An outpost to investigate the present in view of the future.
An immersive experience in screen dance.
Crossing borders between choreography, cinema, motion, new technologies, creativity and innovative storytelling, ZED Festival aims to become a landmark for screendance in Italy by facilitating immersive creative processes and programming short films & feature films, 360 ° films, VR / AR performances, talks and workshops.
ZED Festival welcomes international screendance and cross-media works, with a particular attention to virtual reality and augmented reality technologies, triggering connections between dance and new media.
This open call is for two different competitions:
INTERNATIONAL SCREENDANCE FILM COMPETITION (ZED Festival + La Danza in 1 Minuto)
Focused on international short dance films in between 2 and 20 minutes duration. This competition section aims to showcase an heterogenous panorama on quality international dance films released no earlier than 2020. Applicants can submit a maximum of 2 films.
This competition confirms its collaboration with La Danza in 1 Minuto, Torino (Italy). The selected films will in fact merge with La Danza in 1 Minuto’s Beyond one minute section.
Submitted works from both the open calls will be selected by the artistic directors of both La danza in 1 Minuto and Zed Festival, evaluated by an international jury of experts for the dedicated Jury awards and screened at ZED Festival 2024 Edition on July 6th.
VR 360° DANCE FILM COMPETITION
Focused on international short dance films related to dance, choreography and movement, specifically meant to be seen on a VR headset, with no duration limits and released no early then 2020; throughout the whole duration of the Festival two VR corners will be available with several VR headsets to present selected works
No entry fee is requested for this competition
Both competitions welcome short dance films with no genre restrictions (fiction, animation, documentary, cinematographic transposition of a live performance, hybrid). Nevertheless our special focus is on effective and coherent storytelling and its relation to contemporary global challenges. The selection of works in both competitions will therefore have as ruling criteria the effectiveness and consistency of an adequate dramaturgical proposal through the body in motion on screen.
Selected works can be considered for PRO|D|ES CARAVAN ( a selection from La Danza in Minuto + ZED Festival) touring program in the framework of the numerous Festivals partners and international ScreenDance networks.
Selected works will also be shown inside DIGITAL ZED, the online version of ZED Festival, through ZED Festival website, from July 4th to 18th 2024 (dates to be later confirmed)
Compagnia della Quarta is committed to use the films exclusively for cultural or educational purposes, never and under no condition for any commercial purpose. Artists will always be notified about screenings. The artists and their films will always be treated with the maximum respect they deserve.
ZED Festival is realized in the frame of "PRO|D|ES Danza - Promozione Digitale Estesa della Danza", in collaboration with Cro.me (Milano) and COORPI (Torino), with the support of MiC (Ministero della Cultura).
DATES AND DEADLINES
December 15th, 2024: Open Call Opening
April 9th, 2024 Deadline for submissions
June 8th, 2024 Notification of Admission to Final Selection (both sections)
July 4th and 6th, 2024 Screening and Awards Night, ZED Festival Internazionale Videodanza, at Cinema Odeon, Bologna (IT)
1. Screendance Film Competition ZED Festival + La Danza in 1 Minuto
Submitted works will be selected by the artistic directors of both La danza in 1 Minuto and Zed Festival and evaluated by an international jury of experts for the dedicated Jury awards:
Best Film: 1000 €
Best Original Storytelling: 800 €
Best Choreography for the Screen: 800€
Special prize ZED Generation: 400€
with a special focus on young creativity, this prize is exclusively assigned to international applicants born on or after January 1, 1996 (<27). In case of collective authorship, it is mandatory that at least one among the authors meets the eligibility criterion mentioned above (<27).
Submissions will be selected by a special Z Generation joint artistic committee composed by young curators (also <27) both from the BA in Arts, Music and Performing Arts and the MA course in Film, Performing Arts, Music and Media of the University of Torino and the University of Bologna (Italy).
The Jury for this competition will also assign a special mention to the Best performer.
ZED Festival Audience will assign an Audience Award.
Selected films will be screened during ZED Festival Internazionale Videodanza VI Edition, in Bologna on July 6th 2024 at Cinema Odeon.
Additional honorable mentions and awards for both competitions may also be given by the project partners
2. 360° VR Dance Film competition
An international Jury nominated by ZED Festival Artistic Director, composed by experts of dance and XR technologies will assign an Award with cash prize:
Best Film: 600€
For both sections, the judgment of the artistic direction, the juries, the special Z Generation artistic committee and the audience is final.