FocFest 2008 - The Freedom of Choice International Video and Film Peace Festival

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Statement

Freedom honors Peace and the dignity that allows honesty, fair
treatment; fostering a positive and healthy environment to all.
Sometimes and in some contexts these values are still for accomplish
and healthy relationship of comfort, security, respect, dignity,
self-worth, confidentiality, openness and communication were not
achieved.

Freedom of choice gives us the power of decision and self-determination
that provides everyone to exercise their right. Justice, fairness and
equality enhances the sense of self-esteem that at the end consolidate
peace.

The Freedom of Choice International Video is committed to bringing to the
public quality creative art movies with civic and intervention assent.
It seeks to promote the ideals of peace, freedom,
open society, tolerance, political and cultural pluralism within a
global context as well as fight and expose the cases of violation of
those commitments throughout
the world.

The FocFest works towards to show multisided views of world peace and
freedom through the art form of video and film expressed creatively and
critically. It aims to promote the use of moving image involving broad
audiences
in an open debate about the challenges facing humanity.

Alberto Guerreiro


Main Goals:

• Screening a multi-view of the world peace and freedom of choice
subject through video-art by a creative and critic perspective way.
• Promoting the ideals of peace, freedom, open society, tolerance, political and social pluralism in a global context.
• Exposing the violation of freedom and peace commitment.
• Involving the audience into an open debate about this two great human aims: freedom and peace.

The FocFest is an event of Artists for Peace: "Interested in promoting
Peace and Friendship, Non Violence, and an active attitude against
War".


Terms and Conditions:

Themes: Freedom of Choice, Peace and Human Rights.
Call: Open to everyone.
Type: No competition. More than one movie by artist is acceptable.
Registration fee: no fee.
Registration method: application form.
Origin: Worldwide.
Genres accepted: All genres.
Call deadline: 31st July, 2008.
Selection deadline (communication of the movies list): October (date to confirm).
Event: November 2008 (date to confirm).
Please email the submission form to [email protected] .

Video and Film Works shoul be Send to and as follows:

The screening copy of the movie (DVD) and the original submission and
permission form (sign) should be send until the end of August to the
post address below (All deliveries from international participants must
be marked - NO COMMERCIAL VALUE, CULTURAL PURPOSES ONLY).

Focfest.
Att: Alberto Guerreiro / Milton Dias
Apartado - P.O. Box 519
2461-901 Alcobaça
Portugal
.

Technical requirements:

Original formats: All formats.
Screening formats: DVD (Europe Pal + US and Asia, NTSC).
Maximum running time: shouldn't exceed 10 minutes.
Production: movies completed after 1st January, 2001.

I FocFest '08 is to be screened in Artist for Peace countries and will
be celebrated simultaneously in: Portugal (Lisbon), Turkey (Istanbul),
USA, (San Francisco, CF), Viareggio (Italy) and Yerevan (Armenia).

Festival Team:

Production: Artists for Peace
Coordination team: Alberto Cerritos, Alberto Guerreiro, Milton Dias, Sahin Ozbay, Sevgi Ürum and Pancho Peskador.
Festival Concept: Alberto Guerreiro.
Artwork, Design and Layout: Milton Dias a.k.a. m.ego ©

Local Event Curators:

Portugal - Lisbon - (Alberto Guerreiro | Milton Dias)
Turkey - Istanbul - (Sahin Ozbay | Sevgi Ürum)
U. States – San Francisco, California - (Pancho Peskador)
Italy - Viareggio (Mirco Piccioli)
Armenia – Yerevan (David Kareyan)

Submission form and permission: www.artistsnpeace.org/focfest.htm
Contact and submit the works by: [email protected]

For further information please contact: [email protected]

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