BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:38@charm-eu.eu DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241105 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241107 DTSTAMP:20260612T092008Z URL:https://charm-eu.eu/news-events/events/instagram-short-film-festival/ SUMMARY:Instagram Short Film Festival DESCRIPTION:Are you ready to  express your passion for storytelling and c ulture? This festival is your chance to showcase your creativity by making a short film on intercultural experiences. Open to all students from CHAR M-EU partner universities\, your film will be featured on Instagram Reels\ , where likes count as votes!The University of Barcelona\, within the acti vities planned for CHARM-EU's Cultural Festival\, is organizing a CHARM-EU Instagram Short Film Festival\, addressed at students enrolled in any edu cational programme of the CHARM-EU nine partners. The aim is to promote th e Alliance’s shared values of equality\, diversity and inclusivity\, as well as to foster cross-cultural dialogue and exchange among students. A s election of the student’s films will be published in CHARM-EU's Instagra m account\, and one of them declared winner of the Short Film Festival.The winning short film will be awarded with two (2) full tickets for the Prim avera Sound Festival 2025 (June 5-7\, Barcelona). Travel and accommodation expenses are not included. \n \n \n Participation Terms \n \n \n \n About the participants:Any student (bachelor’s\, master’s\, PhD) following studies within the CHARM-EU Universities (UB\ , TCD\, UU\, ELTE\, UM\, AAU\, JMU\, HRW\, UiB) can participate in the fes tival.Films can be authored by one or two students.If the films are author ed by two students\, they could be from the same university or from two di fferent universities. About the short films:Main topic: Interculturality. “The term ‘interculturality’\, understood as the relations that exi st between culturally diverse human groups in a given society\, to refer t o the relations that exist within society between diverse majority and min ority constellations defined in terms not only of culture but also of ethn icity\, language\, religious denomination\, and/or nationality” (Dietz\, 2018).Short films should deal with intercultural experiences\, situations or stories that depict crosscultural dialogue and exchange (for instance\ , cultural heritage\, identity\, language\, inclusion\, tolerance\, multic ulturalism\, citizenship\, participation\, social responsibility\, etc.). Any approach to these issues will be valid.Length: No more than 90 seconds (including front cover/bumper).Format: Recorded with a mobile phone in In stagram Reel format (vertical screen). The files formatmust be mp4.All fil ms will include a standard front cover/bumper at the beginning\, including title\, authors (names and university)\, and the CHARM-EU logo. This cove r/bumper will be added by the organizers and will last 2 seconds.Language: At least two different languages should be used in the film. All films mu st have subtitles/captions in English.Films must be original and created f or the purpose of this Festival. Materials already published will not be e ligible to opt for the prize. The author(s) will be the sole responsible(s ) to ensure originality\, authorship and no infringement of third parties& #8217\; rights. How to participate:Students should send their films\, alo ng with their contact details\, through this registration form before Octo ber 27 (12:00 PM CET). \n \n \n \n Panel of Experts\ , Selection Criteria and Prize Decision-making Process \n \n \n \ n A Panel of Experts will screen all the films received and preselec t a maximum of 9 films that will opt for the prize. The selection will be made by the panel upon consensus\, on the basis of quality\, originality\, suitability with the festival’s topic\, and diversity. The panel of exp erts is composed of:Dr. Sergio Villanueva. Associate Professor\, Faculty o f Information &\; Audiovisual Media\, University of Barcelona (Panel of Experts’ Chair).Dr. Andrea Velich. Associate Professor\, Faculty of Hum anities\, Eötvös Loránd University Budapest.Matias Dahlbäck. Communica tions Specialist\, University Services\, Åbo Akademi University.Clara Bet sch. Member of the CHARM-EU Students Council\, Julius-Maximilians-Universi tät Würzburg.Daniel Griffin. CHARM-EU Teaching Fellow in Emerging Techno logy\, Trinity College Dublin\, and CTO at Mehhal.Once the 9 films are pre selected by the Panel of Experts\, they will be published by the organizer s in CHARM-EU’s Instagram account (@charm.eu). Films will be published i n individual posts (i.e.\, one post per film). The order of publication of these posts will be decided by lot.The moment films are published\, a vot ing period will be opened (see timeline below). Once the voting period is closed\, the film/post that got the highest number of likes will be declar ed winner. Note that only the likes received by the films posted in CHARM- EU’s account will be considered (regardless of how many likes those film s might get in the authors’ own accounts\, if published by them as well) .Disclaimers:Any films that do not meet any of the abovementioned requirem ents will not be eligible for theprize\, i.e.