[oberlist] Open Call for Dance Films and Digital Installations - BIDFF #2

[Simona Deaconescu]

​


Bucharest International Dance Film Festival <http://www.bidff.ro> (9-13
November 2016) invites film directors, choreographers, digital artists and
other artists all around the world to submit their *dance films* and *digital
installations* to the second edition of BIDFF. The competition is opened
for fiction short dance films, documentaries, animations and installations
with a prize pool of 3000 euro. *The d**eadline for applications is the 1st
of September 2016. *However, off competition, BIDFF will showcase dance
feature films, both fiction and documentary. In 2016 the theme of the
festival is *The Digital Body* and welcomes films and installations that
challenge the duality of essence and expression in the new era of digital
communication and constant insecurity.



*THE DIGITAL BODY*

*Short curatorial statement*



#emotional #geopolitical #multi-sensorial #collective #subversive #mechanic
#informational #activist #migratory



The body is a matrix of data, emotionally encapsulated, defragmented and
disembodied, in a constant flow of fake memories and super sensorial
experimentation. Extracorporeal digital age is a reality that requires a
network of information to replicate itself over and over again. Who are you
in this environment and how do you deal with it? We are interested in
promoting dance films (short and feature, fictional and documentaries),
video and digital installations, talks and lectures that have a strong
opinion on the way the body adapts to the era of informational chaos.



*The Short Dance Film International Competition*



Faced with the camera lens the movement of the dancers transforms into
cutting edge art house films with a sometimes transparent and sometimes
coded meaning, challenging the viewer to a playful exchange of information
about social life, politics, extreme emotions, interesting places and oddly
beautiful dance aesthetics. BIDFF encourages syncretism and dialogue
between movement and the diverse existing forms of cinema, from the most
traditional to experimental, animation, or video installations. Shorts of
maximum 15 minutes will be accepted. Films should be produced in the last 2
years. A minimum quality of Full HD (1920 x 1080) is required for the
exhibition copies. You can apply with a maximum of 2 films. Both can be
taken into consideration. BIDFF will award 3 films and other special
mentions.




   - To submit your films to the festival please fill in the form:
   http://tinyurl.com/zklmdlx



*The Digital Body Exhibition*



We will take into consideration artworks that respond to the theme of the
festival - *the digital body*. We are looking for video installations but
we will also consider sound installations, computer generated, augmented
and video reality, immersive and interactive, micro digital sculptures and
other forms of art. The Contemporary Art Gallery Galateca
<http://www.galateca.ro/> in Bucharest will host the exhibition. BIDFF
covers accommodation and transportation costs for the selected
participants. BIDFF will also provide all the technical requirements for
the showcase to the selected installations. You can apply with a maximum of
2 installations and both can be exhibited. The installations should be
completed by the time of the submission. A prize will be awarded to one of
the installations by an international panel.




   - To submit your installations to the festival please fill in the form:
   http://tinyurl.com/z5w7vsq



You can find more information and full guideline of the festival on our
website: www.bidff.ro



Email: contact at bidff.ro // Tel: +40741113365





*This project is produced by Tangaj Dance Association and financed by AFCN
- The Administration of The National Cultural Fund. The project does not
necessarily represent the position of The Administration of The National
Cultural Fund. AFCN is not responsible for the content of the project or
for the way the results of the project can be used. These are entirely the
responsibility of the financing beneficiary. BIDFF is a cultural project
financed in the frame of The Cultural Program “Bucharest - The In-Visible
City” by ARCUB – The Cultural Centre of Bucharest Municipality and The
Bucharest Municipality. The strategic partner of the festival is The
Romanian Cultural Institute. BIDFF is supported by The Austrian Cultural
Forum (The Austrian Embassy in Bucharest). Host and partner for the The
Digital Body Exhibition - Galateca Gallery.*
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: </pipermail/oberlist/attachments/20160705/77b2411d/attachment-0001.html>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: callout BIDFF.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 561193 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: </pipermail/oberlist/attachments/20160705/77b2411d/attachment-0001.jpg>