Twisted Oyster International Film Festival - 2nd Edition

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Twisted Oyster Experimental Film Festival
An exhibition of experimental short films and video art works.
Screenings from November 21 through December 16, 20116

The Twisted Oyster Experimental Short Film and Video Art Festival is a short film and video competition presented by Kinetic Art Projects and Pia Cruzalegui at ACS Gallery in the city of Chicago, IL., USA. The festival is curated by Pía Cruzalegui. The focus of Twisted Oyster is to highlight independent and experimental film and video shorts that will engage diverse audiences on a range of aesthetic and content.

For this year's theme we would like work that is innovative, breaks taboos, is cosmpolitan, political, social, sensitive, serious, joyful and mostly poetic. The global human status is worrisome. We inhabit a world of chaos where security control predominates, we find ourselves in dismay of social and poilitical differences and misconceptions, in fear of foreigners and migrations, misunderstanding of religious beliefs, threatened civil liberties, and desires of emancipation from despot authorities and civil chaos. The 2016 Twisted Oyster Experimental Short Film Festival seeks videos and shortfilms that use imagery, language or themes with a poetic approach. In a world of differences poetry in moving images can be catalyst for unity, conversation and transformation. We expect the 2nd edition of our festival to be contagious and unstoppable, inventive, rich, conscious and provokative. We look forward your wonderful works and we will inform selections by 9/30/2016.

General Submission Guidelines
Shortfilms and video art works must be no longer than 15-30 minutes and produced in 2014 or later. One movie per submission. Selected works for the show must be downloadable. MOV or .MP4 files, preferably in H.264 codec. Submissions must include all of the following as a single Word document:

  • Name of artist, director and/or producer
  • Full contact information (address, phone, email, website)
  • Title of work, date of production, running time
  • Direct web link to preview film or video project online.
  • Direct web link to download film or video project. We will only download the final set of selected works
  • Project Synopsis (250 words maximum)
  • Brief biography of the artist/director (150 words maximum)
  • Screening history, achievements and awards

Submissions must be sent via email with a direct web link to the artist/director/project website, link to YouTube or Vimeo account to view the work online (please provide passwords if necessary), or via web file transfer. Please label your email's subject heading as “Twisted Oyster Experimental Film-Video Fest: YourFirstName YourLastName” and mail to [email protected]

Eligibility
Open to film/video artists in the U.S. and abroad, ages 21 or over. No works previously exhibited in the state of Illinois. Works may be representational, abstract, non-representational or conceptual.

Curators
Pía Cruzalegui, MFA - ía Cruzal­egui is a ­Chicago ba­sed visual­ artist an­d curator ­and has ex­hibited in­ multiple ­group exhi­bitions in­ the Miami­, New York­, Chicago,­ Los Angel­es, France­, Dubai an­d Cuzco, P­eru. She h­as worked in numerou­s producti­ons for te­levision a­nd film, a­nd has wor­ked as a m­edia desig­ner at the­ Universit­y of Miami­ and Miami­ Dade Coll­ege. Pía C­ruzalegui ­was artist­-curator r­esidency a­t the Zhou­ B. Art Ce­nter in 20­15 where s­he develop­ed the fir­st Media a­nd Perform­ance Art R­oom. Prese­ntly, she ­organizes ­and curate­s art even­ts at UnLo­ck Hause w­ith a miss­ion to cre­ate a spac­e for arti­st to show­ their wor­k and enga­ge with th­e communit­y.

K¡netic Art Projects is dedicated to the visibility and development of emerging and established artists by providing a space to showcase their creative and intellectual work across disciplines.

Duration Restrictions
Films or videos must be under 15-30 minutes in length.

Submission Fee
$45.00 non-refundable fee is required per film/video submittal via PayPal

Accepted Work
Selected works will be screened November 21, 2016 through December 16, 2016.

Delivery
Works must be delivered in digital format (NTSC) .MOV or .MP4 files, preferably in H.264 codec. Works can be delivered via web file transfer sites, such as wetransfer.com or send downloadable link to [email protected]

Liability
Video or film works will not be insured by Kintetic Projects or Arts, Cultural Strategies or their affiliates. If this changes, this clause will be updated. All precautions will be made to handle and secure the work while in our care. Shipping insurance to and from the gallery will be the responsibility of the artist.

Conditions
Your submission grants the following: 1) Permission to Kinetic Projects to use digital images sent by the artist for publicity, catalog, promotional and/or educational purposes. 2) Placement of digital images on our website unless written notification is given to the curators before exhibit opening. 3) Agrees with all the terms and conditions listed above. 4) Releases Kinetic Art Projects and its affiliates of any lost or damage of digital works.

How To Submit
First, you will be asked to pay the submission fee via PayPal, then, email your images following the instructions online. Images received without the PayPal payment or without following the submission instructions will not be accepted. A confirmation email will let you know that we have received your images. If you wish to submit by mail, please follow the instructions in the submission page.

Website with details on Festival: Twisted Oyster Film Festival

Venue: 

Art & Cultural Strategies - Chicago, United States

Dates: 

Friday, September 30, 2016 (All day)

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