ZED Festival Internazionale Videodanza

I) SECTIONS
1. Screendance Film Competition
dance films, films related to choreography and movement;
short films between 2 and 20 minutes;
film production year: starting by 2019;
max. 2 submissions per filmmaker.

2. 360° VR Dance Film Competition
films related to dance, choreography and movement, specifically meant to be seen on a VR headset;
no duration limits;
film production year: starting by 2019;
max. 2 submissions per filmmaker.

Submissions must be made through the festival’s official online submission platform on FilmFreeWay.
WARNING: music videos, trailers or recordings of performances, commercials, home-made videos will not be accepted;

II) AWARDS AND JURY
3. Screendance Film Competition
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 €
Special Jury Prize (Original Storytelling): 1000 €
Special Jury Prize (Best Choreography for the Screen): 800€
Special Jury Prize (Best Editing): 400€
The Jury will also assign a special mention to the Best performer.
ZED Festival Audience will assign an Audience Award.
A special joint jury composed by students of DAMS (Department of Arts, Music and Performance) of the Universities of Torino and Bologna, will assign a Special Young Jury Award.
Additional honorable mentions and awards for both competitions may also be given by the project partners.
4. 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€

The judgment of the artistic direction, the juries, and the audience is final.

III) SELECTION AND DEADLINES
- Deadlines for both section:
Open Call Opening: February 6th, 2023
Early Bird Deadline: February 19th, 2023 (free)
Regular Deadline: March 31st, 2023 (5€ fee)
Notifications of selections for both sections will be sent by May 31st, 2021 and announced online within July 31st 2022.
Screenings: Selected films will be screened

IV) SCREENINGS @ZED Festival
- By submitting your film, you grant ZED Festival the right to screen it during the Festival period at Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita (or any other location of the festival) in Bologna without the paying of any screening fees. Each selected film will be shown live at least once during the Festival.

- By submitting your film, ZED Festival is granted the right to screen the submitted 360° VR Dance Films during the festival period at Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita (or any other location of the festival) in Bologna without the paying of any screening fees, for the whole duration of the Festival from July 5th t to July 9th.

- General scheduling and timetable of screenings are entirely at the discretion of the festival.

- In case your film is selected for screening you will be asked to send a copy of the film with a minimum quality of Full HD (1920 x 1080), before June 15th, 2023
typical film Full HD file: Codec: H264; Format: MP4; Aspect: 16:9 o 4/3 depending on the source; Height: 1080px; AVG Bitrate: 10MBPS or more; Sound: 5.1 AAC 48Hz 320 or stereo (Only 1 audio layer mixed); Framerate: 24 or 25fps

- in presence of dialogue, English subtitles are requested

V) FURTHER SCREENINGS
ZED Festival is based in Bologna and partner of a wider national project, PRO|D|ES Danza - Promozione Digitale Estesa della Danza with Cro.Me (Milan) and COORPI (Turin), with the support of MiC (Ministero Italiano della Cultura). PRO|D|ES is promoter of a national network of dance & film festivals called RETE GIARDINO ZED, among which it holds selected screendance programs all along the year. Under agreement with the authors, who will always be priorly informed, the selected films, both for screendance and 360° VR, could become part of special screenings curated by ZED Festival in other venues, for the duration of a year or before ZED Festival 2022 Edition. The artists and its films will always be treated with the maximum respect they deserve.

Also, selected films will be part of a permanent Archive, that will be implemented on ZED Festival website. If your film is being commercially exploited by its director or producer, or for strategic distribution reasons, a trailer will be used and a link will be provided for its purchase or payment on demand until the end of said period.

VI) GENERAL CONDITIONS
- By submitting your film you claim to have full ownership of the film and / or have cleared all the rights. ZED Festival shall under no circumstances be liable for any claims by third parties.

- ZED Festival is granted the right to use the submitted films, film stills, posters and trailers for promotional purposes on the internet, television and other media. An excerpt of max. 35 sec of each submitted film may be used for that purpose.

- The film information provided by the participant in the entry form will be used for festival publications. Catalogue writings are entirely at the discretion of the festival. ZED Festival accepts no liability in the event that its publications reproduce inaccuracies in submitted materials.

- ZED Festival 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, ZED Festival 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.

- The film submitter’s personal contact details will be kept in the ZED Festival database after the festival. This information is only used to request additional screenings and will never be made public nor given to third parties without consent of the submitter.

- In case of faulty projection, the festival cannot be held liable for immaterial damages suffered by the director, producer or distributor.

- ZED Festival is very happy to have the filmmakers present at the festival, unfortunately the festival cannot cover travel and accommodation.