Foresight Filmfestival N° 2 - Call for Entries

Under the banner GAME CHANGERS – HOW DO WE WANT TO LIVE? HOW WILL WE LIVE? the second Foresight Filmfestival, supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), will take place in Halle (Saale) on June 30th 2016.



Until May 15th 2016 researchers, scientists, filmmakers and project developers are called to submit their filmic vision on our current topics to the competition of Foresight Filmfestival N° 2.



2016 Discussion Topics

1. From Do-it-yourself to Do-it-together. Transformation through exchanging, sharing and doing-it-yourself?

2. Digital Competence. How, where and what will we learn in 2035?

3. Future is Open Space? Self-organisation and swarm intelligence as a key to innovation?



Format and Deadline

The clips should be a minimum of thirty seconds and a maximum of four minutes long

Deadline for submitting spots is May 15th 2016

5 Prizes – 4 x 3.000 Euro, 1 x Young Talent Award

Our expert jury will select the winning spot in each category. The winners will each receive an award and € 3,000 in prize money, presented by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

Furthermore, on June 30th 2016, the audience will decide live and online on the best 2016 Foresight short film. The winner will receive an award and € 3,000 in prize money. This prize is given by Working World Exhibition (DASA), an institution of the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAUA). Our fourth prize, sponsored by Skript Akademie Drehbuch, is especially for young talents and offers an advanced training course at Skript Akademie, worth € 3.160.



About the Initiative

The Foresight Filmfestival is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) under the direction of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in close cooperation with science2public, the Society for Science Communication, and the Fraunhofer Institute of Systems and Innovative Research (ISI).



Foresight Open

Junior researchers and film makers, forward and lateral thinkers of all disciplines come across with renowned future experts in an open space on the day following the festival (01/07/16). They will discuss ideas for a world ahead, they will design storyboards as visual foundation for selected future topics of the foresight process. At the final presentation, with the MDR among others, a prize will be awarded for best science communication.

 

We are looking forward to your submissions!

More information: foresight-filmfestival.de