The Faculty of Visual Arts and the Cinema and Audiovisual Program at the Federal University of Pará (FAV/UFPA) have opened applications for the 4th edition of the NORTEAR Artistic Residency, held in partnership with the People’s Summit towards COP30. This edition features two calls: one aimed at artists and filmmakers, and another for members of organizations and movements of the Summit who wish to participate as protagonists in the documentaries. The final works may be showcased in art exhibitions, festivals, academic events, and circulate on digital platforms.
Applications for artists are open until October 22, to join the online presentation meeting through the link https://forms.gle/FwxS9EiqVqaqis4v9. Members of the Summit’s organizations and movements can already apply to share their testimonies, stories, struggles, and projects at https://forms.gle/cjjyQANp7NRvvaNS6
The NORTEAR Residency is a program that combines artistic creation, audiovisual production, and ethnographic research in the Amazon. This edition focuses on the production of audiovisual works with environmental and cultural themes, in shared creative processes with Indigenous peoples, quilombola communities, traditional populations, family farmers, urban workers, and environmentalists present at the People’s Summit towards COP30 in Belém.
According to FAV director, Professor Luiz Adriano Daminello, the initiative reinforces the university’s role in promoting artistic practices connected to the territory and Amazonian reality.
“The NORTEAR Residency is an opportunity for artists to engage with traditional knowledge and experiment with collective creation processes. It is also an invitation to think of art as a tool for listening and translating social and environmental struggles in the Amazon,” he says.
He also highlights the importance of the partnership with the People’s Summit.
“This dialogue with the Summit places the Residency within the context of an international meeting where the peoples of the Amazon will be the protagonists. It is a unique moment of exchange and affirmation of art’s role in the face of the climate emergency,” he affirms.
During the in-person filming, taking place November 12–16 during COP30, filmmakers will engage directly with participants of the People’s Summit, listening to their stories and struggles, projects, challenges, and achievements. Visits will also be made to traditional communities developing environmental and community projects in Belém and nearby islands.
Artists’ proposals must foresee a collaborative process and exchange of experiences with those present in the images. Any audiovisual language is allowed, such as fiction, documentary, video art, or experimental. Topics may address various aspects related to climate change and its effects on societies.
The audiovisual works will have shared copyright between filmmakers and participants, reinforcing the project’s collaborative nature.
The process will be divided into two stages:
· Online stage (October 27 – November 7): virtual meetings for creation, planning, and pre-production, with guidance from audiovisual professionals and dialogue with Summit participants.
· In-person stage (November 12–16): filming in Belém and nearby islands, during the People’s Summit – COP30.
If you are an artist, apply by October 22: https://forms.gle/FwxS9EiqVqaqis4v9
If you are a member of the People’s Summit, apply here: https://forms.gle/cjjyQANp7NRvvaNS6
For more information, contact suportenortear2025@gmail.com
