Festival
The Boston Cyberarts Festival is the first and largest Festival of digital art, performance and film created using new technology in the USA. Around 22,000 people attended the Festival in 2007 where they witnessed the work of over 200 artists from all over the world.The Festival takes place once...

 a biennial festival founded in 1999 to celebrate a long tradition of technological and artistic innovation throughout Massachusetts. The Boston Cyberarts Festival showcases artists and high-technology professionals from around the world who use new technology to advance traditional visual and performing arts disciplines.
New Media Film Festival
New Media Film Festival
The New Media Film Festival is an event held annually on May 20 and May 21 at the Los Angeles Film School in Hollywood, California. It showcases 3D and animated shorts, web series, mobile media, apps, and music videos, awarding over $12,000 in prizes and offering distribution to non-traditional and...

 an annual festival held at the Los Angeles Film School
Los Angeles Film School
The Los Angeles Film School or LA Film School is a private, for-profit college geared toward the entertainment industry. It offers associate's degrees in Computer Animation, Game Production and Film.-History:...

 honors stories worth telling offering distribution opportunities and awards.

Australia

Electrofringe
Electrofringe
Electrofringe is a festival of digital, electronic and new media arts. Its focus is on emergent forms and techniques within media based arts practice and places a particular emphasis on encouraging young and emerging artists to interact with established artists...

 is a festival of digital
Digital art
Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...

, electronic
Electronic art
Electronic art is a form of art that makes use of electronic media or, more broadly, refers to technology and/or electronic media. It is related to information art, new media art, video art, digital art, interactive art, internet art, and electronic music...

 and new media art
New media art
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...

s. Its focus is on emergent forms and techniques within media based arts practice and places a particular emphasis on encouraging young and emerging artists to interact with established artists. Electrofringe takes place over 5 days and nights around the September/October change-over in the regional centre of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

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