Festival Date
28th July - 3rd August 2025
Location
Sunway University, Malaysia
“Our Era, Our Beat”
Get ready! The ArtBeats 2025: GenWaves will feature a vibrant art exhibition, immersive workshops and movie screenings, bringing together artists and students from across the globe to create, connect, and grow through shared stories and generational inspiration. In addition, the most anticipated event which is the concert will also be featured! The concert ticket sale date will be announced soon, so stay tuned for updates. The details are as follows:
Festival Themes
ArtBeats 2025 focuses and explores the themes of Echoes, Vibes and Horizons that shape how we create, remember, and evolve, inviting fresh interpretations across art, theatre, music, and film. With guidance from creative mentors and university academics, we will curate a vibrant collection of selected works as a tribute to how art evolves through different eras, at Sunway University.
Call for Submissions
We’re looking for creative works that mix different styles and ideas—whether it's painting, photography, film, video art, music, performance, or anything in between. GenWaves is open to all kinds of artistic expression, as long as it’s bold, meaningful, and speaks from the heart.
Established in 2023, ArtBeats is an internationally acclaimed festival jointly organized by Lancaster University (United Kingdom) and Sunway University (Malaysia) and in 2025,
presented in partnership with COM3043 Events Management Class of April 2025.
Call for Student Participants
We invite participants who are in the filmmaking industry, interested in filmmaking, and students with filmmaking qualifications to apply for a unique collaborative workshop experience at Sunway University, Malaysia.
About the Festival
The ArtBeats festival is a cross-cultural celebration of creativity co-hosted by Lancaster University (UK) and Sunway University (Malaysia). Now in its third edition, ArtBeats 2025 continues to build cultural bridges through artistic expression, innovation, and community.
After successful festivals in Sunway University, Malaysia (2023) and Lancaster University, UK (2024), ArtBeats 2025 returns with a renewed energy and an impactful theme, GenWaves!
Embracing the waves of different generations and connecting it into one, ArtBeats has its ways encompassing it.
