Deadline: 25 February 2022
We are seeking submissions of short films (under 30 minutes) for the craft cinema at Making Places on 26 March 2022, a one day event as part of The Making of Coventry, a partnership project between Heritage Crafts and Creative Lives, funded by Coventry City Council, and coinciding with Coventry City of Culture.
The Craft Cinema will showcase the best of UK heritage crafts, both historic and practiced today, focusing on both Coventry and the rest of the UK. The theme of the the event is how crafts contribute to local distinctiveness and a sense of place through time.
Categories:
- Films about craft in Coventry and surrounding areas (historic and/or practiced today)
- Films about heritage crafts practised elsewhere in the UK that show how making contributes to local distinctiveness and a sense of place through time
Guidelines
- All genres are welcome.
- Films must be between 2 and 30 minutes long.
- Your film must be your own work, and you should have obtained copyright or relevant permissions for all images and films used in your piece.
- Contributors selected for screening will be notified by Friday 4 March 2022 and will be required to submit a high res file of their film by Monday 14 March.
- In case of selection, the copyright holder automatically authorises Heritage Crafts to screen the film during the Making Places event in Coventry on 26 March and for additional screenings in the UK, as well as short clips to be used for promotional purposes.
Please submit your films (link to films streamed online, or stored on a cloud sever) along with the following information to info@heritagecrafts.org.uk. Please do not attempt to send videos as email attachments.
- Your name
- Your telephone number
- Your email address
- Title of the film
- Synopsis of the film (200 words maximum)
- Names of craftspeople featured (if relevant)
- Statement confirming that you are the copyright holder and/or have obtained copyright or relevant permissions for all images and films used in the piece, and that you authorise Heritage Crafts to screen the film during the Making Places event in Coventry on 26 March and for additional screenings in the UK, as well as short clips to be used for promotional purposes.