\, studentship\, authorship\, topic\, length and format\, language.Any films that are received through a channel other than the one enabled for this purpose (see above) will not be considered.The University of Barcelona retains the right to exclude fr om the festival any films that may beoffensive\, harmful or disrespectful due to their content\, that may violate good faith\, or that the Panel of Experts consider may generate any kind of prejudice.The panel of experts w ill not make public any information concerning their deliberations to pres elect the 10 films that will opt for the prize. Neither private explanatio ns will be offered in this regard. \n \n \n \n Timel ine \n \n \n \n October 2-27\, 2024 (12:00 PM CET): Registr ation form open. Reception of films.October 28-30\, 2024: Panel of experts ’ 9 films preselection.October 31\, 2024 (12:00 PM CET): Publication of preselected films in CHARM-EU Instagram account.October 31-November 4\, 20 24 (12:00 PM CET): Voting period.November 5\, 2024 (17:00 PM CET): The win ning film is announced in CHARM-EU’s Cultural Festival. The film will be displayed\, along with the two films that come in second and third place in number of likes\, for the whole in-person audience. \n \n Abo ut the participants:Any student (bachelor’s\, master’s\, PhD) followin g studies within the CHARM-EU Universities (UB\, TCD\, UU\, ELTE\, UM\, AA U\, JMU\, HRW\, UiB) can participate in the festival.Films can be authored by one or two students.If the films are authored by two students\, they c ould be from the same university or from two different universities. Abou t the short films:Main topic: Interculturality. “The term ‘intercultur ality’\, understood as the relations that exist between culturally diver se human groups in a given society\, to refer to the relations that exist within society between diverse majority and minority constellations define d in terms not only of culture but also of ethnicity\, language\, religiou s denomination\, and/or nationality” (Dietz\, 2018).Short films should d eal with intercultural experiences\, situations or stories that depict cro sscultural dialogue and exchange (for instance\, cultural heritage\, ident ity\, language\, inclusion\, tolerance\, multiculturalism\, citizenship\, participation\, social responsibility\, etc.). Any approach to these issue s will be valid.Length: No more than 90 seconds (including front cover/bum per).Format: Recorded with a mobile phone in Instagram Reel format (vertic al screen). The files formatmust be mp4.All films will include a standard front cover/bumper at the beginning\, including title\, authors (names and university)\, and the CHARM-EU logo. This cover/bumper will be added by t he organizers and will last 2 seconds.Language: At least two different lan guages should be used in the film. All films must have subtitles/captions in English.Films must be original and created for the purpose of this Fest ival. Materials already published will not be eligible to opt for the priz e. The author(s) will be the sole responsible(s) to ensure originality\, a uthorship and no infringement of third parties' rights. How to participat e:Students should send their films\, along with their contact details\, th rough this registration form before October 27 (12:00 PM CET).A Panel of E xperts will screen all the films received and preselect a maximum of 9 fil ms that will opt for the prize. The selection will be made by the panel up on consensus\, on the basis of quality\, originality\, suitability with th e festival’s topic\, and diversity. The panel of experts is composed of: Dr. Sergio Villanueva. Associate Professor\, Faculty of Information &\; Audiovisual Media\, University of Barcelona (Panel of Experts’ Chair).D r. Andrea Velich. Associate Professor\, Faculty of Humanities\, Eötvös L oránd University Budapest.Matias Dahlbäck. Communications Specialist\, U niversity Services\, Åbo Akademi University.Clara Betsch. Member of the C HARM-EU Students Council\, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.Danie l Griffin. CHARM-EU Teaching Fellow in Emerging Technology\, Trinity Colle ge Dublin\, and CTO at Mehhal.Once the 9 films are preselected by the Pane l of Experts\, they will be published by the organizers in CHARM-EU’s In stagram account (@charm.eu). Films will be published in individual posts ( i.e.\, one post per film). The order of publication of these posts will be decided by lot.The moment films are published\, a voting period will be o pened (see timeline below). Once the voting period is closed\, the film/po st that got the highest number of likes will be declared winner. Note that only the likes received by the films posted in CHARM-EU’s account will be considered (regardless of how many likes those films might get in the a uthors’ own accounts\, if published by them as well).Disclaimers:Any fil ms that do not meet any of the abovementioned requirements will not be eli gible for theprize\, i.e.\, studentship\, authorship\, topic\, length and format\, language.Any films that are received through a channel other than the one enabled for this purpose (see above) will not be considered.The U niversity of Barcelona retains the right to exclude from the festival any films that may beoffensive\, harmful or disrespectful due to their content \, that may violate good faith\, or that the Panel of Experts consider may generate any kind of prejudice.The panel of experts will not make public any information concerning their deliberations to preselect the 10 films t hat will opt for the prize. Neither private explanations will be offered i n this regard.October 2-27\, 2024 (12:00 PM CET): Registration form open. Reception of films.October 28-30\, 2024: Panel of experts’ 9 films prese lection.October 31\, 2024 (12:00 PM CET): Publication of preselected films in CHARM-EU Instagram account.October 31-November 4\, 2024 (12:00 PM CET) : Voting period.November 5\, 2024 (17:00 PM CET): The winning film is anno unced in CHARM-EU’s Cultural Festival. The film will be displayed\, alon g with the two films that come in second and third place in number of like s\, for the whole in-person audience. \n \n PARTICIPATE!\n \n \n Terms & Conditions\n \n \n Programmes at par tner universities\n \n \n Programmes in Budapest (main locat ion)\n CATEGORIES:Interculturality END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR