European video competition - Videos about languages in Europe
On behalf of the European Commission ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts) in partnership with PRIX EUROPA and in cooperation with CILECT (International Association of Film and Television Schools) has issued a call for proposals for the production of new short videos (minimum 60 maximum 90 seconds) to promote foreign language learning and the positive aspects of multilingualism in Europe.
An international panel of experts evaluated submissions from all over Europe while taking into account the following:
Theme:
- Benefits of knowing foreign languages
and/or - richness the diversity of languages represents
- easily understandable to a broad public with different backgrounds and mother tongues - without dubbing our subtitles
- understandable in itself - without further explanations
- attract the attention of the viewer
- motivate people to learn languages and /or
- raise interest in other people/cultures/languages
Who were selected ?
15 Applications were accepted from students in their third, fourth or fifth year of study at ELIA and CILECT member institutions in the 27 European Union Member States and in Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Turkey. The teaching institution had to formally support the student’s application.
Selected projects
| title
|
artist | institute | country |
| Travelling without Moving | Laura Pleifer | University of Applied Arts Vienna | Austria |
| Playing With Words | Lucia Pazderkova | Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, Brno | Czech Republic |
| Play The Game | Petra Vencelidesova | Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, Brno | Czech Republic |
| The Forest Of Babel | Marjaana Pohjola | Aalto University | Finland |
| Connection Lost | Hannu Koivuranta | TAMK University of Applied Sciences | Finland |
| Pancakes | Krista Mirjam Badwal | TAMK University of Applied Sciences | Finland |
| Langbeat | Daniel Szollosi | Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest | Hungary |
| Choose Wisely | Sarah Eva Manson | National College of Art & Design, Dublin | Ireland |
| The Rabbit Polyglot | Darius Jarusevicius | Vilnius Academy of Arts | Lithuania |
| Look Who's Talking | Merel Schenk | Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| Handycap | Iris Reis | Universidade Lusofona | Portugal |
| Translation Of Love | Daniela Krajcova | Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava | Slovakia |
| The Form | Petra Cizkova | Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava | Slovakia |
| You're Under A Dress | Terry Ashby | The Northern Film School | United Kingdom |
| Breve Incontro | Thomas Allen | The Northern Film School | United Kingdom |
What did the selected applicants receive?
- Each selected applicant received a 5000 € production grant for the video.
- A workshop was organised in Amsterdam on 15 and 16 April 2010 to discuss the project with experts. Lectures were given by Guy Meredith and Roger Gregory about the art of storytelling and how it can be used in the very shortest of formats and within the most specific of guidelines. (Guy Meredith is a scriptwriter, story editor and teacher at universities and professional bodies throughout Europe; Roger Gregory worked for BBC Drama Department in Birmingham and as a senior script editor.)Video artist Anna Daucikova (Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava) gave an exposé on artistic features of short films.
- The finalised videos of the selected projects will be presented in a special competition category of its own during PRIX EUROPA in Berlin (16 to 23 October 2010). A jury - including the selected students - will vote on the best contribution. The winning video will be awarded the PRIX EUROPA Prize for "Best Video on Multilingualism of the Year 2010 by a Student". The selected participants will be actively involved in PRIX EUROPA, including participation in specialised workshops. Travel and hotel costs will be covered for two persons per selected project.
The official language at PRIX EUROPA is English. At least one of the representatives of the project has to be sufficiently proficient in English to join discussions and/or explain concepts. - A DVD of selected videos will be produced. The European Commission will use this compilation to promote the benefits of multilingualism in Europe. In this context, the DVD will also be distributed to television stations.
General context
The European Commission fosters and promotes language learning at all levels and of all languages in order to encourage citizens to make full use of the opportunities created by the diversity of languages and cultures in Europe. At the same time, it promotes multilingualism to preserve linguistic diversity in Europe.
Languages in the European Union: 23 official languages, a multitude of regional and minority languages and a variety of languages spoken by immigrants.
ELIA is committed to equal opportunity for all and welcomes submissions from all applicants, irrespective of gender, sexual orientation, physical handicaps, ethnicity, religion and social, cultural, and geographic backgrounds.
The European League of Institutes of the Arts - ELIA is the primary independent membership organisation of major arts education and training institutions representing all subject disciplines and has a membership of more than 350 arts institutions in 47 countries altogether representing more than 250,000 art students.
ELIA is supported among others by the European Commission with an Operating grant for Organisations active in the field of Culture and by its members.
CILECT is the association of the world’s major film and television schools and has a membership of 173 institutions from 55 countries on five continents.
For information on the previous Languages through lenses editions see:
Languages through lenses 2008 (E3 Film)
Languages through lenses 2009
