Slum Film Festival – Poster and Logo Contest, May 30 – Jun. 21 2011

Slum Film Festival is a joint project of Embassy of Spain in Kenya, AECID (Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development), Slum TV and Hot Sun Foundation, with the collaboration of the Nairobi Art Centre.

THE CONTEST is open to young people between the ages of 18-30 years with an interest in art and filmmaking. Artists from informal settlements (slums) are encouraged to enter. Professional artist (artists who have e…xhibited their works commercially), including those based in slums, are not eligible.

03/ CATEGORIES
1. Slum Film Festival LOGO. These are going to be digital submissions, designed using any computer design software. The final submission must be saved as JPG, less than 500MB in size and emailed to mercy@hotsunfoundation.org or info@slum-tv.org by the deadlines below. Please add the following title in your submission e-mail: “Slum Film Festival LOGO”.

2. Slum Film Festival POSTER. These submissions should be hard copy (paintings, drawings, sketches, etc) and should be dropped at either: Hot Sun Foundation offices in Kibera, Slum TV offices in Mathare or the Embassy of Spain at CBA Building in UpperHill by the deadlines below.

04/ COPYRIGHT
The COPYRIGHT of each submitted POSTER and LOGO artworks belong to its author. Upon entering the contest, the selected and awarded designers cede the exhibition, publication and copy rights of the pieces to Slum Film Festival and they grant Slum Film Festival the rights to modify, use as is, the winning artworks. The copyright of the winning Artworks will belong to Slum Film Festival and will be considered ‘work for hire’.

05/ PRIZES
LOGO: 1-month Graphic Design class at Kibera Film School. POSTER: 1-month Painting / drawing classes at the Nairobi Art Centre.

06/ KEY DATES
Opening date for entries: 30th May 2011

Closing date for entries: 21st June 2011

Announcement of finalists: 7th July 2011

Awards ceremony and Launch of the Festival (together with press conference): 29th July 2011 at the Embassy of Spain

Film Festival Celebration: 8th – 21st August 2011

07/ HOW TO SIGN UP
– Collect application forms at Hot Sun Foundation, Slum TV offices or at the Embassy of Spain.

– All participants must fill in an application form with their personal information and specify the category in which they want to compete. Only one proposal will be accepted for each category (individually or collectively).

– Participants must submit the a brief explanatory text of the piece (300 words max.)

– Submitted materials must be originals and cannot have been published anywhere prior to the announcement of the contest results.

– Any action taken by a participant violating these conditions will result in immediate disqualification.

– Assessment criteria: The design should meet the vision of Slum Film Festival.

– This contest is open to artists whose works have not been exhibited commercially.

– The artwork submitted must not be offensive in any way.

08/ ORGANIZERS
Slum Film Festival is a joint project of Embassy of Spain in Kenya, AECID (Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development), Slum TV and Hot Sun Foundation, with the collaboration of the Nairobi Art Centre.

PARTICIPATION IN THIS CONTEST IMPLIES THE ACCEPTANCE OF THESE RULES IN FULL.