Lens Dans FestIval ()

Festival start: 08 November 2024      Festival end: 09 November 2024

Lens Dans is a Video Dance Festival aimed at promoting, cultivating, and celebrating video dance projects from various artists, disciplines, and backgrounds!

Lens Dans offers screenings of pre-selected video dance projects from our competition, live shows, workshops, conferences, open mic…AND MUCH MORE!

The first edition took place in La Vallée, Brussels the 11th, 12th and 13th of June 2021 and was one of the first events after lockdown. It was followed by three more events between Brussels & Barcelona.

In this third edition, we are presenting 2 different open calls, one for the VIDEO DANCE projects and another one for the LIVE PERFORMANCE. The event will be completed with music in a friendly atmosphere that will make YOU want to dance by the end of the evening!

This project was born from the necessity of finding a space to be able to showcase, share, and acknowledge the artistic discipline of video dance is: a contemporary form of art that may not be all that well-known by the public. Our objective is to make of this festival a reference for the video dance world and community, where artists from different disciplines can meet, share and grow.

The third edition of Lens Dans Festival will be held the 8th & 9th of November 2024 in Nau Bòstik (Carrer Ferran Turné, 1 -11, Sant Andreu, 08027 Barcelona, Spain)
The post-event of the third edition of Lens Dans Festival will be held in Brussels!


For our guidelines and more information about how to register and submit your video dance projects, please visit our website: www.lensdansfest.com
Instagram: lensdansfest
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Cash Prizes: 300€

First Prize:

- Economic endowment: 300.-euros

- Diploma from the festival.

- Sharing the piece on the social media and networks of the Festival and its sponsors.

- Visibility in the next event in Brussels (dates to be confirmed) .

- Visibility on the following spaces and festivals (and possibly more to be confirmed):

· The FICBUEU Festival International Film Festival of Bueu
(https://www.ficbueu.com/en/ ) undertakes to screen the first prize of Lens Dans 2024 in an event at the end of 2025.

· Chorescope Barcelona Dance Film Festival (https://www.choreoscope.com/en/ ) will
include in its 2025 programming the winning films of Lens Dans 2024.

· The DANSSTORM Festival (https://dansstorm.be/ ) undertakes to screen the winners of Lens Dans 2024 in its next edition that will take place in Bruges, Belgium between May 16 and 18, 2025.

The Arteria Festival (https://www.arteriatortosa.com/ ) undertakes to screen the winners of Lens Dans 2024 in the next edition in October 2025.

· As part of a collaborative exchange, the Festival DVDanza Habana Movimiento y Ciudad (https://www.facebook.com/DVDanzaHabanaFestival /) will screen the winning works of Lens Dans 2024 at its next edition, scheduled to take place in April 2025.

· Yucatán Escénica Festival / Espacio Art Gallery: Efimero, arte en tránsito, undertakes to screen the winners of Lens Dans 2024 in the next edition/event (dates to be confirmed) during 2025.

· Athens Video Dance Project (https://www.athensvideodanceproject.gr/ )will include
in its 2024/2025 programming the winning films of Lens Dans 2024.

Second Prize:

- Economic endowment: 200.-euros

- Diploma from the festival.

- Sharing the piece on the social media and networks of the Festival and its sponsors.

- Visibility in the next event in Barcelona during 2023.

- Visibility on the following spaces and festivals (and possibly more to be confirmed):

· Chorescope Barcelona Dance Film Festival (https://www.choreoscope.com/en/ ) will
include in its 2025 programming the winning films of Lens Dans 2024.

· The DANSSTORM Festival (https://dansstorm.be/ ) undertakes to screen the winners of Lens Dans 2024 in its next edition that will take place in Bruges, Belgium
between May 16 and 18, 2025.

· The Arteria Festival (https://www.arteriatortosa.com/ ) undertakes to screen the winners of Lens Dans 2024 in the next edition in October 2025.

· As part of a collaborative exchange, the Festival DVDanza Habana Movimiento y Ciudad (https://www.facebook.com/DVDanzaHabanaFestival /) will screen the winning works of Lens Dans 2024 at its next edition, scheduled to take place in April 2025.

· Yucatán Escénica Festival / Espacio Art Gallery: Efimero, arte en tránsito, undertakes to screen the winners of Lens Dans 2024 in the next edition/event (dates to be confirmed) during 2025.

· Athens Video Dance Project (https://www.athensvideodanceproject.gr/ )will include
in its 2024/2025 programming the winning films of Lens Dans 2024.

Third Prize:

- Economic endowment: 100.-euros

- Diploma from the festival.

- Sharing the piece on the social media and networks of the Festival and its sponsors.

- Visibility in the next event in Brussels (dates to be confirmed) .

- Visibility on the following spaces and festivals (and possibly more to be confirmed):

· Chorescope Barcelona Dance Film Festival (https://www.choreoscope.com/en/ ) will include in its 2025 programming the winning films of Lens Dans 2024.

· The DANSSTORM Festival (https://dansstorm.be/ ) undertakes to screen the winners of Lens Dans 2024 in its next edition that will take place in Bruges, Belgium between May 16 and 18, 2025.

· The Arteria Festival (https://www.arteriatortosa.com/ ) undertakes to screen the winners of Lens Dans 2024 in the next edition in October 2025.

· As part of a collaborative exchange, the Festival DVDanza Habana Movimiento y
Ciudad (https://www.facebook.com/DVDanzaHabanaFestival /) will screen the winning works of Lens Dans 2024 at its next edition, scheduled to take place in April 2025.

· Yucatán Escénica Festival / Espacio Art Gallery: Efimero, arte en tránsito, undertakes to screen the winners of Lens Dans 2024 in the next edition/event (dates to be confirmed) during 2025.

· Athens Video Dance Project (https://www.athensvideodanceproject.gr/ )will include
in its 2024/2025 programming the winning films of Lens Dans 2024.

Each participant (individually or as a collective) may submit a maximum of one video dance piece for each established category. For this edition, there are three different categories:

o Artistic
o Documentary
o Social

Registration for the Festival's video dance contest is completely free! It can be submitted individually or as a group (with all artists’ permission).

Registration for the Festival is free and will be completed by filling out the registration form on the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScMy5o_GXBQe8UQFmn6Ks6pvSRQMjPWraY
bcYVLqc7fO0891w/viewform?usp=sf_link

On this link you will find the form with all the information to fill in, the required documentation and the terms set by the Lens Dans Rules.


Candidates will have to fill in the registration form and send a WeTransfer link that contains the portfolio + the video dance file named as follows: project name_ artist/collective name of the artist/group of artists, in the case
presented in that contest.

Both the Video Dance and Live Performance open call will be open from August 7th, 2024 until September 30th, 2024 and we will receive them online.

Each participant (individually or as a collective) may submit a maximum of one project for each established category and one project for the live performance.

Registered applications will be verified and accepted as long as they comply with the Rules.

At this point it is an indispensable condition for the evaluation of the project by the Jury. In the event of non-compliance with this condition, the submitted application will not be valid.

This festival is open to people from both the film industry and the dance world: dancers, choreographers, artists, and audiences interested in audiovisuals and/or dance in general, independent of their age, experience level, or studies.

Participation in the Festival implies the acceptance of all the Rules and Regulations.

Lens Dans encourages all peoples to apply- we strongly celebrate and support minorities in the arts field and create a safe and inclusive space for Womxn, LGBTQIA+, all nationalities, ethnicities, and more to contribute their works.