Yorkshire Festival 2014
100 Days of Art & Culture
27 March – 6 July 2014
Festival Short Film Grants
Yorkshire Festival 2014 presents 100 days of world class music, dance, theatre, film, art,
sculpture and one or two art forms there probably isn’t a name for yet. The Festival spans
the county, engaging the widest possible audience, and welcoming the Grand Départ of the
Tour de France – the world’s largest annual sporting event and one of the most spectacular.
Yorkshire Festival is the first in the Tour de France’s 111 year history, the Tour has never
seen anything like it and we are celebrating the very best of Yorkshire creativity.
Brief:
To creatively document the experiences and reactions to the Festival programme, including
performances, screenings, participatory activities and exhibitions with a focus on the major
public commissions. To reflect the energy, passion and creative ambition of participants
and/or artists. To celebrate the programme and explore the potential legacy of this Festival –
its impact on those watching at the time, on those involved in making the work and its lasting
effects on how people in Yorkshire feel about the region and its creativity.
To do this by focussing on and exploring one of the following Festival themes:
Spirit of the Festival
True Grit
Be Part Of It
Your film should by underpinned by the Festival aspiration to provide World Class
experiences for a diverse audience, bringing people into a range of locations. It should
question and explore what the themes mean in the context of Yorkshire Festival, by inviting
reactions and comments from participants who have experienced the Festival and/or
artists/performers/producers involved in creating the work. Your film may choose to identify
and follow the journey of individual participants and performers or it may take a wider focus
of the subject matter. The films intend to celebrate the creativity of the Festival events with
balance and authenticity.
The films can also incorporate existing footage shot by the arts organisations delivering the
Festival but should aim to establish original footage that explores the work and the audience
afresh.
We are looking for films that use one story to tell 1000 similar stories / for films that celebrate
the positive impact of the Festival / and that imaginatively convey the energy of the Festival
using a dynamic, visually-led documentary style.
Aspirations
To reflect these curatorial aims:-
To bring people together in different ways to make original art together To bring together the public, early stage artists and world renowned artists
To push creative boundaries, inspire new collaborations and reach new audiences
To present iconic locations and hidden gems
To celebrate both rural and urban Yorkshire
To spotlight and celebrate creative and cultural Yorkshire
Requirements
Create a short film of a recommended length of 5-10 minutes.
To work with Yorkshire Festival’s Digital Producer to ensure legal compliancy (permissions
and rights) and to ensure correct crediting with Festival partners.
To reflect the variety of work, diversity of audience and range of geography that makes up
the Festival.
To reference at least two Festival’s major projects listed below and two other headline
events. To view the list of 47 headline events (which include the major commissions below)
please visit www.yorkshirefestival.co.uk
Thomas Houseago – Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle
Tour de Cinema – Sheffield docfest
Ghost Peloton – Phoenix Dance Theatre / NVA in partnership with Sustrans
Fields of Vision – Pennine Prospects
The Tour of Infinite Possibility – Hope & Social with Grassington Festival
Bike Story – 509 Arts
Hypervelocity – Kirklees Council
To work with the Digital Producer to identify the best spokespeople and participants from
amongst the project team and audiences.
To work independently but in liaison with the Digital Producer to ensure a co-ordinated
approach is taken with Festival events organisers and partners.
Target Audience:
These films should be designed for public audiences to view but they are primarily
evaluation tools helping us to tell the story of the Festival to partners, funders and other key
stakeholders. The primary language is English but we would be keen to explore sub-titling
for accessibility of deaf and hard of hearing audiences.
The films will be screened by Yorkshire Festival and Welcome to Yorkshire at presentations
about Yorkshire Festival and Yorkshire. They will be available to be shared with and
included on the websites of Yorkshire Festival, Welcome to Yorkshire, stakeholders, funders
and partners of Yorkshire Festival and the Y47 projects of the Festival.
Formats:
Formats to be proposed by the filmmakers – but a flexible, multi-platform approach is
recommended that allows for viewing on big screens and handheld devices. Final copies of the films to be supplied in High Definition as minimum.
Timescale: Filming to take place during May, June and the start of July 2014
Raw footage produced by event organisers will be available from events between April-July
to use and can be provided for use by arrangement with Yorkshire Festival.
Initial edit by Mon 28 July 2014
Final edit by 1st
September 2014
Grant Funding: £2,500
(No VAT is payable or applicable to this grant – All other VAT liabilities are responsibility of
recipient / company)
Next Steps
Please submit your proposal to Fran Graham, Yorkshire Festival c/o
fran@spaceacademy.co.uk.
Your proposal should include:
A brief paragraph describing why you would like to deliver this work
Creative outline / treatment in relation to your chosen theme including the aesthetic
approach
Identify and any supplementary events you wish to cover – focus on the 47 events –
look at the language on the website.
A simple project schedule and budget
Details of your team and why you/your team should be considered
Details of you/your company status and your registered address
Please supply links to two examples of relevant film work
Please supply the above on no more than 2 sides of A4
You might wish to tell us and how you will utilise this experience to expand your team’s
creative skills.
DEADLINE: 6pm Thursday 15 May 2014
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to meet the team and discuss their treatment in more
detail. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by Tuesday 20 May and must be available to
meet between Wed 21-Fri 23 May. We anticipate these projects will begin w/c 26 May 2014.
