A group of curators and artists promotes the achievement of a new international audiovisual festival focused on civic intervention based on a broader view of the humanistic principles of freedom of choice, peace and human rights.
Besides not being a competitive contest, the programme of the FocFest – Freedom of Choice International Film and Video Peace Festival is although the result of a selection process that came from an international public announcement of which resulted the inclusion of a wide array of works (53 movies) from visual artists and directors from the most diverse geographical and cultural backgrounds. The exhibition is divided into three main categories: the fictional and experimental film and video art (from installation to narrative fiction), the documentary (experimental and traditional) and animation (cartoons, multimedia and muppets).
The event aims to be, in a short term, a new audiovisual and thematic expertise festival benchmark (of film and video art) in all world. The festival has an important feature already once being a production shared in this 1st edition by three European countries, with shows taking place simultaneously in:
Lisbon (Portugal) at the Fábrica do Braço de Prata: 04, 05 and 06th December of 2008 (Curators- Alberto Guerreiro | Milton Dias);
Yerevan (Armenia) at the NPAK / ACCEA – Armenian Center of Contemporary Art: 04, 05 and 06th December of 2008 (Curator – David Kareyan);
Istanbul (Turkey) at the Ciplak Ayaklar Studio: 06 and 07th December of 2008 (Curator – Sahin Ozbay).
The simultaneous aspect of the event is a great achievmen and makes of the FocFest, if not the most unique, at least, one of the most daring and exquisite audiovisual festivals in the world.
All this information and much more can be followed in the FocFest links:
Ning Network: http://focfest.ning.com/
Contact by E-mail: focfest@gmail.com
