call: Over The Real 2021 – Videoart Festival Lucca
Deadline: 30 May 2021
Call for entries
OVER THE REAL
INTERNATIONAL VIDEOART FESTIVAL
Sixth edition
LUCCA
October 2021
APPLICATION
Call for entries for the sixth edition of the International Video Art Festival Over the Real.
The Festival presents the most significant lines of research emerged in recent years in the international audiovisual arts. Over The Real aims to create an opportunity for meeting and
promotion for artists who work in the field of video art which favors visibility and contacts with the public, with curators, art critics and cultural institutions.
From this year a section dedicated to Virtual Reality will be open.
There will be a selection of 10 single-channel audiovisual works and 5 VR audiovisual works. During the Festival, the artists will present their works through online talks with the
participation of important curators and critics.
The selected works will show during the sixth edition of the International Video Art Festival Over The Real will be in Lucca in October 2021.
The works will also be exhibited online on the website http://www.overthereal.com and on the
connected social platforms. In the event of a health emergency situation, due to Covid-19, the Festival could take place entirely online.
Fee
To participate in the selection, the organization asks the artists for payment of € 15 (fifteen / Euro) as secretary rights and contribution to the realization of the event.
1- PARTICIPANTS
Artists wishing to participate must be over 18 years old.
2- WORKS
a) Each artist or group of artists may submit up to one video work.
b) No works are accepted with a date prior to 2020.
c) The file should be labeled with title, length, year, and author.
d) You can send a download link to the video file.
e) The file must be in a standard format currently in use.
f) We recommend that the file does not exceed 2GB (two gigabyte) in size, for easy
downloading of the video.
g) The theme will be free.
h) May not be submitted works that have been presented in previous editions of Over The
Real.
3- ATTACHMENTS REQUIRED
a) Application form signed by the artist (below these lines).
b) Receipt of payment of € 15 (fifteen / Euro) for secretary rights and contribution to the
realization of the event
Payment can be made via:
• PayPal system to the email info@overthereal.com or
• bank transfer to a current account in the name of the VAP Cultural Association
IBAN IT27 F069 1524 8000 0005 0675 480
BIC/SWIFT BMLUIT3L
c) Biography professional of the artist or artists.
d) A brief synopsis of works.
e) N. 1 still digital image (jpg 300 dpi).
4 – SHIPPING ADDRESSES THE MATERIAL
The download link should be sent to : info@overthereal.com
5- DATE OF DELIVERY
a) Works can be submitted by download link until 11.59 pm on 30 May 2021.
b) The Festival by mid-July 2021 will send a confirm email to every artists whose works
will be accept.
6- ADMISSION
a) All works will become part of files Festival for use in cultural performances, noncommercial
purposes and as part of the event.
b) The jury is composed by the directors of Over The Real:
Maurizio Marco Tozzi, Lino Strangis, Veronica D’Auria
c) There will be a selection of 10 single-channel audiovisual works and 5 VR audiovisual
works. During the Festival, the artists will present their works through online talks with the
participation of important curators and critics.
7- RETURNS
The works submitted to the festival will not be returned to their authors. All works will
become part of the video library of the Festival and may be presented for cultural and / or
educational (in any not commercial case) by broadcast channels that the direction of the
festival deems appropriate.
8- COMMENTS
The organizers reserve the right the exhibition of the works that may be harmful to human
rights. Taking part in the festival implies full acceptance of these rules.
NOTE: The omission or misrepresentation of any information requested generated
exclusion from the competition. The applications that are not complete will not be
considered accepted.
APPLICATION FORM
AUTHOR
NAME SURNAME (clarify if works are made by a group and appoint all members)
NATIONALITY______________________________________________________
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE___________________________________________
EMAIL______________________________________________________________
PHONE_____________________________________________________________
SITO WEB________________________________________________________________
ABOUT THE WORK
VIDEO SINGLE CHANNEL VIDEO VR
TITLE______________________________________________________________
YEAR_________________________DURATION___________________________
TITLE OF SOUNDTRACK IF DIFFERENT THEN TITLE OF VIDEO
SOUND AUTHOR____________________________________________________
INDICATE COPYRIGHT
YES NO
Accepts all the conditions of the regulation and guarantees, taking on responsibility, to be the
holder and therefore have the full availability of the exploitation rights of the delivered
material.
DATE____________________________
SIGNATURE OF ARTIST___________________________
