Call for Short Films to be Screened at Ibanasca Festival 2024

Ibanasca Festival is an arts festival happening from the 9th-14th of October in Honda, Colombia. This year's theme is Women and Wisdom (Mujeres y Saberes) and it includes street art, live music, talks, workshops, art exhibitions, visual art, conferences and screenings. It highlights the role of women in art in every version and this year we are thrilled to be part of the Circular Culture programme this 2024 run by the British Council! Lon-art Creative will be the UK partner supporting the Ibanasca Festival in Honda, Colombia.

This year, as Sheroes, our counterparts in Latin America have the sheroic cause of supporting women* artists while celebrating women through visual arts. We would like to invite women filmmakers from the UK to send their short films to be exhibited at the Ibanasca festival. We are looking for works that explore stories that delve into the richness of the creative and art world, gender, equality, traditions and generational exchange and how culture defines us.

About the Short Film call out:

Lon-art will be taking part in the Ibanasca Festival, presenting two short films by two women* filmmakers based in the UK and who will be interested in projecting their films in Honda, Colombia during the festival and in the UK, post festival.

Dates and place:

The short films will be shown during the festival on 9th-14th of October in Honda, Tolima, Colombia and post festival in London (place and date TBC).

Travelling is NOT required.

Reward:

£200 per short film, to be shown twice.

The objectives of this collaboration will be: 

• The exchange of visual arts, cultural practices and herstories in both countries.
• The visibility and diffusion of Colombian women artists and their practice in the UK and vice versa.
• The decolonisation of the predominant visual history, reversing the art influences from Latin American to Europe.
• The design of global and international creative projects based on sustainable resources and equity.
• The visual exchange of narratives and influences through different artworks and disciplines, including visual art and cinema.
• A better accessibility to arts festivals and culture outside of the UK, through online platforms, while overcoming the language barrier. 

Terms:

Launching Call out: July 25, 2024.

Deadline: September 15, 2024.

Results: September 27, 2024

There is no production date limit: Short films produced in any year are accepted. Maximum duration: 25 minutes.

How to participate: Send us your short film, synopsis and stills of the project.

Contact info@lon-art.org for more details if any questions about how to participate or technical requirements.

We look forward to your contribution to celebrate and preserve our stories and cultural heritage! 

*Sheroes project stands for diversity and therefore includes women, trans and gender non-conforming individuals, without them our mission wouldn’t be complete.