Call for Applications
OPPOSE OTHERING!
WIESBADEN, GERMANY, APRIL 21st - 26th 2016
Together with the Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” (EVZ) goEast – Festival of Central and Eastern European Film is pleased to announce the launch of their new pilot project OPPOSE OTHERING!
Young filmmakers paired in bilateral two-person teams from Germany and Central and Eastern Europe will set off together on a journey. Their central objectives: to use the means of cinema to investigate exclusionary attitudes towards individuals of different social, religious, cultural, ethnic and sexual orientation/gender backgrounds or identities and to present portraits of individuals and projects that are working to promote solidarity, civil courage and resistance to discrimination.
The term “othering” refers to the denigration of supposed “others” by a group that defines itself as an “us” in contrast to a “them”. Classic examples of othering include anti-Semitism, antiziganism, homophobia and misogyny, although OPPOSE OTHERING! will also aim to treat other less familiar forms of focussed misanthropy directed at groups.
OPPOSE OTHERING! combines a filmmaking ethos committed to human rights with travel, training and the building of networks.
In the scope of an intensive workshop during goEast Film Festival, ten filmmaking tandems will meet up to develop their project ideas together and present them to an expert jury in a pitching session on the final day of the programme. Experienced filmmakers and scholars will accompany the development process and provide advice and insight. Five out of ten nominated tandems will be awarded with production prizes at the goEast award ceremony. The goEast section “Beyond Belonging” will expand on the programme, with a selection of films dealing with the “denigration of the other”.
The five duo teams selected as finalists will each receive a production budget of 3,000 euros to realise their films. They will be able to choose between creating a short film or video clip together or shooting two separate pieces. The choice of genres or cinematic forms is entirely up to the teams themselves. The completed films are to be presented at goEast 2017 and made available to the public on a website devoted to the project. A further important component of the project is the planned establishment of an OPPOSE OTHERING! network, which should bring together partner festivals and practitioners of human rights advocacy work and provide them with greater visibility.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR YOUNG FILMMAKERS FOR PEACE?
OPPOSE OTHERING! is intended for students and young graduates of film direction courses from Germany and Central and Eastern Europe between the ages of 18 and 35. Two-person directorial teams composed of either one up-and-coming filmmaker from Germany and another from Eastern Europe or two young filmmakers from two separate countries in Eastern Europe who wish to realise a project idea together are both eligible to apply. In addition, individuals may also apply on their own: goEast will work to match compatible applicants with one another in the run-up to the festival. As English will serve as the common language for communication at OPPOSE OTHERING!, sufficient practical knowledge of the language is an essential prerequisite.
WHAT DO I NEED TO SUBMIT?
1. the completed application form
2. CV and filmography
3. description of the project idea
4. a reference film on DVD or via web link
SELECTION PROCEDURE
The application deadline is February 19th 2016 (postmark date or date of email). On the basis of the application materials, an independent selection committee will nominate ten directorial tandems, who will be invited to attend the 16th edition of goEast Film Festival (April 21st - 26th 2016). The selection of the five pairs of finalists will be made by an expert jury in the scope of the festival. goEast will cover travel expenses to the festival, accommodation and meals.
APPLICATION FORM FOR OPPOSE OTHERING! 2016
1. Contact information of applicant(s) / team
Surname
First name
Date of birth
Nationality
Street address
Postal code / city
Country
Telephone
Mobil phone
E-mail address
2. Title of the project with logline (one sentence)
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3. Enclosures / attachments (all in English)
· CV and filmography (on separate pages)
· Information on the project idea (1-5 pages)
· One reference work on DVD (please only send a DVD–R) or via web link
4. Agreement / date and signature
I certify that the information provided is accurate and confirm with my signature that I am eligible to apply to attend OPPOSE OTHERING! on the occasion of the 16th edition of goEast Film Festival. I agree to leave a copy of my reference work at the disposal of goEast. I agree that all costs incurred in the submission of the reference film will be borne by myself, the applicant. If selected, I further agree to attend the OPPOSE OTHERING! programme running from 21st to 26th April at the 16th edition of goEast Film Festival.
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Date, place Signature
Applications must be submitted by mail to the following address, postmarked no later than February 19th 2016:
goEast Film Festival
Ref: OPPOSE OTHERING!
Friedrichstraße 32
65185 Wiesbaden
Germany
or by e-mail no later than February 19th 2016 to: