BIGSCREEN FESTIVAL 2007
International Video Festival in China
Kunming, Yunnan, 27th November 2007 - 1st December 2007 

BigScreen Festival, the only international video festival in southwest China, will be back in November 2007, following the enormous success of last year’s “Italian productions for the Year of Italy in China”. 

CinaOggi.it, GoKunming.com, and the Yunnan Arts Institute will host the BigScreen Festival, with the collaboration of the Italian Institute of Culture in Beijing. This year’s BigScreen will feature a collection of movies from around the world to be judged by an international jury. Last year’s jury members included world-famous directors such as Jia Zhangke (Winner, Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival) and Wang Xiaoshuai (Winner, Grand Prize of the Jury at Cannes Film Festival and Silver Bear at Berlin Film Festival). 

The event will be divided into three main sections opened to feature movies, shorts, documentaries and animation: “On Competition”, “Out of Competition” and “In Focus” (dedicated to selected works). 

The five days of the BigScreen Festival will feature concerts by internationally recognized bands plus DJ sets and much more. Additional features for this year that will add to the artistic atmosphere include photo exhibitions with video, and a handicraft exhibition. 

The official website of the BigScreen Festival can be viewed at: www.bigscreenfestival.com.

CALL FOR ARTISTS 

Videomakers and Directors

We invite videomakers and directors to send their works for the selection.

Directors can enter more than one work into competition, however for each piece they should submit a separate completed online form.

Only movies with English subtitles will be accepted. (Note: Films with no spoken words do not require subtitles).

Please send a DVD copy of the movie, a CD with summary (maximum 200 words), a short director's bio (max. 150 words), a document containing all the English subtitles in the work, two images of the movie (.tiff) and one director's photo.

Rules and entry form can be found at: www.bigscreenfestival.com. 

Photographers

We invite photographers to send their works for selection.

Please send a DVD with your pictures in high definition (.tiff, 300 dpi). Photographers can also send the "original" printing pictures (20*30 cm).

The photos selected will be printed in China.

Please include a brief presentation of the photographer and the titles of the pictures in English. 

The theme for the photography competition will be “Change” This “change” may be Physical, Mental, Emotional or Urban in nature.  

Rules and entry form can be found at: www.bigscreenfestival.com.