Introduction:

 

Part 1

Since the end of the 19th century, cinema and the city have been intrinsically related to each other. Movies have been interested in the representation of places, lifestyles, and human conditions, on the other hand, the change in the society and lifestyle and all other aspects of daily life in the city had an expanded reflection on the movies. Indeed, movies can provide a comprehensive image of urban living, they confront us with hidden layers of the city, those which cannot be fully represented in any other way than moving pictures.
This competition seeks to straddle the border between the art of filmmaking and the built environment, to see how a novel narration of urban living can have consequences.
Architecture and movies – cinema intervened more after the technological inventions. Cinema became more inspiring and interesting for the architectural agenda. Movies are studied and analyzed more and more as this field grows. There is a growing scholarship in this field. The fusion of architecture and cinema depicts how these two art forms intervene in a subtle way. The essence of producing spaces in these eternalized worlds becomes more influential.

Part 2

Due to the ever-changing and dynamic nature of this information age, 2A Magazine like any other Avant-garde publication and media network has been driven to adjust itself to the Global changes and developments. “City – Architecture Movie Award” is initiated in order to further expand the scope of our activities, in a way that our audience and correspondents would have a more effective and attractive method of presentation to facilitate their better understanding of various dimensions of architecture. The addition of art of Movie Production to the art of architecture can help the better understanding of the true nature and characteristics of architecture, for instance, the realistic effect, aesthetic dimension, functional aspect of space, feeling the created sense of well-being, and making the presence of the human factor more evident. This award seeks to straddle the border between the art of movie-making and the built environment. There is a growing scholarship in this field. The fusion of architecture and cinema depicts how these two art forms intervene in a subtle way. The essence of producing spaces in these activities worlds becomes more influential. The award is a new architectural activity of 2A Magazine which acts internationally and works parallel with other activities of 2A Magazine and its awards.


Vision

 

The Vision and Positive Effects of Improving Inhabitat quality of life through Architecture and Urban Planning via 2A City – Architecture Movie Award

Observation and evaluation of the creative and thoughtful ideas alongside bringing two Arts of Architecture and Movie- Cinema together and presenting innovative architecture in 2A City- Architecture Movie Award. The urban design and architectural presentation by Movies have a unique sensibility in regards to the recognition of the projects, on the other hand, architectural movies also reflect many various artistic and aesthetic aspects of architecture. because it has some plausible advantages in its type of presentation.

2ACAMA has also the following effects:

– Offering you types of lifestyle and viewpoints toward a better life.
– Encouraging people and professionals to better understand and respond to environmental and humanistic needs while designing a living space in their cities.
– Recognition of the required spaces in accordance with the mentality of different people and creating the culture of constructing these spaces.
– Generating the mindset of interaction and unity among a society to achieve the good for living spaces.
– Making the comfort and prosperity of people in their living spaces and cities the priority, which would accommodate and respect all civil rights of its people which is costumery in all advance cities and communities.

 

Viewpoints

 

01 Presenting the artistic and Architectural Innovation in the city

The movie could be the witness of all the evolutions and all the creative works which are done in the city. However, creativity evolves in a way that we have never seen before. The cinema does not give a name to this world as social sciences do, but it shows us beyond the “named” world. Representations of public everyday space contain historical narratives, and finding the underrepresented ones gives us a more inclusive socio-historical understanding of a city’s environment. The conditions of the postmodern city complicate the legibility of these narratives. When the moving image came to prominence at the beginning of the 20th century, the understanding of architectural and urban space and our connection to it was transformed by film’s capacity to trace the spatial dimension and shifting points of view in architecture and design. Sample Issues: Creative Architecture, Facades, Graffiti and Street Arts, Architecture for Urban Living.

