OPEN CALL: Film Camp 2026

Sickhouse Summer Film Camp is a two-week program dedicated to experimenting with filmmaking, DIY culture, and collective storytelling. This camp is not a school, it's a playground, and here, you decide how the movie goes! We play with what a film can be, trying out techniques and exploring possibilities, with the group serving as our main resource: you’ll be actors, directors, lighting technicians, set designers, and more.

How it works:

• Week 1: Experimentation and Storytelling. You'll meet other young people, learn from professional artists and filmmakers, watch movies, play, improvise, and manipulate materials to find your collective story and create a script.
• Week 2: Making the movie! We prepare the set, costumes, and roles. You'll train as actors, directors, and camerapersons before we hit record! On the final day, we collaborate with an editor to shape the footage.

2026 Theme: Collective Dream Mare

This year's camp runs in parallel with the exhibition of Josefin Arnell, who will join the camp for several days. The theme, Collective Dream Mare, becomes a space to unpack anger. Together, we explore how it can be used creatively, as a force for building and imagining otherwise.

Open to curious minds, the camp invites participants into a collective (night)mare dream: a place for strange futures, experimentation, and shared authorship. Guided by Josefin Arnell, Sickhouse, and collaborators, you will create a short film from start to finish through improvisation and play, engaging with character, story, image, and sound while developing your own approach to DIY filmmaking.

Who can apply? The camp is primarily for young people aged 16 to 28. To participate, please fill out a short application form where we'd love to learn a bit about you, your interests in film, and your background.

No prior experience in filmmaking or a creative background is required. You only need to be available for these two weeks, be open to a collective adventure, and bring your imagination!

APPLY HERE