Medrar Projects Cairo Video Festival CALL FOR SUBMISSION – CAIRO COMPRESSED

CALL FOR SUBMISSION – CAIRO COMPRESSED

Cairo Video Festival

Workshops

10 October 2024 - 7 November 2024

Deadline for application submission: 7th of November 2024

Workshop dates: 25th of November to 15th of December

THINKING BIG SERIOUSLY SMALL!

Join us to learn more about the environmentally friendly and punk-chic practice of smallfile filmmaking!

The Small File Media Festival presents Cairo Compressed, a production workshop that introduces film and video makers to the more restricted medium of small files, which allows for pushing the boundaries of artistic expression and exploring pressing issues in abstraction. The workshop consists of three sessions, running in parallel to the 11th edition of the Cairo Video Festival, and culminating in a public screening of the works developed and a discussion on December 15, 2024.

Laura U. Marks founded the Small File Media Festival in 2020 to raise awareness of streaming media’s high carbon footprint. The festival proposes alternative solutions for media practice and modes of thinking in media theory.

The 5th edition of the festival will stream online from October 21—27, 2024. Email the festival if you can’t afford to pay the ticket. For more information visit this link: https://2024.smallfile.ca/

To apply, please fill in THIS FORM and submit it before November 7, 2024. Only selected applicants will be notified.

For further inquiries contact mena@medrar.org 

Terms & Conditions for the production workshop:

  • Applicants must be willing to fully commit to the workshop for three sessions between November 25 and December 15. 
  • The workshop will invite 10-15 participants residing in Cairo, and priority will be given to teachers, media researchers and scholars.
  • Participants must produce a small file movie by the end of the workshop.
  • All participants should submit a survey/ report at the end of the workshop.
  • A showcase of the final outcome of the workshop will take place in the context of the 11th edition of Cairo Video Festival, in addition to a feature in the publication. 
  • Participants whose movies are screened will receive an artists’ fee.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP CONDUCTOR:

Cairo Compressed workshop is organized by Medrar for Contemporary Art with the support of the Guggenheim Foundation and the Small File Media Festival.

Mena El Shazly

Mena El Shazly is a visual artist based in Cairo and Vancouver. She obtained an MFA from the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver (2023) and a BA from the American University in Cairo (2013). El Shazly is the Artistic Director of the Cairo Video Festival by Medrar and a programmer at the Small File Video Festival.