We invite submission of cellphilms (videos made with a cellphone) to our International Cellphilm Festival. These cellphilms should be 60-90 seconds in length on the theme: “Exploring Consent: Bodies, Lands & Media.” Students, faculty, and community organizations are welcome to submit entries.
By November 1st, 2016, participants should:
- Upload your 60-90 second cellphilms onto Youtube.com
- Email the link to thecellphilmfestival@gmail.com with the following information:
- submission title
- a 100-200-word description of the cellphilm (English, French, or Spanish)
- country of origin
- all names of the producers of the cellphilm.
We encourage submissions that explore the festival theme broadly. For example, submissions might include cellphilms that explore topics such as: what consent means to you; ideas about how consent is negotiated; consent in relation to all kinds of media (DIY, social media, news media, etc.); consent in relation to bodies, consent in relation to the land and environment; critical interpretations of how individuals or communities negotiate consent and issues of self-determination within a wider society; or how cellphones, themselves, may or may not contribute to the way we understand consent, across local or global spaces. We hope that submissions will creatively interpret the theme in a way that is meaningful for you and can be shared with a global audience through the on-line festival format.
The International Cellphilm Festival sponsored by the Institute of Human Development and Well-being and the Participatory Cultures Lab will feature a public screening and discussion event at McGill University, Montreal Canada on World AIDS Day, December 2nd, 2016. The event will celebrate the contributions and insights of students, community activists, and research participants using this mobile medium in hopes of further developing this method and their creativity.
Our Partners:
McGill Institute of Human Development and Well Being http://www.mcgill.ca/ihdw/ and Participatory Cultures Lab McGill http://participatorycultureslab.com/
Festival Website:
https://internationalcellphilmfestivalblog.wordpress.com/
