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ENROLLMENT EXTENSION AND SENDING TO APRIL 18

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Getting out of violence: the power to generate freedom for oneself, for all and everyone

Object of the competition

Violence against women is usually represented through images of women injured in the body,
with black, suffering, "victims" eyes.
A new narrative of the woman is needed, which goes beyond the logic of victimization by shifting the gaze
about change, about power as a possibility, and that it opens the way to a different symbolic and aesthetic representation.

The IO POSSO contest - Getting out of violence: the power to generate freedom for oneself, for all and everyone

invites you to produce a video which instead represents the generative capacity to transform one's life and, therefore, the force that nourishes the freedom to be oneself, in the round.

 

The competition intends to reward video productions that tell about cultural change, a different representation of the female, a new way of living, of acting in space, aware that "I can".

I can it must be the closing sentence of the video, the claim that catalyzes the message of freedom told.

The competition intends to encourage these new narratives and give them visibility and dissemination.

Tracks for the subject of the video

Power like possibility to do, to choose, to be oneself and oneself, power in its positive meaning must be the common thread of the subject of the video.

The language will be that of force, of the possibility of living the world starting from oneself, from one's own desire and in relationship with other women.

The invitation is to represent the life force of women and the ability to invent new pieces of life with dignity and courage, to build small or large freedoms, putting oneself on the line despite obstacles.

Male violence against women has historical and cultural origins that affect the quality of the relationship between the sexes, in an asymmetry between men and women in the social and symbolic order. Giving voice to the strength of women who build a new existence for oneself, for one's sons and daughters, for the community in which they live, it means more freedom for everyone and everyone. It means reversing the perspective: from the negativity of experience to positivity of a process that transforms constraints and limitations into resources and strengths for regain the freedom offended and violated by violence.

"... But when you have nothing but risk, you cannot fear anything, and what you want then returns to present itself: we feel in that instant that it reaches us in all purity and legitimacy, since only what we are not I could stop loving, not even loving him, it belongs to us. "

Maria Zambrano, Towards a knowledge of the soul (1996)

“In each of us lives a deposit of pure gold to be delivered. It shines and it attracts us like a force. We want to make it emerge and shape it in words that communicate ".

Chiara Zamboni, Female authority, male authority in philosophical work (1989)

  • Participation in the competition is free and open to young people between 18 and 30 years old.
  • It is possible to participate individually or in association (university group, association, group of video amateurs ...). In the case of participation in an associated form, at least three quarters of the members of the group must fall within the foreseen age range; each group must indicate a representative who will be the contact person for communications by the organization.

  • Unpublished videos made with any technique, recording tool and narrative typology, recorded internally or externally, are admitted to the competition.
  • Videos must feature original, non-copyrighted content.
  • For videos that portray identifiable faces (close-ups or recognizable people in general) it is necessary to sign the release (attached) to the subjects taken. In the case of minors, the release must be signed by both parents. In the absence of such releases, it will not be possible to admit the work to the competition. 
  • Only people who hold a public office or are known to the public can be filmed without release. 
  • In the event that the images refer to facts, events, ceremonies of public interest, it is also possible not to request the release from the subjects shot only in the event that the shots are general panoramic and do not focus on one or more specific people.
  • The music must be original, or in any case not covered by copyright.
  • The videos must be in Italian or subtitled in Italian.
  • At the beginning, the videos must contain the title and the name of the author or author.
  • In the end credits it is mandatory to mention the title of this competition
    I CAN - Getting out of violence: the power to generate freedom for oneself, for all and everyone
    (in the form that the author or author deems appropriate) and the following wording:
    Free to Be Project - Funded by the Department for Equal Opportunities of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers as part of the Notice for the financing of projects aimed at preventing and combating violence against women, also in implementation of the Istanbul Convention. 
  • The video, even in the form of video-selfie, must have a maximum duration of 2 minutes.
  • It is required that the work be made in full HD format or higher.

