idill is an international competition for films of movement and dance
By ‘films of movement and dance’ is meant films in which the poetics of movement has a central role. In addition, particular attention will be paid to its musical and cinematographic aspects. Commercial music clips will not be accepted in this competition.
idill is a competition offering numerous prizes
idill Prize of the French Community in Belgium
This prize will be given to the film that, in its constituent elements, is marked by excellence in all fields envisaged by idill: capture of movement, mastery in direction, musical creativity and stylistic innovation, understanding of the contemporary world and its ramifications.
Prize for Musical Creativity
This Prize will be awarded to the short film which will most have distinguished itself by the originality of the musical composition accompanying the film, and the symbiotic character of the latter with the cinematographic work.
Audience Prize
This prize will be awarded to the work that will have obtained the greatest number of votes from the audience, who will be able to choose via internet, from a short list drawn up by the jury of dance and film experts.
Prize for Innovation
This Prize will be given to the short film distinguished by the stylistic originality of its treatment and by the innovative character of its direction.
World Outlook Prize
This Prize will be given to the short film distinguished, in the view it has of dance, by its critical vision of the surrounding world.
idill is a co-production of:
Charleroi/Danses, La Gaîté and Sadler's Wells, in partnership with Arte, with the support of the Ministry for the French Community in Belgium and in collaboration with Flagey (Brussels).
idill
i nternational d ance on li ne short fil m festival
Competition for short films of dance and movement
First year
idill - international dance online short film festival is a competition international in scope set up by Charleroi/Danses, Centre Chorégraphique de la Communauté Française de Belgique, La Gaîté, new art center of the City of Paris dedicated to digital cultures and music (Opening planned for December 2010 with the website scheduled to go on line in spring 2010) and Sadler's Wells (London), the UK’s leading Dance House, in collaboration with Arte.
The aim of idill is to reveal and reward cinematographic and audiovisual creativity that has dance as its central theme, and, more broadly, movement. Particular attention is also focussed on the musical dimension that accompanies or underpins the cinematographic work. idill also aims at highlighting creation in contemporary dance through the poetic, innovative vision of authors and directors.
The choice of the format – less than 5 minutes – is intended to encourage and facilitate the production and the diffusion of works by creators who do not necessarily have at their disposition standard means of production and/or a capability for full-length films. It also constitutes a deliberate artistic choice in so far as the constraints of the format – very short – give rise to a cinematographic language that is highly specific. Moreover, recent and/or alternative transmission media (smart phones, mobile interfaces) are also taken into account – both as regards production and diffusion.
idill will feature an international appeal for candidates to be launched by the project’s three initiating venues – Charleroi/Danses, La Gaîté and Sadler’s Wells, as well as by Arte via the website www.arte.tv.
A jury of professionals from the audiovisual sector and from dance will have the task of making the selection. Prizes will recompense the five subsequently designated laureates: idill Prize of the French Community in Belgium, Prize for Musical Creativity, World Outlook Prize, Prize for Innovation, Audience Prize. The prize-giving ceremony will include the projection of the laureates’ films in the course of a gala evening on Thursday 26 November 2009 in Flagey (Brussels), and the films will also be available online in order to ensure the desired international accessibility.
This event will form part of the 2009 Charleroi/Danses Biennial that will take place from 11 to 29 November 2009 and will be presented on line on the Gaîté’s web site.
