CODEC: Communicating by the use of code units and changing information, you have access to it by the sense of hearing or through sight.

CODEC: It is the acronym for coder / decoder that allows synchronization of video and audio file or you can combine both.

CÓDEC it´s one that approaches, moves, transforms, experience, reflect, transmit, triggers emotions, experiences, world views, criticism of the medium itself, inspires, fragmented, defragments, exalts, irritates, creates, exposes, interacts proposes intervenes, works , dialogues, imagine, fracture, operated, installed, planned, focused, reasoning, questioning, tells, encoding, decoding, notes, recognizes mixture comprises, sync, express and disseminate the moving image and sound in its various manifestations. Synthesizes and articulates expressive codes from various visual and sound fields which mainly explores the creation of new forms of narrative and visual language.

Influence, move and interact in the urban setting is important for us as we converge on the perception of the subject and the combined visual experience from the world of artistic representation and the facts of everyday life.

The Festival celebrate his second edition from 7 to 10 December 2016 , in the heart of México City. We are a festival / independent shows that self-manages and reflects on the video and sound in its various forms for social transformation and the community. We seek to create a space where the work of filmmakers, video artists and people interested in visual creation and exploration of sound parameters promote both emerging and established artists, from any discipline. We establish direct community between artists and the public, fostering the exchange of theuse of analog and digital media, being a non-profit project with the intention of spreading the arts for free.

Rules & Terms
We call on all independent filmmakers from all disciplines and experience, nation wide and internationally to participate in the second edition of CÓDEC from 7 to 10 December 2016 in Mexico City. The delivery of the work will be done after the publication of this call and it ends on July 31 2016.

You may participate in one or three pieces of video with a maximum duration of 15 minutes, including the credits. Except for the documentary Experimental Film , there is non lenght limit.

The participating categories are: Video Art, Experimental Video, Video Performance, Video Poetry, Videodance,found Footage and Documentary film Experimental (Categories are not competitive )
* Free theme selection.
* Projects from the year of 2014 and onwards may be received.
* Only .MOV H.264 .MP4formats are accepted.
* All participants must include a download link in the format of digital display through Vimeo, WeTransfer, Yousendit.com, or among other.
* The works must be spoken or subtitled in Spanish.
* The authors are responsible for the rights of their work.
* The selection of the videos will be made by the team of CÓDEC Festival, which will be published at the end of the call.
* Those selected will be notified by email and through social networks.
* No material will be returned.
* CÓDEC may display the selected video fragments for their different social media sites.
* CODEC don´t pay screening fees.
* Recognition of the selected artists will be given and they will be screened at the festival’s exhibitions in both the interior of the Republic.
* CÓDEC Festival of Film and Sound Creations is a non-profit festival so the organizers do not bear the costs there will be. The costs will be generated by the participation of the artists.