Rencontres Audiovisuelles launched a call for participation at the end of 2024, open to international submissions, to professionals and students in cinema, animation, digital arts, graphic design, video games, etc. The candidates have been selected based on application files and have presented their work on the facade of the Palais des Beaux-Arts on the occasion of the Lille video mapping tour as part of the Video Mapping Festival #8.
A Jury made of professionals have awarded a Grand Prize, a Jury Special Mention, and the public has chosen an Audience Prize by SMS vote.
In addition to the 4 000€ grant for the creation, each winner (Grand Prize and Audience Prize) receives a second financial prize to propose a creation, one for the next edition of iMapp Bucharest (monetary prize offered by iMapp Bucharest), the other for the Lyon Festival of Lights (monetary prize of 4 000€ offered by Christie).
Discover the Prize List 2025 below!
The prizes are designed by ruestungsschmie.de and 3D printed by Future Campus Ruhr.
> More info about the Video Mapping Contest
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GRAND PRIZE
Concurrent n°2
Hans Bolz (Germany)
▶︎ oscillation. the sound of architecture.
This project explores how architecture can be experienced as music, guided by the principle “sound follows form”. The Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille is transformed into sound, with its Belle Époque rhythm and structure expressed through an arpeggio pattern echoing the era’s ornamental detail. Columns translate into string ostinatos, arches shape melodies, and the foundation resonates with deep tones. In the same way that past visions of progress fused tradition and innovation, this approach reimagines architecture as a dynamic, multi-sensory experience.
Direction and animation: Hans Bolz
Original music: Hans Bolz
AUDIENCE PRIZE
Concurrent n°3
Vali Chincișan (Romania)
▶︎ JAZZ
“The concept for JAZZ comes from my obsession with the junction of improvisation and structure in creative output. Matisse’s Jazz series has always captivated me especially for its simplicity and boldness, where vibrant colors and abstract forms combine in a way that feels both planned and easy. Jazz music’s improvisational quality reflects this harmony, and I find it to be a metaphor for the creative process itself: a dance between form and free expression.”
Direction: Vali Chincișan, assisted with Cristian Negoescu
Animation: Vali Chincișan
Original music: Alin Zăbrăuțeanu
JUY SPECIAL MENTION
Concurrent n°7
Anna Meldrāja – Pirate Pixie (Latvia)
▶︎ The Tale of Balance
The Tale of Balance is a fairy tale that aims to link two key issues: environmental destruction and low mental health/wellbeing. Both stem from our lost connection to nature. Everything in the nature is biologically connected, so why do we think we are not? We must remember we are part of the natural world, not its owners, and work to restore the balance not just in nature, but ourselves too. The tale will be used to create a sound design with lyrics, which will go together with the video mapping.
Direction and animation: Anna Meldrāja – Pirate Pixie
MOriginal music: Alvis Grigaļūns, Mārtiņš Jansons, Ieva Matveja, Anna Meldrāja, Paula Vītola
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Pre-selection Jury:
• Marko Bolković – director, Visualia Festival of Light (Croatia)
• Antoine Manier – director, Rencontres Audiovisuelles (France)
• Filip Roca – artist (Montenegro, Spain)
• Daniel Rossa – new media artist, Studio Rossa (Germany)
• Martina Stella – artist and researcher (Italy, France)
Jury:
• Ross Ashton – creative director, The Projection Studio (United Kingdom)
• Kristin McGuire – artist, Studio McGuire (United Kingdom)
• Tamás Vaspöri – CEO, Maxin10sity (Hungary)
