THE LOOP FESTIVAL Barcelona, Spain / May 20 - 21, 2011 FESTIVALS SPEAKER'S CORNER In order to create a dynamic framework, the format of participation of the invited festivals is the Pecha-Kucha: a succinct and concise presentation based on video, pictures or performance, lasting 6.40 minutes. During this time, each festival will explore summarily a question, issue or strategy they are concerned by, thus creating a forum to debate and exchange common experiencies. A meeting place to share, make new alliances and make diffusion of the work of national and international festivals, but also a site to reflect and discuss on the structures, devices and needs of the festivals. PARTICIPANT FESTIVALS L’Alternativa. Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona (Barcelona) http://alternativa.cccb.org BANG Festival. Festival de Videoarte de Barcelona (Barcelona) www.bang-festival.com Courtisane Festival. Film, Video en Mediakunst (Ghent) http://www.courtisane.be Impakt Festival (Utrecht) http://www.impakt.nl/ Ingràvid. Festival ed Cultura Contemporánea del Empordà (Figueres) http://www.festivalingravid.com Instants Vidéos (Marseille) http://www.instantsvideo.com Festival des Cinémas Différents (Paris) http://www.cjcinema.org Media Façades Festival (Europa) http://www.mediafacades.eu Óptica Festival. The Visual Way of Life (Gijón) http://www.opticafestival.com RIAM08. Les Rencontres Internationales des Arts Multimédias (Marseille) http://riam.info Festival VAD. Festival Internacional de Vídeo i Arts Digitals (Girona) http://www.vadfestival.net/ Videoformes. Art vidéo et Cultures Numériques (Clermont-Ferrand) http://www.videoformes-fest.com Videonale (Bonn) http://www.videonale.org Videoholica. International Video Art Festival (Varna) http://www.videoholica.org