DÉRAPAGE is a unique event of audiovisual exploration that annually invites people from all disciplines to create a non-narrative sonorized audiovisual short piece of less than three minutes.

Your videos can be in realtime, in animation, working with textures; shot in red, blue or green; in black andwhite or in color; hysterical or contemplative; name it! they'll find their place in Dérapage. So, now is time to submit your non narrative artworks for the grand screening evening of Dérapage 20.

Dérapage 20 : The big screening night : selected works will be shown in Montreal.

The piece must be original work and non-narrative. The piece must contain sound. The sound has to be original material. The work must be between 30 seconds and 2 minutes. All videos must be submitted as Quicktime files (Prores422 ou H264) on a disc or DVD or through an online file sending service. All videos must included credits which minimally include the title of the piece et the director(s)’s name(s).

Awards & Prizes

Prizes and mentions

- Dérapage Grand Prize
- Best Animation
- Best First film
- Best Video editing
- Best Sound

Rules & Terms

*** MAXIMUM RUNNING TIME : 2mins ! ***

The piece must be original work and non-narrative. The piece must contain sound. The sound has to be original material. The work must be between 30 seconds and 2 minutes. All videos must be submitted as Quicktime files (Prores422 ou H264) on a disc or DVD or through an online file sending service. All videos must included credits which minimally include the title of the piece et the director(s)’s name(s).

The organizers keep the right to use the winning videos for its activities and, foremost, to put up Dérapage review programmations.

The subscription to Dérapage is free and doesn’t include any other obligations than the ones mentionned in the articles/rules above, but it implies that the applicant must have fully read and agreed to those rules.