Call for Papers: Ecstatic Truth X & Invitation to attend the Symposium

We would like to invite all you to join us on the 10th Anniversary of our Symposium on expanded and experimental documentary animation practices. A place where theory and practice come together to explore the widest interpretations of Documentary Animation. This year is a special anniversary event is running over 2 days, in association with the UNDER_the_RADAR festival at the University of the Applied Arts in Vienna, on April 27th & 28th 2026. Paper presentations are selected by peer review on application, symposium attendance is free and open to all. 

Our topic for Ecstatic Truth X is Animating Hope: Utopias, Uncertainties, Simulation, and Documentary Possibility

CFP Deadline 14th Feb 2026

We warmly invite you all to join us in contemplating hope and celebrating 10 years at the intersection of animation in all its expanded forms with all flavours of documentary practice and theory. More info here:

https://expandedanimation.net/2025/12/09/cfp-ecstatic-truth-x-animating-hope/

https://tangibleterritory.art/2025/12/09/ecstatic-truth-x-animating-hope/

Best wishes 

Birgitta, Tereza, Pedro, Natalie

Ecstatic Truth collective in association with UNDER_the_RADAR and Univerdity of the Applied Arts, Vienna