The Seoul International NewMedia Festival (NeMaf) was launched by an alternative visual culture group - iGong - in 2000. It has founded and showcased more than 2,000 media-based works and discovered 1,000 upcoming artists.
Organizer: iGong: Alternative Visual Culture Factory
NeMaf 2019 is no longer accepting submissions. Written below are instructions for 2020 submissions.
Eligibility
Media-based works completed after January 2018, which show alternative, experimental and creative insight in themes and forms.
For the exhibition section, we accept the works created by the artists who reside in South Korea.
Category
Screening: Any form of media-based works available for screening including alternative fiction film, visual film (single-channel video art, animation etc.), dance film, found-footage film, essay, documenatry, and so on.
Exhibition: Any form of media-based works available for exhibition including media performance, media art, net-art, sound and multi-channel video, robotic art, VR (virtual reality) created by the artists who reside in South Korea (*The artist is responsible for the installation and de-installation for the eworks for exhibition.)
How to Submit
You can submit your work using either of the following submission platforms.
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Submission Deadline
TBD
Submission Materials
Completed entry form
Artist’s photo (300 dpi or higher resolution)
Still cuts of the work (two or more different cuts, 300 dpi or higher resolution)
Announcement of Result
Results will be announced at our website in June 2020.
Selection & Awards
If your work is selected for NeMaf 2020, it could be shown either at ‘Glocal Propose’, ‘Glocal Panorama’, or other special sections of the 20th NeMaF. The NeMaF Program Committee will decide which section it will be shown in, and inform you.
If your work is selected for ‘Golcal Propose’ section, it is eligible to win the following prizes, which are worth approximately 10 million KRW in total.
Screening: Best Propose, Korean Propose, iGong Award for best emerging artist, and Audience Propose
Exhibition: Best Propose, iGong Award for best emerging artist, and Audience Propose
Please Note
The work must be subtitled in English or Korean unless the dialogue is in Korean or English.
