Festival Impulsarte Granada ()

Festival start: 07 November 2024      Festival end: 07 November 2024

The “impulsARTE” festival aims to raise awareness about topics such as disability, mental health, and diversity in general by using culture as a tool, encouraging the creation of short films, photography, and performing arts, and promoting cultural creation as well.

In this second edition, we seek to continue with the festival's original idea: to showcase different physical, mental, or social abilities from an artistic perspective. To achieve this, we have introduced new categories such as content creation using artificial intelligence tools, a reels contest, and performing arts.

The festival will hold a gala on November 30th in Granada, where the selected works will be exhibited, and the awards will be presented.

The deadline for submitting works for participation is October 27, 2024, by 11:59 PM.

Cash Prizes: 650€

Prize for "Short Films" category: €300

Prize for "Reels" category: €100

Prize for "Photography" category: €100

Prize for "Painting" category: €100

Prize for "Artificial Intelligence" category: €50

Special Audience Prize

**GRANADA IMPULS-ARTE FESTIVAL RULES**

**CALL FOR ENTRIES**

The festival will hold a gala on November 7, 2024, in Granada, where the selected works will be exhibited, and the awards will be presented.

The submission deadline for participation is October 27, 2024, by 11:59 PM.

**PARTICIPANTS**

The festival is open to all creators, regardless of nationality, place of residence, physical condition, or age. Minors must have authorization from a parent or legal guardian, providing the necessary details in the registration form. Registration will be done ONLINE by filling out the form available on the website.

Each participant can enter any of the 5 available categories (short films, reels, painting, photography and AI), submitting up to one work per category, but can only win one award. It is not possible to be awarded in multiple categories simultaneously, although the works may still be selected for exhibition.

**REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WORKS**

Participants must hold the rights to exhibit the work; commercial or advertising works are excluded from the contest. Participants are fully responsible for being the sole authors, ensuring no third-party rights are violated, and handling any claims regarding image rights for the works submitted to the contest.

Content deemed inappropriate (violent, sexual, discriminatory, or sensitive) will also be automatically excluded from the contest.

All works must be related to the festival's theme: raising awareness and visibility of disability and/or mental health.

- After the works are displayed at the gala, they will be available for collection by the authors at AGREDACE for 90 days. If the works need to be shipped, the costs will be borne by the artist.

- All submitted works must meet the following requirements depending on the format chosen for participation:

**3.1. SHORT FILMS**

a) The short films must be original and unpublished and must not have been awarded in previous editions of this or any other contest. Each short film submitted must have a title and be accompanied by a brief synopsis when filling out the contest registration form.

b) The submitted short films can be recorded with any recording device: mobile phone camera, digital camera, action camera, tablet, camcorder, etc., and can be edited using external tools.

c) The videos must be between 3 and 10 minutes long, including credits if any.

d) Accepted file formats are MOV, MPEG4, AVI, WMV, MPEGPS, FLV, 3GPP, WebM.

e) It is recommended (but not mandatory) that the films be shot in horizontal format and in 1080×1920 resolution (Full HD) with a 16:9 aspect ratio.

f) If the video has multiple authors, one of them must be listed in the registration form, and the names, birthdates, and ID numbers of the other authors must be indicated in the description.

g) The videos can be submitted as a link (Vimeo, YouTube, etc.) by filling out the form available on the website and uploading the link within a Word or PDF file.

**3.2. REELS**

a) The reels must be original and unpublished and must not have been awarded in previous editions of this or any other contest. Each reel must have a title and be accompanied by a brief synopsis.

b) The reels must be between 15 and 90 seconds long, including credits if any.

c) Accepted file formats are MOV, MPEG4, AVI, WMV, MPEGPS, FLV, 3GPP, WebM.

d) It is recommended (but not mandatory) that the reels be shot in vertical format and in 1080×1920 resolution.

f) If the video has multiple authors, one of them must be listed in the registration form, and the names, birthdates, and ID numbers of the other authors must be indicated in the description.

g) The videos can be submitted as a link (Vimeo, YouTube, etc.) by filling out the form available on the website and uploading the link within a Word or PDF file.

**3.3. PHOTOGRAPHY**

a) The photographs must be original and unpublished and must not have been awarded in previous editions of this or any other contest.

b) Each photograph must have a title and be accompanied by a brief synopsis as indicated in the registration form.

c) The photographs must be in 45x60cm format.

d) The works can be submitted by filling out the form available on the website.

e) If the photograph is selected by the jury, Impulsarte will handle the printing for exhibition during the gala at no cost to the artist.

**3.4. PAINTING**

a) The paintings must be original and unpublished and must not have been awarded in previous editions of this or any other contest.

b) Each work must have a title and be accompanied by a brief synopsis as indicated in the registration form.

c) Any type of material, support, or technique can be chosen for creating the work.

d) The work must be submitted in person or by mail to the headquarters of the organizing entity AGREDACE C/ Doctor Medina Olmos nº56 CP 18015 (Granada) along with the registration form.

**3.5. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE**

This category is designed to facilitate the participation of individuals with motor impairments and/or functional diversity who have encountered difficulties in creating their work within the categories mentioned above. However, participation is open to everyone.

Using AI tools (such as Dalle-2, Craiyon, Midjourney, or Firefly, among others), images can be generated from descriptions and parameters provided by one or more individuals.

a) The works must be original and unpublished and must not have been previously submitted to other contests, websites, or any other digital or printed media. They must also not have been awarded in previous editions of this or any other contest.

b) Each AI-generated work must have a title and be accompanied by a brief synopsis as indicated in the registration form. The words or phrases used to generate the image must be included.

d) The works can be submitted by filling out the form available on the website.

**4. GENERAL CONDITIONS**

- All works must center around one of these themes: mental health, disability (physical, intellectual, or sensory), acquired brain injury.

- Submitted works must not contain discriminatory, sexist, or violent elements.

- Works can be made in any recording system and of any genre: Fiction, Animation, or Documentary.

- To promote accessibility, short films and reels must include subtitles (either integrated into the video or as digital files attached for playback).

- Works not originally in Spanish must be subtitled in this language.

- The organization and the sponsoring entity may use excerpts from selected works and/or photographs for the promotion of the works and the festival.

- All screenings will be done in digital format, regardless of the filming system.

- The owners of the rights to the finalist works will cede their reproduction rights to the GRANADA impulsARTE organization and the sponsor(s), always for promotional or non-profit purposes.

**5. SELECTION**

The selection of the finalist works will be carried out by a committee proposed by the organization (to be determined).

The selection will be announced a few days before the festival on the organization’s website and shared on social media. Finalists will also be notified.

From the selected works, a jury proposed by the organization (to be determined) will decide the winning works.

Selected participants will be invited to participate in all GRANADA IMPULS-ARTE activities.

Awards in any category may be declared void if the contest rules are not met or if the jury deems it so.

**6. AWARDS**

Alongside the 5 main categories, a public vote will be held during the gala to award the Special Audience Prize. Works that have already won in any other category will not be eligible for this prize.