TRANSFER Architecture Video Award 2021

Purpose
The TRANSFER Architecture Video Award is an independent award, launched in 2019, to recognise the most creative and innovative short films in the field of architecture, city or landscape worldwide. The 2019 edition of the award attracted the participation of over 300 videos from more than 50 countries. Video is becoming increasingly instrumental in analysing architecture and the human environment, and is directly related to the digital networks that underpin contemporary communication. With the TRANSFER Architecture Video Award, we aim to highlight the contributions that best represent new means of knowledge and analysis of architecture using video as a support.

Criteria
Short films must contribute to exploring innovative ways of analysing and experiencing architecture, city or landscape, demonstrate the relevance of the topic and its social impact, and possess a high standard of production. Short films must have a maximum duration of five minutes and must have been produced within the past three years (2019–21).

Participants
The award is global in scope and open to filmmakers, architects, artists, photographers or any individual or group whose video work is related to architecture, city or landscape.

Jury
Giovanna Borasi, Director, Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal
Alejandra Celedón, Professor, Head Master Architecture, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago de Chile
Josep Ferrando, Principal, Josep Ferrando Architecture, Director ETSA La Salle-URL, Director Centre Obert d’Arquitectura, Barcelona
Fabrizio Gallanti, Director, Arc en Rêve, Bordeaux
Christophe Girot, Professor for Landscape Architecture, ETH Zurich
Daniel Kötter, filmmaker, Berlin
Rahul Mehrotra, Principal, RMA architects, Mumbai-Boston, Professor and Chair Department Urban Planning, Harvard GSD
Isabel Concheiro, Editor in chief, TRANSFER
Helen van Vemde, Founder, Sotto Voce Fondation

Award
The award-winner and honourable mentions will receive a TRANSFER Architecture Video Award 2021 certificate. They will be published on the TRANSFER Global Architecture Platform and be presented in a public event in fall 2021.

Calendar
Call for submissions: April 1, 2021
Submission deadline: July 1, 2021
Announcement of the finalists: October 2021
Award ceremony: November 2021

Submission
Entries will be submitted exclusively online to: www.transfer-arch.com/video-award-submission

Submission documents: original short film, full HD, 1920x1080, MP4, title and description, author’s contact details. Each participant can submit a maximum of two videos.

Submission fee: 50 EUR

Participation terms
Please see the TRANSFER Architecture Video Award 2021 brief here.

Supported by
Sotto Voce Foundation
Joint Master of Architecture

Media partners
ArchDaily / Architecture Film Festival London / Architecture Player / Architexturez