Announcement of the 2nd Student Competition on:

"Stories to be heard!" 2024-2025

[approval of the Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports, Pr. No.: F.3/122504/ΓΔ4/30-10-2023]

The Chania
Film FestivalCo-organized, with the cooperation and support
ofOf the Directorate of Primary Education of
ChaniaThe Directorate of Secondary Education of Chania

organizes the 2nd Student Competition on the subject:

"Stories to be heard!" 2024-2025

The Competition is addressed to students of Primary Schools (grades C to F), Gymnasiums and Lyceums of Greece, public and private (school classes with the respective teacher or individual students).

See all the information about the competition and register until Friday 31-1-2025 at:

https://chaniafilmfestival.com/pmdia/

https://shorturl.at/Ib2Eh

 

Basic idea of the Competition

The tendency to perceive the world through stories is clearly widespread in different cultures and historical periods, characterizing almost all areas of human perception, communication and creation. So many human stories evolve every day... ours, our friends, our relatives, people we don't know.
But we also hear stories about the past, about what went through and fit in our memories.
The recording, promotion and publication of stories gives a voice to each and every one of them to save his/her stories, to make them "common property", to give them value by contributing to individual and collective memory. Because everyone's stories contribute to our common history!
The recording of stories can be done by utilizing a variety of audiovisual media, giving the opportunity to cultivate skills in the production of sound, visual and audiovisual creations

 

Purpose of the Competition

Students to implement digital, audio and / or audiovisual recordings of stories on proposed topics, referring to the community they live and act, as important elements of understanding their collectives, their multiple identities, the past and the present that unites them.

 

Objectives of the Competition

The students
a/ acquire knowledge and skills for the production of an audio and/or audiovisual creation (use of tools, acquaintance and familiarity with codes of oral narration and recording/videography, audiovisual literacy),
b/ acquire skills in creating and recording stories with creative characteristics, on the occasion of a topic (cultivation of storytelling techniques and their application),
c/ to utilize digital recording of stories for the expression and understanding of emotions (emotional education),
d/ to make use of their own stock of knowledge and experience,
e/ feel part of a community of storytellers/researchers/creators of oral histories,
f/ to deal with and highlight aspects of the intangible cultural heritage of their place.

 

Implementation steps-Timetable

January 2025 Registrations.
January - February 2025
Theme selection, research, selection of narrator(s), implementation of audiovisual familiarization activities, project design.
February - March 2025 Interviewing students, curating and completing audio and/or audiovisual creation.
April 2025 Posting of files (completed project) on an electronic platform.
May 2025 Evaluation of deliverables - Announcement of awards.

 

Registrations


https://shorturl.at/Ib2Eh

 

Topics of the Competition:

• Stories about the school (stories about the school building, the classroom, the schoolyard, classmates, lessons, textbooks, school objects, school trips... every story of school life...)
• Stories about gifts (stories about gifts we received, that we gave, that we would like to give, that we would like to receive, that we didn't have time to give...)
• Stories about friends (stories about groups that we will remember forever, stories about the actions of a group of friends in the neighborhood, at school, in the community, stories about groups that were lost in time...)
• Stories from life (stories that have been imprinted on the narrator from his life. Occupation, immigration, work...)
• Nutrition stories

* In the role of storyteller can be students, teachers, parents and relatives of students, members of the wider community.

 

Deliverables:

Deliverables are the audio and/or audiovisual creations of the students. The completed works are posted on the organizer's platform in mp3, mp4 files and an accompanying file regarding the identity of the project (in word -.doc or .docx file), according to the Competition template.
The duration of each recording should not exceed 30 minutes.

The criteria/indicators for the evaluation of the delivered audio and audiovisual recordings of the Student Competition are:

● CONTENT
Originality of the subject and organization of the narrative (ability to create
audio or audiovisual messages and knowledge of the subject - balance,
integration, clarity)

● COMMUNICATION SKILLS/CULTURAL CODES
The originality and attractiveness of the plot/narrative (the narrative
elements: setting, heroes, unexpected episodes-twists, solution-surprise,
symbols, humor, dialogues, creation of impressions and emotions).

● TECHNICAL SKILLS/CODES
The extent to which the capabilities/tools of the instrument of recording the
History

● FUNCTIONALITY
Technical excellence in the presentation of the audio or audiovisual
(aesthetic impression, gimmicks/effects, visual surprises, titles and
subtitles, soundtrack – linking image and music-sounds-dialogues).

● RESEARCH PROCESSES
The degree of initiation/involvement of students in research processes (as reflected in the delivered product).

 

The awards

The following awards are awarded: (for each type of school separately – Primary, Junior High School, High School)

The awards will be commemorative diplomas and books from the publications of the Chania Film Festival

1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize for recorded history
1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize for video history

For the school class, student group - Primary and Junior High School - who will win the 1st Prize in each category, one (1) two-day hospitality will be given (in the case of a school class or student group with a public draw), at the 13th Chania Film Festival [for 2 people, student and escort].
For the school class, student group or high school student, who will win the 1st Prize in each category, one (1) full FREE scholarship will be given (in the case of a school class or student group with a public draw) at the 4th Summer School of the Chania Film Festival in July 2025 [https://summercamp.chaniafilmfestival.com/].
See all the information about the competition and register here.
Registration: www.chaniafilmfestival.com
Contact – Information: [email protected]