F-O-R-M Short Film Submissions 2022

Canadian and international artists are invited to apply with a short film to the seventh annual F-O-R-M (Festival Of Recorded Movement) in November 2022.

F-O-R-M presents films that investigate the body in motion through curiosity, experimentation, and imagination. We are interested in films that creatively explore our personal lived experiences and how such themes can be told through narrative or experimental approaches. Cinematography, experimental editing styles, and post-production effects are also considerations that contribute and add layers to the subject matter. We invite proposals to consider the interplay between the camera and the movement, regardless of the form.

F-O-R-M strongly encourages and prioritizes applications from Youth artists, and those from intersectional and traditionally marginalized communities; Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, folks with disabilities, and diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions (LGBTQ2S+).

Recorded Movement is the theme; any movement practices, genres or styles or are invited. How do you define movement? How do you portray this definition within your practice or discipline? And how does this movement collaborate with film? We invite your ideas and concepts around the theme of Recorded Movement, and to challenge this definition as you see fit.

You can view the full call on our website here.

You can apply via FilmFreeway here.

GUARANTEED ARTIST FEES.

If you have accessibility needs please reach out to tamar@f-o-r-m.ca.

Full Name: *

Pronouns: *

Email: *

example@example.com

Date of Birth: *

Date

How do you self-identify? This question is optional*:

*We invite everyone to take a moment to respond to this question. Marginalized and/or underrepresented communities like BIPOC folks, persons with disabilities, and persons of diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions (LGBTQ2S+), are disproportionately expected to know and reflect on their identity intersections, while others are not. We invite you to reflect on your identities and relationship to the lands that you are on and the communities you engage with and represent in an effort to affirm, honour and normalize this practice of self-identification. (An example of a person's intersections could be: white settler on unceded Coast-Salish Territory, queer, she/they pronouns, and able-bodied.) F-O-R-M is partnering with Wild Mint Arts to support Indigenous applicants. If you identify as Indigenous to Turtle Island, please let us know in the field above.

City and Country: *

Where are you currently based out of?Where are you currently based out of?Where are you currently based out of?

Which category are you applying to?

Youth Category: Lead creator must be between the ages of 15-25 (born 1997 or later)

Emerging Category: Lead creator must be 26 years or over (born 1996 or earlier), and self identifies as an emerging artist or be new to the practice of movement-on-screen. See this video from CADAC, What is an Emerging artist? to help decide if this is you! (Video sourced from Creative Spark.)

For the emerging category, we will prioritize films where:

This is the applicant’s first or second time making a film that centers around movement
The film features youth mover(s), ages 15-25
There are 2 or more youth working on the production

Choose your category: *

YOUTH: 15-25 years old (born 1997 or later) EMERGING: 26 years old and over (born 1996 or earlier)

If you are in the EMERGING category, please provide a brief description of how you meet the definition of, and self identify as, an Emerging Artist:

Are there 2 or more members of your core creative team who are between the ages of 15-25?

Yes No

Is this your first or second time creating a film that centres around movement?

Yes No

Does your film feature youth mover(s) ages 15-25?

Yes No

Your role in the film: *

Ex. Director, Cinematographer, Dancer, Choreographer, Producer etc.

What year was the film completed? *

What genre of movement is the film? *

Film tile: *

Link to watch film:

Ex. Youtube, Vimeo, DropBox, Google Drive, etc. Please make sure to send the correct link - if the link is broken we will not be able to accept your submission.

Password to watch film (if applicable):

Synopsis: *

100 words max

For our 2022 festival, we are reimagining what dance-on-screen can be both for the artist and the audience. We're looking at screening short films in different contexts using a variety of platforms and devices.

Would you be interested in having your film be considered for screening on a public screen? (ex. outdoor screen, screens in building lobbies, etc.)

Yes No

If you chose yes, are you ok with the possibility of your film being presented with no sound attached to the image?

Yes No

If you had a choice of presentation formats, how do you envision your work being shared?

Ex. in a cinema; on an iPhone; projected on a wall, on a small, medium, large monitor; for one audience member in a small room etc. (no obligation to share if you don’t have an answer to this! But we invite you to get creative if this is something you have thought about for your work)

How did you hear about F-O-R-M?

Would you like to opt in to our mailing list?

yes please! no thank you! already on it!