02 Promotion of Better Living Conditions for Inhabitants

movies can deal with urban living and explore, in one way or another, how cities are not necessarily designed for people. Quite the opposite, in fact, they demonstrate how our urban environments often dehumanize us. Are we thriving in our cities, or simply surviving in them? Films can examine what makes a city home or a hell for a human. Some of us are enchanted by the excitement, culture and buzz of urban living, and some of us want to run for the hills. Films also can take us on that worldwide trip, looking at the human need for intimacy and inclusion, and exploring how cities might be built to better serve the lives of the people who live in them. Sample Issues: Livable Cities, Women and City, City for Disabled, City for Children.

03 Facilitate Interaction Among the Members of Society

Movies and cities are alike in one specific way that they can provide a means for members of society to interact with each other. Through films different groups of people can hear other people’s voices, they can be informed of what they think about. In other hand, daily life in city is the basic way for citizens to make their daily interaction with the world beyond their own homes, Creative cities provide more of the places with interaction facilities

04 Creative and esthetic Atmosphere

In urban life creative and esthetic Atmosphere combines with rhythm into the elements of the city which are streets, houses, cinemas, shopping malls, transportation systems. The circulation in space is combined by these elements through movement. In architecture movement and rhythm can be gathered by texture, light, proportion, scale or color. The main theme movement also has its existence with users and other incomes like nature. While living in a city the acts which cannot be separated like fears, desires, and attractions, ambitions, combine with urbanism. These acts also depend on time and picture the experience of spaces so on cities. Sample Issues: City for artists, artistic agencies in urban living,

05 Promote and Re-affirm Social and Cultural Roots and Identity (Sense of Belonging)

One of the main novelties about film had been the fact that it was apparently able to capture the roots and identity through time. In doing so, it depicted movement as it spread-out. By depicting various kinds of transfer, passage, shift or interchange, film became involved in the exploration of space in its cultural context. With movies, the representation of the special breath of life that goes through all of us from the moment we are born until the last of our traces are preserved for another person’s memory. Sample Issues: modern urban monuments


Categories:

Narrative


  1. A storyline with an emphasis on a compelling work of architecture with the social, cultural, economical, humanitarian, and geographical spheres of influence and the use of modern technology to design cities.
  2. City life (behavior) from the perspectives of adaptability, Structural sustainability, economic prosperity, environmental friendliness, supportiveness of human (citizen’s) rights, urban management, safety, education, innovation and creativity, and other significant evaluative
    characteristics of city life.
  3. City Life (behavior) from the cultural and social perspective.

Documentary


Documentaries about the lives and works of architects, urban planners, social researchers, and theoreticians in relation to architecture.

Promotional, Commercial, and Marketing


  1. Built Projects
  2. Concept Projects [3D Presentation- Animation]

Animation, Video games, VR, and AR


Note: There is no limit on the number of movies that can be submitted.

Types for Submission:

Short Movies: Up to 420 seconds (7 minutes)

Movies: Over 420 Seconds

Judgment Criteria

 

1- Architectural Significance

 

Quality, Creativity, Innovation, and Originality of:

• Diversity of Design Ideologies and Methodologies
• Cultural diversity – definition
• Social Responsibility & Urban Connectivity
• Social Sensitivity
• Contextual Analysis
• Conceptualization and design
• Advanced Technologies
• Sense of place and ecology
• Relationship between architecture and the movie industry (Architect, Urban Designer, and Director)
• Sensing the Economical Condition of the City and Offering solutions.
• Create multi-layers unity: intellectual, cultural, humanistic, and spiritual.

 

2- Movie Significance

 

Technical & Aesthetic Aspects and the Quality of the Movies

• Visual Creativity
• Cinematography
• Music, Sound Design and Soundtrack
• Editing
• Composition Skills
Note: In accordance with the regulation of the award’s organization in regards to the judicial process, the categories will be made [After the submissions] If the organizer and jury members decide that it is needed.

