About
INTERFACCIA DIGITALE is a screendance award promoted and organized by HANGARTFEST in order to spread the contemporary artistic languages, to encourage creativity through the use of video and to create the conditions for cultural growth based on interdisciplinary artistic exchanges. INTERFACCIA DIGITALE takes place early since 2020.
Awards & Prizes
A money prize of € 1.500 gross is awarded to the winner to sustain the production of a new dance video to be presented to next edition of the contest. Honorable Mentions are assigned by the juries to the selected Finalists.
Rules & Terms
Candidates can entry to INTERFACCIA DIGITALE through an yearly call spread internationally through FilmFreeway Applicants may enter one video only and pay the entry fee for the handling and management of the selection process. Entry fees for Regular Deadline: € 15 / € 13 GOLD members of FilmFreeway / €10 artists between the ages of 18 and 24 (at the time of registration). Entry fees for Early Birds: € 13 / € 10 GOLD members of FilmFreeway. All videos must be downloadable. Submitted videos must have a HD 1080p resolution and not exceed 2 GB maximum. Only videos with a duration between 3 - 12 minutes are accepted. The credits must not be included in the duration.
The Winner
The Winner is selected by the Director of the Festival that gathers the Presidents of the Juries in joint session to share the choice of the winner of the Award. The Winner of the Award and the Honorable Mentions are chosen among the Finalists.
When & Where
The 2024 event will take place in Pesaro / Italy at the Maddalena - Centro Arti Performative from 12 to 13 October 2024 in the presence of the audience, the finalists and the jury. The award ceremony will close the event.
Goals
- to support the production of new dance video works;
- to promote the use of contemporary expressive languages conveyed through video and new technologies;
- to attract artists from different fields such as the performing arts and the visual arts, facilitating the interaction between artistic languages.
To this end, INTERFACCIA DIGITALE will support the production costs of a new video work with the assignment of a money prize.
Recipients are choreographers, performers and creatives of the performing arts of any nationality, who are at least 18 years old.
The Juries
Giuria Interdisciplinare / Interdisciplinary Jury - Daniele De Angelis, coreografo, videomaker - Paolo Paggi, curatore e coordinatore new media - Fabio Pradarelli, architetto - Antonella Sabatini, scultrice, fotografa, designer - Edoardo Serretti, artista visivo - Alessandra Zanchi, storico dell’arte, danzatrice Giuria del Premio / Award Jury - Pedro Armocida, direttore Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema / Pesaro Film Festival, critico cinematografico - Viola Bartolini, regista emergente - Francesco Collavino, direttore ULTRA Screendance Festival Udine, coreografo - Elena Della Giustina, curatrice Moving Bodies / Lago Film Fest, danzatrice - Elia Mazzini, regista emergente - Francesca Pedroni, filmmaker, regista, critico di danza - Margherita Scalise, regista, dramaturg The criteria on which the juries are called to express themselves are: creative originality; correspondence between concept, script and direction; cinematography; production; music, sound track; interaction between artistic languages. Two independent juries of experts are involved in the selection process: - the Interdisciplinary Jury composed of choreographers, video makers, photographers, graphic designers and visual artists; - the Jury of the award composed of screendance operators, dance critics and experts in video and cinematography. Other two juries are involved in awarding Honorable Mentions: - the Audience Jury composed of a group of non-experts, but passionate spectators; - the Jury of Students composed of students from different high schools of artistic sector. In case of incompatibility between a Candidate and a member of the Jury to whom he / she is related by family, work or other relationships, the juror will abstain from voting. In this case, in order not to penalize the Candidate's score, the vote will be expressed by the Artistic Director of the Festival. Submitters will receive notification about their admittance or rejection by 15 July 2024. The selection process includes 2 levels: - Candidates selected by the Interdisciplinary Jury access the level of Semifinalists; - Candidates selected by the Jury of the Award access the level of Finalists; Each juror expresses his or her satisfaction by assigning a grade from 1 to 10 for each of the imposed criteria.
Tutti i video Semifinalisti saranno proiettati al Festival VIDEOBOX sabato 12 ottobre. Mentre i 5 film Finalisti saranno proiettati anche domenica 13 ottobre. Il vincitore del Premio e le Menzioni speciali saranno resi pubblici domenica 13 ottobre. All Semifinalist videos will be screened at the Festival VIDEOBOX on Saturday 12 October. While the 5 Finalist films will also be screened on Sunday 13 October. The Award Winner and Honorable Mentions will be announced on Sunday 13 October.
