A maximum of one art piece per artist or collective, without any restriction of age, length, theme or language will be admitted; please, include Spanish and English subtitles when needed. The video must have been produced during the last year.
Selected works will be part of PROYECTOR 2026 Festival which will take place from September 09th to 20th 2026, maybe for a longer time in some of the venues. These works will be presented in the form of performances, screenings or video installations in the different venues with which the festival collaborates and they may be included in international curatorships we celebrate. They will be screened online during the hours in which the physical opening of the space is celebrated in the festival or the exhibitions.
Work formats accepted: expanded cinema (super8, 16mm), video art in single-channel, video installations (multi-channel, interactive, video interventions) and live video performances. “Not cinema normative” pieces will be positively valued (single-channel, 16/9, horizontal, HD-4K). Experimentation, the site specific and the relationship with the spectator, the body, the scale and with the space that holds the work are well valued.
All works will be selected by an international specialists jury coordinated by PROYECTOR for their screening in different samples and festivals. PROYECTOR is an independent festival that seeks for the help and support from public or private entities every year.
The sending of the works would imply that the artists agree with the screening of the video piece and its use in any media that PROYECTOR considers useful for the spreading. The artist would keep all the rights and the exclusive property of the piece, and PROYECTOR is only authorized for its exhibition and spreading in case it is selected. All activities will be free.
PROYECTOR has its own material and sponsorship to exhibit the presented works, but in case the artist needs special materials (full 4K projectors, construction of objects, walls, materials that the video installation needs itself) these are in charge of the artist or its own galleries or sponsorships.
PRESELECTION: All digital videos or documentation of the installations or performances must be online, free access or, in case they have a password, allow the access to the account proyectorvideoartfestival@gmail.com.
SELECTION: All selected artists will be contacted by email during spring (March-May 2026). They will be asked to send the best quality digital video file, preferably MP4 HD, but we also admit PAL, 8mm, 16mm or low-tech formats, also real time projects without archive.
PRIZES
€5,000 1st Prize with acquisition by the Herzog Da Silva Collection
€3,000 2nd Prize with acquisition by the Herzog Da Silva Collection
€3,000 runner-up prize for installation without acquisition
€3,000 runner-up prize for film performance without acquisition
€3,000 Vertical <25 Prize with acquisition by the Herzog Da Silva Collection
€2,500 artist residency for project in progress or site-specific project
The sending of the works would mean the agreement with the terms and conditions and any aspect not included in these will be solved by PROYECTOR.
Deadline: 30 November 2025