Filmes de Longa-Metragem

Films that generally do not reach the usual exhibition circuit or festivals and that show the public that cinema goes beyond the standard found in the mass film industry.

Eligible Works

Avant garde, Experimental Cinema, Structural, Free, Expanded with a duration of 60 minutes or more.

Medium-Length Films

Films that generally do not reach the usual exhibition circuit or festivals and that show the public that cinema goes beyond the standard found in the mass film industry.

Eligible Works

Avant garde, Experimental Cinema, Structural, Free, Expanded with duration between 40 and 60 minutes.

Short Films

Films that generally do not reach the usual exhibition circuit or festivals and that show the public that cinema goes beyond the standard found in the mass film industry.

Eligible Works

Avant garde, Experimental Cinema, Structural, Free, Expanded with duration between 0 and 40 minutes.

Games

Electronic games are a medium with a long history, in addition to being one of the biggest forms of entertainment today. They are an important tool for narrative, innovation, interaction and technology.

Selected Works in this Category will be exhibited in the Online Stage.

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Experimental games, video games for PC, cell phones and other devices.

Instalações e Artes Interativas

Immersive, concrete works, practical effects, different media and technologies that use space, artifacts such as glasses, objects or different screens. Works that depend on a specific space, object or platform to exist. Works that are interactive via buttons, screens, mouse, touch, entry, circulation, devices. New forms of interactivity with video, film, space, sculpture, lights and projection.

Eligible Works

Interactive Installations, Immersive Installations, Multi-media Installations, Video Arts, Virtual Reality (VR), 360° videos, new media, interactive arts, hybridizations and other types of Installation, Interactivities, Mobile Videos, other formats.

Performance

Explores the relationship between video and the body. We invite submissions of works that use cinematographic techniques and experiences to generate an innovative perspective on the performing arts. We encourage the use of audiovisual resources such as (but not limited to) projections, interactive screens, Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Google Meets in both in-person and online performances. We will give preference to works that can be presented live (in person or online) but we will also consider recorded performances depending on the quality of the project.

Eligible Works: Artistic Performances, Musical Performances, Visual and Graphic Arts, Performing Arts, Dance, Hybridizations, etc.

Videoartes

Everything and not restricted to video forms that do not fit into the other Categories. Video arts are forms of video that do not need a specific object or place to be experienced, and can be seen on any screen or device. Focused on digital files that can be seen online, but not restricted to this. Looping video, non-cinema, internet experiments such as gifs, memes. Forms of video that, on the screen, do not depend on space or external manipulation.

Selected Works in this Category will be exhibited in the Online Stage.

Eligible Works: Video art, looping videos, gifs, internet videos, memes, video files.

Obras Brasileiras

This Category aims to give Brazilian ARTISTS an opportunity to register for the ECRÃ FESTIVAL for free (only during the registration period) or at a lower cost.

Eligible Works

The WORKS can be from any of the Categories present in this edition of the ECRÃ FESTIVAL. Made, produced, directed, created by an ARTIST or Group of ARTISTS with Brazilian nationality.

To learn more about each one and their eligibility, please read the respective descriptions.