[spectre] Fwd: Call for entries: goEast Experimental Film and Video Art Competition

[Andreas Broeckmann]

goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

9–15 April 2014

Deadline for entries: 31 January 2014

http://www.filmfestival-goeast.de


Call for entries: goEast Experimental Film and Video Art Competition

goEast was launched in 2001 by Deutsches Filminstitut and revolves 
around films made in Central and Eastern Europe. In the course of seven 
days in Wiesbaden, goEast unfolds a diverse programme encompassing 
cinematic trends, experimental positions and historical rarities. The 
agenda of goEast, conceived as a forum of east-west dialogue, is 
dominated by questions of (multiple) European identities and processes 
of rapid social and political transformation. The programme expresses a 
cultural mission: to provide a public platform for remarkable, unusual 
and engaged films unlikely to find distribution on the commercial cinema 
circuit. Festival visitors—filmmakers and industry specialists from 
Germany and abroad, local film enthusiasts and international guests—are 
enthusiastic about the quality and special atmosphere of a festival that 
facilitates the exchange of skills and knowledge. goEast is dedicated to 
the cinematic experience, to new developments and topical themes, to the 
artistic heritage of Eastern European film.

For the first time in 2014, goEast invites submissions for its newly
established Experimental Film and Video Art Competition. It intends to
encourage the work of young and emerging artists of up to 35 years of
age, working in or between the fields of experimental film and video
art. We ask all filmmakers, artists, producers, gallery owners and
universities to submit their most current works and projects to the 
goEast – Experimental Film and Video Art Competition. Up to 15 works 
will be nominated to contend for the Open Frame Award, endowed with 
5,000 euros. The selected works will screen at Caligari FilmBühne or in 
the exhibition space of Nassauischer Kunstverein, depending on the 
prefered environment. A second screening venue will be Deutsches 
Filmmuseum, Frankfurt. All participating directors and artists will be 
invited to Wiesbaden during the festival in order to present their works 
and to take part in the East-West Talent Lab, a professional training 
and networking programme; if possible, assistance with travel 
arrangements will be provided. For further details concerning the 
submission, please read the regulations and terms of participation.