The Department of Culture and Heritage of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria (Island Council of Gran Canaria) is inviting entries for the twelfth edition of its biennial event XII CANARIASMEDIAFEST - Gran Canaria International Festival Of Arts And Digital Cultures, to be held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria from October 31st to November 4th 2006.

Creators (individuals or groups) of any nationality may participate in the event, without prejudice. Participation is restricted to works produced after January 1 2005.

There are seven international categories:

1. Video art;
2. Digital art for multimedia or internet;
3. Experimental or artistic documentary;
4. 2D or 3D animation;
5. Produced multimedia, multi-channel or performance installation;
6. New audiovisual creation formats for mobile platforms;
7. Media art projects for young creators under 30.

In addition, for creators in the Canary Islands only, prizes will be awarded in the categories of advertisements and music videos.

A maximum of two (2) works will be permitted per contestant for each category. Audiovisual works must be no longer than thirty-five minutes, although the festival organisation may consider longer works, as an exception, provided that the author also sends a demo of a maximum of five minutes. In the Canary Islands section, music videos must be no longer than five minutes and advertisements must be no longer than forty-five seconds.



Language: in the case of works where a language other than Spanish or English is used, subtitles in at least one of these languages must be included.



Prizes are as follows:

• One prize consisting of a trophy and 4,000 euros in cash for each of the following international categories:
  
  
  • Video art
  • Digital art for multimedia or internet
  • Experimental or artistic documentary
  • 2D or 3D animation
  • Produced multimedia, multi-channel or performance installation
  • New audio-visual creation formats for mobile platforms

• One prize consisting of 1,500 euros and travel and accommodation expenses for one person for a maximum of one month for the purposes of producing the winning project in the Centro Gran Canaria Espacio Digital in 2007 for the following international category:
  
  
  • Media art projects for young creators under 30

• One special prize, consisting of a trophy and 2,000 euros in cash for each of the best Canary Islands authors in the
  following categories:
  
  
  • Documentary
  • Video art
  • Animation

• One prize consisting of a trophy for the production company located in the Canary Islands with the best music video produced in the Islands.
• One prize consisting of a trophy for the best advertisement made by production companies or advertising agents located in the Canary Islands.

Authors whose works are selected for competition will be given a travel grant of 200 euros as an incentive to attend the Festival. All the works selected will be listed in a catalogue. The aforementioned prizes will be subject to the corresponding tax withholdings.

No entry may be awarded more than one prize. Prizes may only be shared between a maximum of two works in each category; in this case the decision of the Jury will be clearly stated. The Jury may also award special mentions to other works presented, with no economic retribution, and may also declare that there is no winner for any or all of the prizes.



The deadline for acceptance of works will be 2pm on July 28 2006.

Click here to download a PDF document, in English and Spanish, with more information about the categories, the entry process, and an entry form to participate.