7º Festival Internacional de Videodança do RS – FIVRS 2026
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Submissions until June 12, 2026
This call for proposals aims to select videodance – in its broad spectrum of audiovisual coverage – for the 7th International Videodance Festival of RS – FIVRS 2026, an event held by the Postgraduate Program Master in Arts (PPGArtes) and Dance Course, from the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), and by the Ecarta Foundation.
CONDITIONS TO PARTICIPATE
Free registration;
Over 18 years old, of any nationality;
Each participant will be able to register ONLY ONE videodance;
Videodances performed in groups or by collectives must be registered by a single person, who will be the responsible for the registration;
Productions completed from 2024;
Productions that are considered harmful to human rights will be disqualified in advance;
Each proponent is responsible for the rights regarding the soundtrack and the images of the submitted video dances;
There will be no prizes:
The submission act authorizes the use of videodance for the purpose of disclosure of the FIVRS
The submission act authorizes the videodance to become part of the FIVRS video library;
The act of submission authorizes the videodance to be shown in FIVRS exhibition, in Brazil and abroad, for cultural, artistic and educational purposes, and for non-profit purposes;
VIDEODANCE CHARACTERISTICS
Free theme;
The videos must be short – maximum duration of 10 (ten) minutes, including credits;
Assistive features – audio description, subtitles, sign language – not required but will be appreciated;
Presentation in any of the currently used standard extensions (AVI, MOV, WMV, MP4, etc), with a minimum resolution of 720p (HD) – suggested ideal 1920x1980p or at least 1280x720p.
Submission via a link that allows the file to be downloaded.
SELECTION
The selection will be carried out by an invited international committee;
The list of selected videodances will be released on July 01, 2026, on the institutional pages of FIVRS, PPGArtes UFPel and ECARTA, as well as on their social networks
SUBMISSIONS
The submissions must be done until June 12, 2026, through google form: https://forms.gle/eN1XMGVmFZBayu3L7
CONTACT: fivrs.festival.2026@gmail.com
TIMELINE
May 12, 2026 — Call for entries published
May 12 to June 12, 2026 — Submission of video dances
July 1, 2026 — Selection results announced
July 7 to August 9, 2026 — Screening at ECARTA – Porto Alegre, RS
July 7 to August 9, 2026 — Screening on the FIVRS YouTube channel
ORGANIZATION
Directors
Carmen Anita Hoffmann – UFPel
Rosângela Fachel – UFPel
Organizing committee
Carmen Anita Hoffmann – UFPel
Rosângela Fachel – UFPel
Mônica Fagundes Dantas – UFRGS
Ana Sedeño-Valdellós – Universidad de Málaga
Carlise Scalamato – UFSM
Rebeca Recuero – UFPel
Luana Echevengua Arrieche – IFSul
Hamilton Bittencourt – UFPel
Pedro Tavares Filho – UFPel
Larissa Schip – UFPel
Marcos Júlio Fuhr – Fundação ECARTA
André Venzon – Fundação ECARTA
Valéria Ochôa – Fundação ECARTA
Stela Pastore – Fundação ECARTA
Elisabete Crucillo – Fundação ECARTA