7th INDIGENOUS FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL OF THE AMERICAS
WALLMAPU-CHILE 2004
CALL FOR ENTRIES
The women and men, producers and filmmakers interested in indigenous audio-visual communication and in indigenous issues, as well as sister organizations throughout the continent, to participate ACTIVELY in the 7th Indigenous Film and Video Festival of the Americas which will take place June 18 - 24 in the city of Santiago de Chile.
The INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF CHILE invite:We invite you to share our cultures, experiences and projects, and look forward to learning about your own projects and points of view.
Through the Festival and the cultural mobilization it generates, the inviting indigenous organizations are working towards generating a visible process of access of new audio-visual communication technologies for indigenous use and benefit.
Within the continental framework, we hope this process will be enriched by contributions from sister organizations through the exchange of experiences and the mapping-out of common work plans and collective strategies.
We are convinced that indigenous organizations need to generate their own proposals, agreement mechanisms and forms of dialogue and informative exchange through audio-visual media.
MAIN ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED
June 18 –24, 2004
Santiago de Chile
- OPENING NIGHT
- CENTRAL EVENT OF SCREENINGS AND AWARDS CEREMONY
- OFFICIAL CONTEST SELECTIONS
- INFORMATIVE SIDE-SCREENINGS
- RETROSPECTIVES
- 4TH INTER-AMERICAN ENCOUNTER OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ MEDIA WORKSHOP AND SYMPOSIUM ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, INTERNET AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES
- CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (Art And Photo Exhibitions, Music, Etc.)
- INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF CLACPI (Latin American Indigenous Peoples’ Council On Film And Communication)
Follow-Up Activities
TRAVELING FESTIVAL
(North, South and Central Regions of Chile)The 7th Festival is planning screenings at indigenous communities as a way of de-centralizing the Festival and integrating indigenous members of rural and underserved areas. In this way, our images can interlink in a meeting of views and realities, weaving a future of greater justice for our peoples.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
PARTICIPANTS AND THEME
The 7th Festival is open to all who have filmed and/or produced films and videos on the different facets of the history or contemporary reality (economic, cultural, organizational, social) of indigenous peoples and First Nations of the continent. This includes filmmakers/producers and producing organizations located outside the Americas that have worked on themes central to this Festival.FILM COMPLETION DATE
Works presented at the Festival should have been completed as of January 1st , 2000.LANGUAGES
Works will be accepted in their original language, preferably dubbed or subtitled into Spanish, or accompanied by a Spanish transcript of the dialogues/texts. We also require a Spanish version of the Synopsis and Technical Specifications in the Registration Form.GENRES/FORMATS/SYSTEMS
The Festival is open to all genres except commercial programs. According to operative criteria, the organizers will group the works into the following selection categories:
- Fiction
- Documentary
- Docu-Fiction
- Animation
- Experimental
Acceptable Formats
Film: 35 mm; 16 mm; Super-8 mm
Video: Digital Video (Mini DV, DVCAM, DVCPRO); BETACAM; U-Matic 3/4; U-Matic SP; S-VHS; VHS; Hi-8 mm
*Preferably, videos should be NTSC, but other systems are accepted
JURY SELECTION PROCESS
The selection of the works will take place in three stages:1) Pre-selection (April 12-25, 2004)
2) Final Selection (April 26-30, 2004)
3) Qualifying Jury decides on Awards and Mentions by April 24, 2004 -Closing Night Awards Ceremony in Santiago de ChileCRITERIA FOR SELECTION AND AWARDS
The films and videos will be selected and awarded on the basis of the following criteria:- Respect and dignity of indigenous peoples
- Indigenous participation in production processes
- Contribution to the strengthening of identity and culture
- Contribution to the organizational processes of indigenous peoples and First Nations
- Recovery of cultural expression that is endangered or being assimilated
- Aesthetic and narrative contribution
- The way the work reflects indigenous people’s and First Nation’s right to freedom and self-determination, as well as notions of “development” from an indigenous perspective.
AWARDS AND MENTIONS
The following Awards and Mentions are contemplated:- Award for Preservation of Indigenous Peoples’ Identity and Culture
- Award for Defense of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights
- Award for Socio-Organizational Process of Indigenous Peoples
- Artistic Creation Award
- Best Fiction with Indigenous Participation Award
- Testimonial and Documentary Values Award
- Award for Achievement in the Audiovisual Field
- Award for Best Mise En Scene
- Audience AwardThe awards will consist of Indigenous artwork, plaques, and certificates. We do not anticipate cash awards.
*A Special Award will be granted from the International School of Film and Television of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba.
The jury may award Honorable Mentions in technical and content categories, according to the merits of the works in competition.
ENTRY DEADLINE
Works will be accepted through APRIL 10, 2004REGISTRATION FORM
Works entered should be accompanied by a completed Registration Form (see attachment below).
CREATION OF AN INDIGENOUS AUDIO-VISUAL ARCHIVE: STRENGTHENING AN INDIGENOUS NETWORK
With the aim of creating a local Audio-Visual archive and strengthening a continental indigenous network of community dissemination, the Festival organizers ask of the Festival participants if they would like to contribute to a non-profit Indigenous Distribution Network (see attached Registration Form) by:
- donating the film(s) and/or video(s) which they enter into the Festival, OR
- allowing the organizers, prior to the return of the work entered, to make a dub of their work(s) for inclusion in the Archive and for the Network.SHIPPING AND HANDLING COSTS
Applicants are responsible for the mailing costs for submitting their works to the Festival. Interested parties may consult the respective Chilean embassies and consulates abroad, for safe delivery via diplomatic courier (if available). The Festival is making efforts with the Film and Video Division of Chile’s Ministry of Foreign Relations’ Direction of Cultural Affairs, which will have a response in place as of March 2004.PARTICIPATION IN FESTIVAL SEMINARS
The Festival has planned five sessions for the Fourth Inter-American Meeting of Indigenous Film and Communication and a Symposium on Indigenous Peoples, Internet and New Technologies. The organizers are currently seeking support to provide food and lodging to participants, for which all those interested in participating in the Festival Seminars should email the festival, specifying the organization or entity they will represent, briefly stating their motivations for attending and giving their contact information before May 30, 2004.To ensure participation as a presenter in the above mentioned Seminars, prospective presenters should also submit a summary of their presentation and a brief justification of their proposed topic. The deadline for Seminar submissions is April 15, 2004. Proposal responses will be sent by fax/ or mail through May 30, 2004.