1. Upload the video to your YouTube channel in "Unlisted" or "Unlisted" mode.
2. Send an email to liberadiessere@direcontrolaviolenza.it with the YouTube link of your video, attaching the form of registration duly completed and signed and the releases of all subjects taken. 

  • Individual participation form, also including the release for the use of the video and the authorization to process personal data 
    or
  • Participation form in associated form, also including the release for the use of the video and the authorization to process personal data
  • Individual release for the photographed subjects, to be filled in and signed by each of the people who appear in the video.
    The announcement and its annexes are available on the site www.direcontrolaviolenza.it

The email containing the link to the video and the registration form must be sent in the manner described above no later than 24.00 on April 18, 2021 (extended delivery) penalty of exclusion from the selection. 

The time and day of arrival of the e-mail will be valid.

D.i.Re will appoint a Jury which will have the task of evaluating the videos. The Jury will draw up a ranking of the works and decide the winning video(s). The authors of the finalist videos will be contacted via e-mail or telephone and their names will be published on the website https://www.direcontrolaviolenza.it/.

The decisions of the jury, unappealable, will be made public on the day of the award ceremony.

If the Jury considers that no work presented is worthy of receiving an award, it can limit itself to a notification through its own means of communication.

The award ceremony will take place in Rome in May 2021, during the Free to Be Festival - if allowed by the Covid19 infection prevention measures - and will be screened as part of the RIFF Rome Independent Film Festival.

Travel and accommodation costs will be covered by D.i.Re.

The winning video will become part of the activities that D.i.Re carries out every year to promote that essential cultural change to combat and reduce violence against women.  

Wide visibility will be guaranteed to all the selected videos, through the distribution channels of D.i.Re and of the organizations that are part of the network.

The videos will be used in the social promotion campaign against violence against women by D.i.Re and will be made available to the 81 associated organizations for their dissemination and use as part of the prevention and awareness activities against violence against women.

  • The selected videos will be posted on the social channels and on the website of D.i.Re and the anti-violence centers belonging to the network.
  • The selected videos can be used during conferences and workshops relating to the topics covered by this competition.
  • These videos can also be used for projections open to the public, multimedia and web productions, as a corollary and completion of the activities related to the competition itself.
  • By participating in the competition, the competitors authorize for all legal purposes and irrevocably D.i.Re to use the videos made by them for participation in the competition free of charge I CAN - Getting out of violence: the power to generate freedom for oneself, for all and everyone. Authorization by the authors is granted free of charge and implies the waiver of any consideration, compensation, indemnity and property and / or moral right inherent in the projection of the videos (as per the signed release).

This document and its attachments are available on the website www.direcontrolaviolenza.it 

For information and / or clarifications, you can write an e-mail to: liberadiessere@direcontrolaviolenza.it

It is also considered appropriate to reiterate that:

  1. Participants must provide a valid and manned e-mail address, as subsequent communications will take place through this channel.
  2. D.i.Re assumes no responsibility for any delays / misunderstandings that affect the receipt of the work within the established times, however attributable to third parties, unforeseeable circumstances or force majeure, nor for the dispersion of communications due to inaccurate indications of the email address by the the competitor, or by failure or late communication of the change in the e-mail address indicated in the application.
  3. The declarations made by the candidates on the application form and related attachments constitute substitutive declarations pursuant to DPR 28.12.2000 n. 445.
  4. Candidates' attention is drawn to the criminal responsibilities they may face in the event of untruthful declarations, pursuant to art. 76 of Presidential Decree 28.12.2000, n. 445.
  5. D.i.Re may carry out checks on the veracity of the aforementioned substitute declarations, pursuant to the provisions of Articles 71 and 72 of Presidential Decree 445/2000.
  6. D.i.Re is the data controller  pursuant to the GDPR 2016/679

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PROJECT: FREE TO BE -
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AGAINST GENDER VIOLENCE

Funded by the Department for Equal Opportunities of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers as part of the Notice for the financing of projects aimed at preventing and combating violence against women, also in implementation of the Istanbul Convention.

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