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Micro-Documentary Competition: The Faces of Exclusion

In an effort to expand traditional social and economic research techniques and recognizing that the use of audiovisual technologies and documentary films is a powerful tool to stimulate reflection on our society, the Inter-American Development Bank is inviting audiovisual producers from its member countries to present entries in the micro-documentary competition The Faces of Exclusion.

The organisers are looking for creative films that "document real persons and situations"; reportage and abstract or artists' films are not accepted. Submissions must be between two and five minutes in length, and take place in the IDB Member countries: Argentina, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Seven films - one in each category - will be awarded a cash prize of US$1500.

For full details of the rules and regulations, visit the competition website: www.iadb.org

The competition runs under several categories:

  1. Lack of Access to Basic Services
  2. Lack of Access to Institutions
  3. Lack of Identity Documents
  4. Exclusion from the Labour Market
  5. Social Inclusion Programs and Policies
  6. Alternative Systems of Social and Political Representation
  7. Substitutes for the Established Social Order
Interested parties must register by 28th February 2007. This can be done prior to beginning production on the film.

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