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© Robert Morin, Gus est encore dans l'armée, 1980

Program at RVQC
Les Vidéographes – Debut Works
Vidéographe 50 ans : D’hier à aujourd’hui

PROGRAMMING

April 28th - May 8th, 2021



Les Vidéographes – Debut Works

The Vidéographe collection is brimming over with debut works by artists, artisans, and artistic personalities who have enjoyed significant careers with different audiences. Here is a chance to revisit some of the debut works of artists who were the rising stars of their time.  

PROGRAM

Total duration: 75 min

  • Robert Morin, Gus est encore dans l’armée, Docufiction, 22 min, 1980 
  • Bélanger / Baillargeon, Les Galeries Wilderton, Fiction, 13 min, 1991
  • Rodrigue Jean, La mémoire de l’eau, Fiction, 12 min, 1996
  • Robin Aubert / Daniel Grenier, M comme maudit criss, Video Art, 3 min, 1999
  • Ricardo Trogi, OUCH!, Fiction, 8 min, 2000
  • Chloé Leriche, Fragments, ou, Lettre à un Allemand (dont je suis amoureuse en secret), Video Art, 8 min, 2003 
  • Anne Émond, Sophie Lavoie, Fiction, 9 min, 2009 

Vidéographe 50 ans : D’hier à aujourd’hui

Through extracts of works and the testimony of members of the team, the 50 years of Vidéographe will be evoked from its beginnings in 1971 to this day … A return on the history animated by the director Luc Bourdon in discussion with Jean-Pierre Masse (filmmaker and teacher), Pierre Hébert (filmmaker and member of the board of directors), Karine Boulanger (curator) and Denis Vaillancourt (distribution coordinator).

PROGRAM

  • Vidéographe, Entrée en scène, 1972
  • Vidéographe, L’Éditomètre, 1972
  • Vidéographe, Sélectovision, 1972

 

► Hosted by Luc Bourdon – Event broadcast on the Facebook page of Quebec Cinema.

 

BIOGRAPHY 

Luc Bourdon is an important figure in video art in Canada. Over a period of more than 25 years, he has created some 50 works in varying genres, including documentary, fiction, and experimental video. Many of these address art and culture – De la parole aux actes (2000), La grande bibliothèque (2005), Classes de maîtres (2008) – with an emphasis on history and memory. These themes lie at the heart of his first feature-length film, La mémoire des anges [The Memories of Angels], which he made at the NFB and for which he was awarded the Grand Prix Focus – Cinémathèque Québécoise for best Canadian feature-length film at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal in October 2008. His second feature-length film, La part du diable [The Devil’s Share] (2017), won the Award for Best Feature- or Medium-length Documentary at the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie.

© Charlotte Clermont, Plants Are Like People, 2018

Technical Support Program

Call for submissions

Deadline : March 1st, 2022



CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Deadline : March 1st, 2021

* New: 4 calls for submissions per year

Program description

The Technical Support Program is intended to support artists interested in experimentation and in pushing the boundaries of the moving image in all its forms.
This support can be used in the production phase of the project or in the post-production phase.

A total of 4 calls for submissions per year will be made, for which the following are the deadlines;

  • March 1st (for projects that will start between April and June)
  • June 1st (for projects that will start between July and September)
  • September 1st (for projects that will start between October and December)
  • December 1st (for projects that will start between January and March)

Please note that 2 projects per call for submissions will be selected.

Artists selected under this program have free access to:

  • Our editing suites, sound booth and digitizing equipment for a maximum of two weeks. These two weeks can be contiguous or spread over 3 months.
  • Free access to available equipment belonging to Vidéographe.
  • Two meetings with Vidéographe’s team to discuss the project and its circulation potential: one meeting at the start of the project in order to specify the needs and a second meeting at the end of the project.
  • The possibility of organizing a private screening at Vidéographe.

It is not necessary to be a member of Vidéographe to apply; however, should your proposal be accepted, we will ask that you become a member. Once you have signed the agreement, you will have three months to take advantage of the benefits that this program has to offer. Regular membership fees are $50 + tx per year and student membership fees are $25 + tx per year.

We are looking to support independent experimental or documentary works that stand apart for their currency and endeavour to renew the artistic language. We will accept proposals for single-channel video, installation, Web-based work, and all other forms of moving image. We consider all genres—video art, experimental work, fiction, documentary or essay form, animation, dance video, and videoclip. Please note that all works must be independent and non-commercial. Projects of a conventional nature, such as classic short narrative film or television documentary will not be considered.

Once your project is finished, you may submit it for active distribution by Vidéographe. Please note however that acceptance into the Technical Support Program does not guarantee that your work will be distributed.

Required

  • Candidates must possess full editorial and creative control of the project.
  • Projects must be independent and non-commercial.
  • Projects that have received support through this program may not be re-submitted.
  • Student projects are not admissible.
  • We encourage traditionally under-represented artists to submit a project. Vidéographe is driven by the conviction that multiple points of views are necessary to enrich society and the discipline we work in.

Selection process

Works will be chosen by a selection committee made up of Vidéographe staff and members.

Projects that are retained will be subject to a contractual agreement between the artist and Vidéographe. Schedules, revised budgets, and requirements regarding equipment, rooms, and technical support will be planned and clearly laid out, as will the terms and conditions relative to each party.

Application file:

  • Contact information and website if applicable
  • Project description (500 words)
  • Schedule; (Overall project timeline and detailed timeline for support for creation).
  • Technical needs; (Please consult our website for more details on our editing suites and equipment).
  • Resume.
  • Supporting documentation (current or past projects);
  • Maximum 10 minutes of video footage. Please send a link to your video(s). Do not forget to include the password if applicable; and/or maximum 15 images (max: 1024 px wide, 72 dpi); sketches, plans, and mock-ups may also be submitted in PDF format.

Submission of your file

Applications will be accepted by email only. An acknowledgment of receipt will be sent. Please write TECHNICAL SUPPORT PROGRAM in the subject heading of your email and send your file to info@videographe.org. Please send your file as a SINGLE PDF document (including links to videos). Files found in the text section of the email will not be taken into account.

Please allow three weeks for a response. Vidéographe chooses eight projects per year.