Centro de Documentación Mapuche Documentation Center

 

7th INDIGENOUS FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL OF THE AMERICAS

WALLMAPU-CHILE 2004

CALL FOR ENTRIES


The INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF CHILE invite:

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.

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


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:
 

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 Chile

CRITERIA 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 Award

The 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, 2004

REGISTRATION 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 Indígenas

Consejo 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.net

For further information in English please contact:
Amalia Córdova at cordovaa@si.edu

The 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 Format

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___
 

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 :            /    / 04

 Signature:

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 DISSEMINATION

Yes, 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