In 2012, in Poland and Ukraine the “European Football Championships” will be held showing once again how deeply rooted football (US- soccer) is in the contemporary society.

Cologne International Videoart Festival is looking for its nomadic festival project
CologneOFF (2011/2012) – videoart in a globale context
1 January 2011 – 31 December 2012

for experimental films and video art – dealing with
–> football (soccer) as an artistic topic,
–> the enthusiasm people all over the world is encouraging,
but also not to forget
–> phenomenons like hooligans, violence or drugs.

Football is a complex social phenomenon which is more than worth to be reflected in new forms of contemporary art.

CologneOFF is inviting film- and videomakers all over the world to contribute and submit experimental films and video art by using the entry form on – http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=3245

Deadline: 1 September 2011