Africa-Press – Angola. The Ensa-Arte Prize will incorporate, in the 2024 edition, the audio visual or cinema category, with a view to honoring and giving greater visibility to national promoters of this art, the president of the commission announced this Monday in Luanda Ensa executive, Mário Lemos.
This category, called “one-minute cinema”, will allow artists to demonstrate their cinematographic talent in just 60 seconds at most.
Speaking at a press conference, at the launch of the XVII edition of the Ensa-Arte Prize, Mário Lemos said that the audio visual category is part of the competition’s new features and will open a window of opportunities for cinematographic artists.
“Certainly, this category will reveal new trends and new talents”, said the person in charge, for whom the painting and sculpture categories remain in the competition.
The first prize is valued at six million kwanzas and the second at three million.
In turn, curator Miguel Gonçalves said that the works for the award, whose gala takes place in April 2024, can be delivered until January 12th.
The Ensa-Arte Prize is national in scope, with a biennial periodicity, having as its currents the creators of works of painting and sculpture that lead contemporary aesthetic trends in the aforementioned modalities.
The award began in 1991, with exhibitions and other events, with the aim of disseminating and promoting national culture.
In the last edition of the award, visual artists Simão André, Sebastião and Virgílio Pinheiro were distinguished, in the painting and sculpture categories, respectively. In the same edition, the special modality was “Ceramics”, with the artist Márcia António Simão being distinguished.
To organize this event, Ensa has the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the French Embassy in Angola and Alliance Française.
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