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Revolutions per Minute Festival

RPM festival, an artist run festival, is dedicated to poetic, personal, cinematic work in experiments, essay film, animation, documentary, video and audiovisual performance.

Revolutions Per Minute Festival 2024 was co-hosted by Art and Art History Department and Cinema Studies at UMass-Boston, MFA Boston , Goethe-institut Boston , Brattle Theatre in Cambridge & Harvard FAS CAMLab.
RPM Series at Boston City hall presented with the support of a grant from Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture.

For more info: rpm@revolutionsperminutefest.org

RPM25 (Fall Festival) submissions will be accepted from December 15th through July 1st.







RPM in Motion

Submissions to RPM in Motion (Spring Festival) are now open

RPM in Motion celebrates independent essay film, animation, digital media art, and music videos. It also features title sequences, and experimental media art that expand our experience, including animation, digital frontier art, and audiovisual performances.
Please submit your work through FilmFreeway. Selections by Feb. 1, 2025.




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