call: VideoBabel 2014
Call for entries
Deadline: 31 August 2014
VIDEOBABEL: CALL FOR ENTRIES 2014
I. OUR AIMS
ï‚· Promotion of video art and experimental audiovisual creation in Peru and other countries in Latin America.
ï‚· Opening of new spaces for the sharing of experiences between Latin American video artists and their colleagues from other parts of the world. Publicizing of Peruvian and Latin American video art throughout the world, showing recent examples of international video art in Peru.
ï‚· Raising awareness of new art media and languages among the Peruvian public.
II. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
The festival is organized by the Cultural Association “Charlie Quispe & Co”
(www.charliequispe.org) in Cusco, Peru.
Contact:
Vera Tyuleneva
Coordinator of the VideoBabel Festival
President of the “Charlie Quispe & Co†Cultural Association
Phone: +51 984604731
E-mail: festivalvideobabel@gmail.com
III. COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS
The competition covers all countries of Latin America.
Artists from other countries may present their videos out of competition. Their works may be included in
the festival’s special selections.
The festival invites all individuals and groups wishing to present their video art and experimental
audiovisual creation in open competition, regardless of age, religion (or lack thereof), sexual preference,
education or profession.
Each author or group may submit more than one video.
V. AWARD
AWARD FOR THE BEST LATIN AMERICAN VIDEO:
Trip to Madrid, to the “Proyector” Video Art Festival
and Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Sponsored by:
The competition may be declared void, at the discretion of the organizing committee.
The jury may decide to award a prize to a sequence of videos by the same author, provided the videos
display conceptual unity and their total duration does not exceed 15 minutes.
Besides the two winners, the jury will also choose the festival’s official selection, which will participate in
exchange programs and international screenings.
Apart from the official selection, the organizing committee is also authorized to compile special curatorial
selections, focused on a common theme, upon request from different partner events, as part of the
international exchange program. The authors of the selected videos will be informed of the participation of
their works in special selections.
VI. PRESENTATION OF VIDEO ENTRIES
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: AUGUST 31, 2014.
We only accept single-channel videos.
The competing videos need not be previously unseen. However, no work which has won a prize or
has participated in an official selection of other festivals will be accepted.
Maximum length (including credits): 15 minutes.
Languages: Videos with spoken text in a language other than Spanish or English must be subtitled in
either of those two languages (preferably in both).
Reproduction and distribution rights: By submitting their videos to the festival, the authors
automatically agree to the festival’s right to reproduce, distribute and screen said material, which will be
subject to the rules of Creative Commons (mode: Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike 2.5:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/)
Authorship: The Festival cannot be held responsible for any conflict arising from disputes regarding the
authorship of the videos submitted. The prize will be awarded to the person named on the registration
form as the individual responsible for the project, or to another participant of the project unanimously
assigned by the production group.
Pseudonyms: The name of the author of the video (or individual responsible) may be replaced by a
pseudonym on the entry form, should the contestant so wish.
Videos may be presented with the highest quality and lowest compression possible viainternet. The participating video must be available for online preview on YouTube, Vimeo or other video
server. If you prefer to restrict access to your video, protect it with a password and send us the password together with the link.
Participants must send the completed registration form, including the online link to their video, as an
attachment to the following e-mail address: festivalvideobabel@gmail.com. If an artist wishes to submit
more than one video, one registration form for each work should be completed. The registration form is
available in Word 97 format here.
The authors of the selected videos (winners, official selection and special selections) will be asked
to send, via internet and within a week of selection, a copy of their work in standard format *.mov or
*.mp4 with the highest quality and lowest compression possible, a maximum size of 2 GB, frame height
not less than 720 px. Authors will receive detailed instructions regarding the method for sending their
work. The sending of work selected via the Internet will be free to the authors.
VII. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
ï‚· Importance and originality of the video and its conceptual and aesthetic development.
ï‚· Good knowledge and innovative use of audiovisual language.
ï‚· Technical quality and skill.
VIII. JURY
The festival prizes will be awarded by an international jury.
Committee decisions are final and not open to appeal.
IX. FINAL CEREMONY
The festival final ceremony, with the announcement of the winners, will be held in the city of Cusco, Peru,
in November 2013.
XI. SUBSEQUENT PUBLICITY
The winning videos will be publicized screened to the public free of charge by the festival partner
institutions and in different countries, as well as in other video art and film events.
The festival undertakes to promote and credit the authors of the videos during the video screenings.
By submitting their videos to the festival, participants automatically accept the conditions set
out in this document. Any situation not covered by these guidelines shall be resolved by the
organizers of the festival and their decision will be final.
