U.Frame, International Academic Video Festival, is an initiative of the undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences of the University of Porto (Portugal), aimed at taking advantage of its infrastructures and technical and human resources. At the same time, and in association with the University of Coruna (Spain) and the University of Texas (USA), the Festival intends to build a bridge between different audiovisual and multimedia degrees worldwide, in an effort to stimulate the creativity of university students.
U.FRAME’S KEY GOALS ARE THE FOLLOWING:
- visibility: endorse and publicise the best productions accomplished in an academic setting and based on audiovisual (and multimedia) training;
- creativity: stimulate creative energies and originality in the production of students’ first works;
- to reward:to award prizes to the best works
- to share: to exchange experiences between higher education institutions and students, boosting the creation of social networks;
- experimentation: to stimulate new narrative forms, languages and new supports for the creation of audiovisual content: light media and second life;
- training: to hold workshops, demonstration actions and master classes, encouraging contacts and proximity between the participants and professionals in this field, and stimulate the exchange of ideas, experiences and work methods;
- socialization: to promote contact with cultural and musical events through Night Frame.