Desassossego Short Dance Film Festival´s main goal is to promote and share artistic work developed within the scope of video dance, also encouraging its development and creation, both nationally and internationally.
During two days, the public is invited to participate in video workshops, talks about artistic practices of some professionals of the area and watch the pre-selected films of the competition. On the first day, in addition to the short viewing sessions, there will be a cinema dinner and on the second day after the awarding and distribution of the prizes, we will close the Festival Desassossego with a concert by the Portuguese band Sereias in the mythical showroom of Luz e Vida in Valbom.

NATIONAL SELECTION (1-30 minutes film)
Pirueta Prize 300€
In this category it is only possible to submit video dance short films produced by Portuguese artists. The film must have the minimum of 1 minute and the maximum of 30 minutes. There is no restriction on the theme of the film, the festival is open to all themes and concepts giving the artistic freedom to each artist to explore the theme that might inspire and move them the most. The pre-selection of the award films will be screened during the screening dinner night on the 23rd of April, while the award winning films will be screened on the award ceremony to be heldon the last day of the festival, the 24th of April 2022.

INTERNATIONAL SELECTION (1-30 minutes film)
Mata Borrão Prize 300 €
In this category it is only possible to submit video dance short films produced by foreign artists, from anywhere in the world. The film must have the minimum of 1 minute and the maximum of 30 minutes. There is no restriction on the theme of the film, the festival is open to all themes and concepts giving the artistic freedom to each artist to explore the theme that might inspire and move them the most. The pre-selection of the award films will be screened during the screening dinner night on the 23rd of April, while the award winning films will be screened on the award ceremony to be heldon the last day of the festival, the 24th of April 2022.

HONOR SELECTION (10- 30 minutes film)
Equilíbrio Prize 300 €
In this category it is possible to submit video dance short films produced by national or international artists. This category aims to select videodance short films considered to the distinction for their extremely high quality in terms of the concept choices, production, imagery or choreography. The film must have the minimum of 10 minutes and the maximum of 30 minutes. There is no restriction on the theme of the film, the festival is open to all themes and concepts giving the artistic freedom to each artist to explore the theme that might inspire and move them the most. The pre-selection of the award films will be screened during the screening dinner night on the 23rd of April, while the award winning films will be screened on the award ceremony to be heldon the last day of the festival, the 24th of April 2022.

Early deadline submission(3€) – 20th February 2022
Final deadline submission (4€) – 20th March 2022

To participate to this call, applicants must sign up through FilmFreeway platform and agree to the following Terms and Conditions:

Applicants declare that all the information they provide is truthful.
Candidates ensure that they do not infringe copyright rules and that they have obtained any and all the consent from any possible rights owner, including copyright and other rights (music, pictures), as well as any license, permission, clearances required with reference to the film, and agree to substantially and procedurally release in Desassossego - Festival de Curtas de Videodança promoted by Esquiva companhia de dança and its representatives and to keep it harmless from any loss, damage, liability, cost or expense, including legal fees, arising out of or in any way related to claims or disputes of third parties and against any request or legal action of third parties related to or arising out of the use of the film.
With his/her/they application the candidate ensure that he/she/they is the author of the work and the only holder of the rights of exploitation therefore, or that he/she/they has acquired the authorization of all the persons having any such rights thereon, he/she/they also grant Desassossego - Festival de Curtas de Videodança permission to keep copies of the video in his archives.
Agree that, once the admission to the contest has been notified, the application cannot be withdrawn and that Desassossego - Festival de Curtas de Videodança can not be held liable for the loss or damage of the submission materials. Esquiva Companhia de dança does not own the rights for the submitted and selected films. However if selected, the participant grants Desassossego - Festival de Curtas de videodança a free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive and transferable licence to use, reproduce, publish, distribute, publicly execute and communicate, broadcast and view the uploaded video (wholly or partially), and all publicity materials related to the video, including but not limited to stills, press releases, bios, and trailers, on Esquiva companhia de dança website and/or other media channels, worldwide and/or incorporate them into other works in any form, medium or technology currently known or developed in the future. This license is limited only to cultural, non commercial exploitation of the submitted works. The artist agrees to allow the use of images, frames, or short parts of the film and/or it's soundtrack for promotional purposes in it’s communication, advertising and marketing campaigns.
Once selected, Desassossego - Festival de curtas de videodança team will contact the author/s to sign the licence agreement for the possible exploitation of the audio-visual content submitted to the competition. Further presentation material may be requested to selected participants.
Desassossego - Festival de curtas de videodança team reserves the right to modify, suspend, interrupt, cancel or postpone the contest for causes independent of its will, force majeure and for which can not be held responsible in any way. Likewise, Desassossego - Festival de curtas de videodança team reserves the right to redefine, suspend, cancel the aforementioned awards if circumstances make it inevitable; no objection will be accepted. The organization undertakes to notify any changes with regard to this as soon as possible.

If awarded with one or more prizes and / or mentions, the author is committed to quote, on any occasion and on any material related to the winning work, the prize / mention won at Desassossego - Festival de Curtas de videodança 1st edition.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Films must have a production date of 2019 or later
The submitted works can be shot by any means and / or device.
Once selected you are required to provide a high resolution copy of the screenings encoded in .mp4 or .mov files
VIDEO: High Profile H.264, 1920 x 1080, 16:9.
AUDIO: 16-bit, Stereo, 48000 Hz.

Further requirements
In your submission form, please include:
1. Filmmaker's contact information: name, address, birthdate, phone number, website (if applicable), and email
2. Film synopsis (up to 400 characters).
3 Artist/s biographies (up to 400 characters each).
4 Past screenings / awards concerning the work presented

The participation in the contest implies the unconditional acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. The decisions of the artistic direction must be respected, and failure to comply will result in exclusion from the competition. For all that not specified Desassossego - Festival de Curtas de Videodança organization reserves the final decision.
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We are looking forward to receive your work!
For further info: desassossego.festival@gmail.com

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  • It was such a pleasure being apart of this festival. There was clear communication throughout the entire duration of the festival. I am so grateful to have received an honorable mention for my film “Red Line”.

    May 2022
  • It was a pleasure to have my video "Boogie Stomp Pink" shown in Portugal. Unfortunately I was not able to attend the festival. Perhaps next time, as Porto and its surrounding area is a great place to visit.

    May 2022
  • Leisa Prowd

    Great communication and contact. I was not able to attend the award ceremony so there was an online viewing organised. Well done!

    May 2022