International Open Call for Artistic Residencies on the Moving Image
Applications from April 13 to May 22, 2026
Terre Altre is an artistic residency program dedicated to the moving image and video production in all its forms (cinema, documentary, video art, audiovisual installation).
Promoted by the Municipality of Subbiano together with CasermArcheologica and Ideatica, the project unfolds across Casentino, Valtiberina, the Tuscan Apennines, and Arezzo.
The Artist Residency is funded by the resources of the PR FSE+ Toscana 2021/27 and is part of Giovanisì (www.giovanisi.it), the Tuscany Region’s project for youth autonomy. (Public notice approved by managerial decree no. 28520 of December 20, 2024)
Consult the full call for applications and access the participation form here.
Quick Facts
The call selects:
- 10 artists
- 2 curators
- Age 18–35
- Unemployed/inactive individuals
- Holding a upper secondary school diploma
- Selection will be made through portfolio and project proposal evaluation.
Deadline
Applications from April 13 to May 22, 2026
What the residency offers
- Duration: 6 months (October 2026 – May 2027)
- Monthly grant: €500 for 6 months
- Free shared accommodation
- Access to workspaces and technical equipment
- Individual mentorship and tutoring
- Final exhibition and public festival
- The residency is structured in three phases across Sansepolcro, Arezzo, and Subbiano.
Faculty includes
Tommaso Arosio / Daniele Baggiani / Marta Bianchi / Marco Burchini / Michele Castelli / Vincenzo Estremo / Roberto Fassone / Bernardo Follini / Valentina Furian / Florian Kofler / Ilaria Mancia / Valeria Mancinelli / Fernando Maraghini / Maria Erica Pacileo / Ilaria Margutti / Marco Pettenello / Marco Teoni / Destination Makers / Andrea Bassi / Damiano Brué / Francesco Fedeli / Denis Ludovico Maria Gonzaga / Lucio Lepri / Associazione Creatori di Suoni / Samuele Valente
Themes
Terre Altre was born to build contemporary cultural narratives through the moving image, capable of telling the story of the Tuscan Apennines, between Casentino and Valtiberina — a territory characterized by deep historical stratification, extensive forest landscapes, and local communities marked by the contemporary transformations of rural Italy. The languages of cinema, documentary, and time-based art are not seen as separate categories but as open, interconnected fields that influence and cross each other.
The project aims to activate a dialogue between contemporary artistic practices and territorial contexts that are peripheral to major cultural circuits, valuing less-traveled areas as spaces for research, connection, and artistic production. The residencies target young artists who express themselves through moving image practices as tools for investigation, listening, and the construction of imaginaries and relationships, establishing a dialogue with the territory, nature, inhabitants, long-term residents, returnees, and new citizens — bringing out traditions, contradictions, lines of continuity, and fractures, thus taking the context not merely as narrative material but as an interlocutor.
It is not about representing the place, but about working with it; marginality is not a periphery but a critical position; landscape is not a backdrop but a field of tension — it is political infrastructure, living archive, ecological device.
Who it is for
Artists, filmmakers, video artists, directors, curators interested in developing moving image works (short films, documentaries, video art, experimental films, installations).
Requirements:
- Availability to reside in the territory for the entire duration
- Active participation in public activities
- Aptitude for collaborative work
- Interest in participatory and inclusive practices
Final Output
Each participant will create an original work to be presented in:
- An installative exhibition at CasermArcheologica
- A public festival in the Municipality of Subbiano
For inquiries and clarifications, interested individuals may write to: casermarcheologica@gmail.com
Note: This call was translated from Italian. Italian Proficiency is likely necessary; please contact the institution if unsure.
Image credits: Via Terre Altre website.
