[Nettime-ro] Call for Proposals - short audiovisual productions - Languages through Lenses

[Adina Luncan <adinaluncan@gmail.com>]

Languages through Lenses
European student competition
Multilingual Europe in Focus

Deadline: 25 March 2011

Call for Proposals for the production of new audiovisual productions
(minimum 60 - maximum 90 seconds) promoting multilingualism in Europe.

Through this competition we invite students to give a contribution on
the benefits of language learning, the value of speaking several
languages and the richness of intercultural exchanges, using the
language of the arts.

We are looking for proposals for new audiovisual productions that are
innovative, witty, creative, unexpected, motivating and that explore
the potential of multilingualism and the challenges it creates. The
proposals should deliver a clear message, be self-explanatory and
easily understandable to a broad public with different backgrounds and
mother tongues.

	
Languages through Lenses 2011
22-29 October 2011
Call for Proposals
for short audiovisual productions
Deadline: 25 March 2011

European student competition
Multilingual Europe in Focus

Call for Proposals for the production of new audiovisual productions
(minimum 60 - maximum 90 seconds) promoting multilingualism in Europe.


What kind of proposals are we looking for?

The European Union has a strategy on multilingualism with a focus on
cultural diversity, based on the motto ‘United in Diversity’.
Linguistic diversity and intercultural exchanges enrich as well as
complicate our societies.
Through this competition we invite students to give a contribution on
the benefits of language learning, the value of speaking several
languages and the richness of intercultural exchanges, using the
language of the arts.

We are looking for proposals for new audiovisual productions that are
innovative, witty, creative, unexpected, motivating and that explore
the potential of multilingualism and the challenges it creates. The
proposals should deliver a clear message, be self-explanatory and
easily understandable to a broad public with different backgrounds and
mother tongues.

Who are the organisers?

ELIA - European League of Institutes of the Arts - in cooperation with
CILECT- International Association of Film and Television Schools - is
organising this competition on behalf of the European Commission and
in partnership with PRIX EUROPA.

Who can apply?

Applications will be accepted from students in their third, fourth or
fifth year of study at ELIA and CILECT member institutions in the 27
European Union Member States and in Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and
Turkey.

Eligible institutions in Romania are:
Bucharest National University of the Arts
Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism
National University of Theatre and Film Art I.L.Caragiale
University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca

If your institution is not on the list, please contact ute.kohlmann
[at] elia-artschools.org

What will successful applicants receive?

    * A production grant of 5000 € for producing the audiovisual production.
    * A workshop will be organised in Amsterdam on 16-18 May 2011 with
high profile experts in the field of scriptwriting and short film
production.
    * Travel, hotel and participation costs will be covered for two
persons per selected project.
    * The finalised audiovisual productions will be presented during
the PRIX EUROPA Festival in Berlin (22 to 29 October 2011) where the
PRIX EUROPA Prize for "Best Video on Multilingualism of the Year 2011"
will be awarded. Travel and hotel costs will be covered for two
persons per selected project.
    * A DVD of the audiovisual productions will be produced and widely
distributed to television stations and festivals.

For more information, please go to:
http://www.elia-artschools.org/Activities/Languages+through+Lenses+2011&needsclass=1


Best,
Adina Luncan

Database Manager, Project Assistant
ELIA - European League of Institutes of the Arts
Beulingstraat 8
1017 BA Amsterdam
The Netherlands

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