18 Dec 2018
Call for entries
26 Apr 2019
Festival closed
14 Jun 2019
Notification date
24 Sep 2019
29 Sep 2019
Festival start: 24 September 2019 Festival end: 29 September 2019
Ars Independent Festival 2019 will be the 9th multimedia festival of film, animation, video games and music videos. The upcoming edition will take place in Katowice, between the 24th and 29th of September 2019.
The festival is searching for what’s cool in young, debuting, contemporary audio-visual culture. It’s not afraid to watch videos with 27 views on YouTube, it’s missing the “least popular” sorting option on itch.io and considers Festival Scope Pro decidedly “too mainstream”.
The heart of the festival are four international competitions, in which the audience decides about the awarding of prizes. The Black Horse of Film (feature films from all over the world) and the Black Horse of Animation (short features) present the cinematographic debuts by directors from the entire world, often as their Polish premieres. The Black Horse of Video Games and the Black Horse of Music Video are devoted to new games and music videos.
Additionally, every year festivalgoers are treated to: screenings of films, animations and music videos, video game exhibitions, virtual reality and new technologies, discussion panels and Q&As with artists, concerts, live acts and musical afterparties.
In previous years, the festival hosted a variety of artists from all over the world, including Béla Tarr, Nina Menkes, Phil Mulloy, Laila Pakalnina, Bruce LaBruce, Tami Tamaki, Stephen „M.O.O.N.” Gilarde, Jakuba Dvorský, Mariola Brillowska, Piotr Dumała, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Bodo Kox, Łukasz Barczyk, Sos Sosowski, Wiktor Stribog and Władysław Komendarek.
The event is organized by the culture institution Katowice the City of Gardens and the City of Katowice.
Cash Prizes: 1,000€
1. THE BLACK HORSE OF ANIMATION COMPETITION
Directors of school animations and animated debuts and second films produced post-graduation after January 1st, 2018 will vie for the title and statuette of the Black Horse of Animation and a monetary award of 500 euros.
2. THE BLACK HORSE OF MUSIC VIDEOS COMPETITION
Directors of new music videos produced after January 1st, 2018 will vie for the title and statuette of the Black Horse of Music Video and a monetary award of 500 euros.
1. THE BLACK HORSE OF ANIMATION COMPETITION
Rules and Regulations:
http://www.arsindependent.pl/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/RULES-AND-REGULATIONS-The-Black-Horse-of-Animation-2019-REGULAMIN-Czarny-Ko%C5%84-Animacji-2019.pdf
Entry Form:
http://www.arsindependent.pl/en/the-black-horse-of-animation-entry-form/
2. THE BLACK HORSE OF MUSIC VIDEOS COMPETITION
Rules and Regulations:
http://www.arsindependent.pl/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/RULES-AND-REGULATIONS-The-Black-Horse-of-Music-Videos-2019-REGULAMIN-Czarny-Ko%C5%84-Wideoklipu-2019.pdf
Entry Form:
http://www.arsindependent.pl/en/the-black-horse-of-music-videos-entry-form/
No Fee
Submissions deadline
26 Apr 19
Directors of school animations and animated debuts and second films produced post-graduation after January 1st, 2018 will vie for the title and prize of the Black Horse of Animation and a monetary award of 500 euros.
No Fee
Submissions deadline
26 Apr 19
Directors of new music videos produced after January 1st, 2017 will vie for the title and prize of the Black Horse of Music Videos and a monetary award of 500 euros.
