AV News 193 - August 2013
The 3rd Liliane Dorikens Prize 2013 & Belgian AV festivals
Maurice Dorikens MFIAP HonEFIAP
After the International Festival of Mechelen came to an end there was in
Flanders no real international festival until we had our three Flanders Image
Festivals (FIF2006, 2008 and 2010). These were festivals upon invitation and
with a jury to award a number of prizes. Parallel with these we had for more
than 15 years a DCB member contest. That developed into a well known national
event. It became known abroad and we had some requests to open it for
non-Belgians.
That ended in 2013 in the third Liliane Dorikens Prize
with a participation of Belgium, Netherlands, Great
Britain and France, totalling 74 entries. A national jury
had a 12 hours (non public) session to sort it out and to
award 10 prizes. A total of 25 sequences were accepted
(out of 74). The very severe selection was in part due
to the limited projection time for the gala, but mainly
because we wanted to set a high standard for future
events and to be on an international level (for eventually
maybe FIAP patronage - the selection for the 2013
festival was below FIAP acceptance recommendations
- the (un)famous 50% rule).
Never the less the results of the
festival were widely well
received and confirmed us in the
decision to set the same high
international standard for future
events.
The full results are shown on
www.avnews.org.uk with the
top awards listed below.
You will notice that quite some
excellent UK sequences were
among the prize-winners.
Since Belgians love English (and French) sequences and since we have no
language problems it is normal that the foreign entries are the overall winners
of the festival. Further more the English documentary-style is a guarantee for
success in Belgium. On the other hand the French production of essays is hard
to beat, so they end up high in the ranking. And the question of making a choice
between them is almost impossible and more a question of personal feelings.
So we tried to give a clear description for each of the prizes (and not just 'medal
of so and so'). We do not treat these as 'categories' because there will always
be one category more than those mentioned in the 'rules' (and the too-muchFrench-inspired FIAP entry form). By doing so we are not tied by strict ruling
but can approach this with an open mind.
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