*Please contact us if you need a letter of invitation to attend the Festival.SHIPMENT
All works, Registration Forms, Still Photos and other promotional materials and translations, etc. should be mailed to:Jeannette Paillan
Coordinator, VII Festival Continental de Cine y Video de los Pueblos IndígenasConsejo Latinoamericano de Cine y Comunicación de los Pueblos Indigenas (CLACPI)
Centro de Estudios y Comunicación Indígena Lulul Mawidha
Av. Américo Vespucio 1587 Dpto 14- Macul
Santiago – Chile
Tel./Fax: 56-2 –271-4845
E-Mail: jeanettepaillan@hotmail.com or paillan@terra.cl or lululmawidha@vtr.netFor further information in English please contact:
Amalia Córdova at cordovaa@si.eduThe Indigenous Film and Video Festival of the Americas has been taking place since 1985, hosted by different countries of Latin America. With a spirit of constructive solidarity and under the sponsorship of CLACPI (the Latin American Indigenous Peoples’ Council on Film and Communication), the Festival partners with indigenous organizations and other entities involved in audio-visual media in Latin America, to make indigenous realities more broadly known and to promote media within the continent’s First Nations.
REGISTRATION FORM
VII FESTIVAL CONTINENTAL DE CINE Y VIDEO DE PUEBLOS INDIGENAS- CHILE 2004
Submission Deadline: April 10, 2004
DESCRIPTION OF WORK SUBMITTED
Title in Original Language:
Spanish Translation (if it exists):Production Date: Running Time:
Country where work was shot: Producing country:
Language(s):
Original Version___ Version subtitled into Spanish___ Dubbed Version___Participation/presence of the following indigenous people/community and their geographic region/location:
1).-
2).-
3).-
Original FormatFilm: 35 mm___ 16 mm___ Super 8 mm___
Video:
DIGITAL: Mini DV___ DVCAM___ DVCPRO___
Betacam___ U-Matic SP___ U-Matic___ Hi 8___ S-VHS___ VHS___
Available Formats
Film: 35 mm___ 16 mm___ Super 8 mm___
Video:
DIGITAL: Mini DV___ DVCAM___ DVCPRO___
Betacam___ U-Matic SP___ U-Matic___ Hi 8___ S-VHS___ VHS___Format of Copy Submitted:
DVCAM___ MiniDV___ DVPRO___ U-Matic SP___ U-Matic___ VHS___
Type of Work:Documentary___ Fiction___ Docu-fiction___ Animation___ Experimental___ Other (specify) _____________________
Will the screening at the 7th Festival be a premiere? YES___ NO___*If yes, what kind of premiere?
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Responsible/Director:
Script:
Photography –Camera:Sound:
Music/Score:Editing:
Actors:
Producer:
Producing Organization/Company:
Address:
PO Box: Phone: Fax:Distributor:
Address:
PO Box: Phone: Fax:
The following promotional material is being sent (please indicate if separately or included):
POSTERS___
STILL PHOTOGRAPHS___
PRESS RELEASES___
OTHERS___
SUMMARY OF WORK SUBMITTED:
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Please add additional pages if necessary and include any available complementary texts or information.
IMPORTANT NOTE: it’s very important to include in the paperwork that accompanies your shipment a NOTE that clearly states that the work has NO COMMERCIAL VALUE (“sin valor commercial”) and that it is being sent to a Cultural Festival (write down the Title, Format and Running Time). This information should be clearly legible on the package itself as well as on any required customs or express mail forms. Packages -especially videotapes- sent without this notice will be subject to customs inspection and MAY BE DELAYED INDEFINATELY.
Send to: Organizing Committee of the 7th Festival
(same address as on Call for Entries).
Complementary Information
I authorize the use of fragments of the work(s) submitted for NON-COMMERCIAL promotional purposes of the 7th Festival:YES ___ NO ___
Name:
Date : / / 04Signature:
Signing this form indicates acceptance of the submission conditions detailed in the Call for Entries of the 7th Festival
SUPPLEMENTARY FORM
NATIVE COMMUNITY SCREENINGS
STRENGTHENING A NETWORK OF COMMUNITY DISSEMINATIONYes, I authorize the donation of the work(s) submitted to the VII Festival Continental de Cine y Video de Pueblos Indígenas/7th Indigenous Film and Video Festival of the Americas for NON-COMMERCIAL (not-for-profit) screenings in indigenous communities, with the aim of conforming a local Audiovisual Archive and strengthening a Network of continental dissemination, under the tuition of CLACPI.
Signature:
Name: Position:
Date: /2004
CONFORMATION OF AN INDIGENOUS AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVE
Yes, I authorize the Organizing Committee to make one copy of the work(s) submitted to the VII Festival Continental de Cine y Video de Pueblos Indígenas/ 7th Indigenous Film and Video Festival for NON-COMMERCIAL (not-for-profit) screenings in indigenous communities, with the aim of conforming a local Audiovisual Archive and strengthening a Network of continental dissemination, under the tuition of CLACPI.
Signature:Name: Position:
Date: /2004