The video collection of 59 Seconds Festival was developed with a series of rolling international open calls. The first three open calls were each followed by screenings in Tribeca at 59 Franklyn Street in July and September 2005, and in February 2006.

LORA ALANIZ (USA), VICTOR BARBIERI (USA), SOFIA BUSTORFF (PORTUGAL), LLOYD BLANDER/AARON KRACH (USA), BridA (SLOVENIA), MAURO CEOLIN (ITALY), YU-CHEN CHIU (USA), CINZIA CREMONA (UK), ANDRÉ GONÇALVES (PORTUGAL), JENNIFER BETH GUERIN (USA), ARE HAUFFEN (NORWAY), DUBI KAUFMANN (USA), DIANA KINGSLEY (USA), RADIM LABUDA (CZECH REPUBLIC), DAVID LACHMAN (USA), KATHERINE LIBEROVSKAYA (CANADA), LULU LOLO (USA), CATHERINE MACGREGOR (UK), JOHN H. MALONE (USA), ANTONIO DELLA MARINA (ITALY), ERIK MOSKOWITZ (USA), JEREMY NEWMAN (USA), FRANK OUDEMAN (USA), SZACSVA Y PAL (HUNGARY), GRUPPO SINESTETICO (ITALY), NORM SCOTT (USA), MICHAEL SZPAKOWSKI (UK), JULIA TELL (USA), AKIKO & MASAKO TAKADA (UK), MARK THER/ANDY BRODY (CZECH REPUBLIC), FERESHTEH TOOSI (USA), JENNY VOGEL (USA), RANDALL WAKERLIN (USA), MIKKEL WETTRE (NORWAY), ALESSANDRA ZUCCHI LISA WIGREN/JACQUELINE FORZELIUS (SWEDEN/NORWAY), BROOKS WILLIAMS (USA), DARYA ZHUK (BELARUS)

PETRI ALA-MAUNUS (FINLAND), ISIDORE BETHEL (USA), JEFF BAUER & MELANIA SEMERAD-RADULESCU (USA), MICHELLE BECK, (USA) & JORGE CALVO (COSTA RICA), ALAIN K. (FRANCE), CARINE DOERFLINGER (GERMANY), VICTOR BARBIERI (USA), HORIA CADARIU (ROMANIA), DOROTHEA FLEISS (GERMANY), ALISTAIR GENTRY (UK), YAN CHUNG HSIEN (TAIWAN), GUO SHIAU PEI (TAIWAN), GALINA MYZNIKOVA & SERGEY PROVOROV (RUSSIA), JOSEPHINE LIPUMA (USA), MYRIAM THYES (GERMANY), GRUPPO SINESTETICO (ITALY), IANTHE JACKSON (USA), FRANZ WASSERMANN (AUSTRIA), RAINA BENOIT (USA), ALEXANDRA DEMENTIEVA (BELGIUM)

CHRIS D-ALESSIO (USA), THOMAS AMENDOLA (USA), VAHID RAHIMI (USA), BRIONY BARR (USA), RYAN SMITH(USA), MICHELE SANTARSIERE (ITALY), FRANZ WANNER (GERMANY), GERD STERN (USA), CHRIS DONAVAN (USA), CRAIG DOWNING (USA), HERVE CONSTANT (UK), WAGO KREIDER (USA), REIKU HITERUO (USA), PERIN JOELLE (FRANCE), JEFFREY SCOTT (USA), ALEX BARON (USA), KOJI KAWAI + RUI OGAWA (JAPAN), LILI WHITE (USA), REGINA VATER (USA), JEREMY NEWMAN (USA), ANDREW EYMAN (USA), GRUPPO SINESTETICO (ITALY), LUCIA WARCK MEISTER (ARGENTINA/USA), ANDREA ORTADO (USA), IRINA DANILOVA + HIRAM LEVY (UKRAINE/USA), THE BRUCE HIGH QUALITY FOUNDATION (USA), MICHAEL LIONE (USA), KATHERIN MCINNIS (USA), DAN VAN WINKLE (USA), JODY ZELLEN (USA), PETRI ALA-MAUNUS (FINLAND), MARILENA PREDA SANC (ROMANIA), J.P. MARUSZCZAK (USA), NICKY MAGLIULO (UK), JESSIE STEAD (USA), INGRID TARO (ITALY/USA), VALERIE OPIELSKI (USA), IAN KELLER (USA), MIKE WERNER (USA), JOON SUNG (KOREA/USA), TSUI-LUN LIU (TAIWAN), SINASI GUNES (TURKEY), REV C. HITE (USA), MICHAEL UNGER (USA), SARA RAJAEI + HADAS ITZKOVIT (IRAN/ISRAEL/NETHERLANDS), MICHELLE BECK + JORGE CALVO (USA/COSTA RICA), FULANA (USA), ALANA KAKOYIANNIS (USA), MASSIMO LOVISCO (ITALY)

LUCA ACITO & DARIO CARMENTANO (ITALY), AUTUM ANDEL (USA), ESTELLE ARTUS (FRANCE), IGOR BASKIN (RUSSIA), EMILY BROADBENT (AUSTRALIA), SERENA CALO (ITALY), GIORGIO CELON (ITALY), HERVE CONSTANT (UK), IRINA DANILOVA (USA), AVI DABACH (ISRAEL), CARINE DOERFLINGER (GERMANY), ZORAN DRAGELI (CANADA), ANNA FINETTI (ITALY), VINCENZO FRATTINI (ITALY), ALBERTO GALLINGANI (ITALY), GIORGIO GARIPPA (UK), NORA GERGELY (HUNGARY), ANTANAS GERLIKAS (LITHUANIA), ADAM GLOVER (CANADA), SINASI GUNES (TURKEY), ESTHER HARRIS (UK), RICARDO MORALES HERNANDEZ (PUERTO RICO), GIANNI IANNITTO (ITALY), JIN HO IM (USA), CAROLINA KOHAN (ARGENTINA), LELLO LOPEZ (ITALY), RAFFAELLA LOSAPIO (ITALY), MARIA LYNCH (UK), PERSEFONI MARLAKA (GREECE), MARCELLO MANTEGAZZA (ITALY), ANTONELLO MATARAZZO (ITALY), MOIO&SIVELLI (ITALY), DIEGO NESSI (URUGUAY), ANTONIO PATRIZIO (ITALY), CRISTINA PAVESI (ITALY), SCOTT PISCITELLI (USA), JAVIER J. PLANO (ARGENTINA), PROJECT 59 (USA), ANGELO RIVIELLO&GINO SCANNAPIECO (ITALY), ALEXANDRA ROBSON (UK), DEBORAH ROSENBERG (USA), GIROLAMO SANTULLI (ITALY), URSULA SCHERRER (USA), ZVONKA SIMIC (SLOVENIA), GRUPPO SINESTETICO (ITALY), HARLEY SPILLER (USA), TRAFFIC LOVE COLLECTIVE (AUSTRALIA), REGINA VATER (USA), VALERIO VENERUSO (ITALY), MARCO VILLANI (ITALY), FRAZ WANNER (GERMANY), CHIA-HUA WU (UK), MARIANA BERTOLDI YOUSSEF (BRAZIL)