 

Rules, Conditions, and the procedure of the 2A City- Architecture Movie Award

 

  • A movie is defined as an original motion picture that has a running time of the given period, including all credits.
  • This excludes from consideration such works as:
    A. Previews and advertising films
    B. Sequences from feature-length films, such as credit sequences.
    C. Part of a long movie shortened to qualify under any of the categories will not be considered.
  • All content used in the movie, including videography, write-up, script, depiction, music, graphics, photographs, images, screenplay, sound records, background scores, animation, titles, subtitles, and all other literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic work or any other copyright material therein, should be original and belong to the Participant or licensed to Participant under a valid license.
  • 2A expressly disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any unauthorized inclusion of any copyrighted content or materials within or relating to the submission, including any content or materials that are or may become the basis for any third-party claims for copyright infringement.
  • 2A reserves the right to disqualify any film with any unauthorized inclusion of copyrighted content or materials. In the event that any claim, dispute, action, or proceeding shall be brought or asserted by any person or entity that alleges that the film makes unauthorized or unlawful use of any copyrighted content or material, the Participant shall fully indemnify and defend 2A and each of their representatives and affiliates from any liability in connection therewith.
  • The Participant has obtained all necessary licenses, permissions, certifications, and authorizations, and has complied with all applicable laws necessary for participating in 2ACAMA.
  • All submissions along with the soundtrack can be used by 2A and its Title sponsor, Media Partners & subsidiaries and can be played and heard on platforms of their choice.
  • 2A reserves the right to withdraw or alter the terms of 2ACAMA without prior notice. No correspondence in this regard shall be entertained. All changes shall be posted on the website. It is the responsibility of the Participants to keep themselves informed as to any changes to the Rules and Regulations of 2ACAMA.
  • This award is open to anyone, in particular, Architects and Directors (who have to have permission from the side of the film producer)
  • All entries and their content must be original and be authored by one individual/group.

Note1: English is the official language of this award.

Note2: 2A Magazine [as organizer] is not responsible for the content of the ideas presented in 2A City-Architecture Movie Award. The participants are solely responsible.
The architects, directors, filmmakers, and producers are responsible for the movie’s content and ideas, pictures, recording & shooting, and all the other parameters.
The architects, directors, and filmmakers of the awards’ participants are responsible for the movie’s content and ideas, pictures, recording & shooting, and all the other parameters.

By submitting your Movie to the award website [www.2aincorp.com] you will give us (2A Magazine) the permission to share your movie on our website and the award ceremony, on the other hand, All the information on the Movie submitted to 2ACAMA has been provided by the competitors (Designer and Director) and they are the copyright holder in this regard.

Note: All the information submitted to the magazine has been provided by the competitors or designers, hence the responsibility of the third-party liability lies with the competitors.

Entry Eligibility

 

  • This award is open to anyone, in particular, Architects and Directors (who have to have permission from the side of the film producer)
  • All entries and their content must be original and be authored by one individual/group.

Note 1: English is the official language of this award.
Note 2: 2A Magazine [as organizer] is not responsible for the content of the ideas presented in 2A City-Architecture Movie Award. The participants are solely responsible.
The architects, directors, filmmakers, and producers are responsible for the movie’s content and ideas, pictures, recording & shooting, and all the other parameters.
The architects, directors, and filmmakers of the awards’ participants are responsible for the movie’s content and ideas, pictures, recording & shooting, and all the other parameters.

Registration

 

Each applicant is allowed to register more than once in each category.
Registration for the award can be done online.

No limitation on the file’s size, and uploading.

Registration fee (each movie): €89

Open For: 15 June – 15 August 2022

Register Now

Prizes

• The top two winners in each category will be awarded the certificate and trophy in the award ceremony in Dubai.

Note: Two persons will be invited and hosted by each participant to the award ceremony

Copyright Policy

By submitting your Movie to the award website [www.2aincorp.com] you will give us (2A Magazine) the permission to share your movie on our website and the award ceremony, on the other hand, All the information on the Movie submitted to 2ACAMA has been provided by the competitors (Designer and Director) and they are the copyright holder in this regard.

Note: All the information submitted to the magazine has been provided by the competitors or designers, hence the responsibility of the third-party liability lies with the competitors.