The International Mute Photo Festival (IMPhF) 2027 announces an open call for its forthcoming exhibition in Karlovasi, Samos, Greece, scheduled for July 2027. Under the theme 'Nature ate the pixels,' the festival seeks to interrogate the relationship between humanity and nature at a moment of pervasive digital mediation. Submissions must be created using children’s thermal printer cameras—a constraint that deliberately circumscribes the technological palette and foregrounds the material and aesthetic properties of a ubiquitous, low-fidelity device. This call is structured around four thematic categories: Landscape, Symbiosis, Rebirth, and Future. The festival positions the thermal printer camera not as a novelty but as a legitimate instrument for contemporary image-making, one that yields imperfect, organic forms and a distinctive low-resolution intimacy. By recontextualizing a child’s toy as a serious creative tool, IMPhF 2027 aligns itself with broader currents in photographic practice that privilege the tactile, the ephemeral, and the democratically accessible over the polished and the exclusive. The open call is open to photographers of all levels, with a separate category for children and youth under 18. Adult photographers may submit 6–9 images; those under 18 may submit 5 images. The jury will select the top 15 photographs for exhibition. There is no submission fee. The festival does not specify prizes or awards beyond inclusion in the exhibition. Artists retain the opportunity to engage with an international audience in a setting that values conceptual rigor and material experimentation.