quinta-feira, 7 de maio de 2009

7º MUMIA – UNDERGROUND WORLD ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2009 - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS IS OPEN.


7º MUMIA – UNDERGROUND WORLD ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2009

October 18th to the 25th – Betim / Brasil
Gloria Cine Theather, local schools and suburb open air sessions
October 26th to the November 1st – Belo Horizonte / Brasil
Humberto Mauro Cinema – Art Palace and local schools.

FREE PASS
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS IS OPEN.
NO ENTRY FEE

WATCHWORD/SAYING:
“A friendly warning; Don’t hide your heads like ostriches. Raise your eyes, Look around you – There! It’s obvious to me as to any child. The innards, the guts of strong sensations, are tumbling out of cinema’s belly, ripped open on the reef of revolution”.
Kinoks: A Revolution (1923) Vertov

OBJECTIVES:
Mumia aims the enlargement of imagination and of the possibilities of a new speech, of a new feeling and also of a new way of expression. Furthermore, it is also an incentive for the Brazilian cinematographic culture as long as it creates opportunities for new audiences, producers and directors.
Films and videos produced without any kind of support, no money at all or even those which caused loss to its producers and other ones made with very low budgets are welcome too.

ORGANIZERS:
MUMIA – Underground World Animation Festival – a competitive festival, is an initiative of Brazilian animators in cooperation with Betim City Hall, CRAV (Belo Horizonte’s Audiovisual Reference Center), Abílio Barreto Historical Museum, Integrated Schools from the Educational Net of Belo Horizonte, ABCA, ABCA-MG, SESC/Laces/JK, Leite Films and Pimenta Films.

PURPOSE:
Mumia’s purpose is to promote the cultural production of animation films and videos, contributing to its development as an artistic language, specific format and production method. The Festival also aims to offer the local audience the access to the national and international animation production beyond what is currently available through commercial outlets, traditional production houses or film institutions.

REGULATIONS

CHAPTER 1: PURPOSE
MUMIA – Underground World Animation Festival – is focused in promoting recent animation productions, creating artistic links between different nations and cinema professionals around the world and encouraging innovation and creativity.

CHAPTER 2: CONDITIONS
2.1 – Only the following may take part in the Festival:
National animation films or videos of any format and of any lenght, completed after 2000.
Foreign animation films or videos of any format and of any lenght, completed after 2000.
2.2 – Foreign animation films or videos submitted for competition must be subtitled in portuguese.

CHAPTER 3: ENTRIES
3.1 – Entries should include a filled entry form in english or portuguese and any publicity material if available (posters, photos, releases, etc).
3.2 - Copies for selection only will be accepted on DVD (NTSC – region 0).
3.3 - Foreign productions should include credit and dialogue list.
3.4 - Each participant can submit more than one film or video, but must submit each of them with separate entry forms, although the films or videos should be sent all together in the same DVD.
3.5 – Entry forms, DVDs and all the additional information must be sent by July 31st 2009 (postmark) to the Festival adress:
CRAV / MUMIA
Av. Álvares Cabral, 560, Centro, Belo Horizonte – MG, 30170-001,
Brasil
Tel: (031) 3277- 4699
Photos can be sent by mail to leitefilmes@gmail.com

CHAPTER 4: SELECTION
4.1 – Selected films and the Festival programming will be online by October 1st 2009 on the Festival website www.mostramumia.blogspot.com/

CHAPTER 5: GENERAL INFORMATION
5.1 – DVDs will not be returned. MUMIA will retain all the copies of films and videos sent for archival purposes.
5.2 – Producers must agree that their films or videos will be part of the Festival’s Archive and maybe screened on MUMIA’s special cultural programmes in Brasil or other countries that invites MUMIA, including television, without commercial purposes.
5.3 - If a work is accepted into the festival, producers must agree to allow MUMIA to use the film (including images, photos, sound and clips – maximum of 30”) within its promotions and screenings; and also agree to allow MUMIA to provide the film and publicity materials to press in promotion of it and the festival in every media supports.
5.3 – Submissions will be confirmed by mail after the arrival of all required materials and information.
5.4 – The entry of a film or a video implies acceptance of the terms of these regulations.
5.5 – Other issues will be decided by the MUMIA’s organization committee.

ENTRY FORM
7º UNDERGROUND WORLD ANIMATION FESTIVAL - 2009
Original Title:
Duration:
Country of production:
Year of production:
Director:
Adress:
City:
ZIP:
Country:
Tel/fax:
E-mail:
Producer:
Sinopsis:
Awards (If any):
Original film format:
Do you agree in participating of MUMIA’s showcases in brazilian cities and other countries?
Yes
No

(English translation: Claudia Nunes and Luciana Almeida and Art by Adriane Puresa)

sexta-feira, 1 de maio de 2009

7 MUMIA - Call to entries

Deadline: July 31

OBJECTIVES:The festival aims at amplifying the imaginative spaces and the possibilities of new utterances, new feelings, as well as a new way of expressing oneself. It is also an impulse to cinematographic culture that believes the formation of new audiences, as well as filmmakers. Films and videos that were produced with no support are welcome, including those which caused loss for their producers and were fully carried out with low or no budget at all.

ORGANIZERS:

MUMIA – Mostra Udigrudi Mundial de Animação – is a non-competitive initiative by animation professionals supported by CRAV (Centro de Referência Audiovisual de Belo Horizonte), the Historical Museum Abílio Barreto, Integrated Schools of the City of Belo Horizonte, ABCA, ABCA-MG, SESC/Laces/JK, Leite Filmes, Pimenta Filmes and Miguilim Cultural.

FINALITY:

O MUMIA – Mostra Udigrudi Mundial de Animação has as its finality the propagation of audiovisual animation production and aims at contributing for the development of videography as a language system, with specific format and production method.Moreover, it aims at providing the public with a significant share of the national and international video-graphic production, which remains excluded from commercial film circuit.

Adress: CRAV - MUMIA
Av. Álvares Cabral, 560
Centro - Belo Horizonte - MG
30170-001
Brasil
Tel: (+5531) 3277- 4699

Photos send to email: leitefilmes@gmail.com