WHAT ARE THE VISIONADOS DE SOBREMESA?

Our After-lunch Portfolio Reviews consist on a meeting space between photographers and cultural operators. Over the course of the event, the authors of the selected projects will show their work before professionals of the field, who will offer guidance, constructive opinions and possible lines of development for each project.

The screenings form part of a collaborative network involving festivals, cultural centres, dissemination platforms and other spaces dedicated to contemporary photography. One of the participating projects will be selected as the winner and will then be included in the programme of the represented spaces.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

– Photographers of any nationality who have an on-going or finished project and are seeking guide and/or circulation possibilities for it.

– Anyone interested in seeing how professional portfolio reviews/screenings work and want to participate as an observer.

WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS CAN PARTICIPATE?

Photography projects either finished or in development, of any topic and approach.

HOW MANY PROJECTS PARTICIPATE?

The festival’s board, along with this edition’s cultural operators, will select a range of 5 to 10 projects, which will participate in the Visionados de Sobremesa and be eligible for the award of the same name.

WHAT ASPECTS WILL BE EVALUATED?

– Artistic quality and overall cohesion of the project

– Conceptual and formal clarity

– Development potential

– Variety of perspectives and approaches

WHAT DOES PARTICIPATION ENTAIL?

– Participation in a screening in Granada, with professionals from the field

– Personalised feedback and professional guidance

– Promotion of the project on the festival’s communication channels

– A one-night stay on the screening day

– The chance to win the Visionados de Sobremesa Award and/or reaching a collaboration agreement with one of the cultural operators

– A certificate of participation

WHAT’S THE PRIZE?

The cultural operators will collectively select a project to take part in the programme of their respective spaces, each of them within their line of work and their possibilities.

Collaboration can be carried out through exhibitions, workshops, publications, interventions, presentations or any other actions agreed between the parties, thus generating a collective itinerance that will expand the reach and the projection of the winning project.

Likewise, each cultural operator may establish individual collaborations with those projects considered of special interest.

Furthermore, each cultural operator may establish individual collaborations with projects they consider to be of particular interest.

WHO WILL ATTEND THE SCREENINGS?

Cultural operators from the art world (independent curators, festival or cultural institution directors, editors of specialized publishers and/or media, etc.).

The festival organisation is currently reaching agreements on new collaborations with cultural operators and spaces linked to contemporary photography. A list will be announced soon and may be expanded as new agreements and alliances are formalised.

HOW CAN I TAKE PART?

You can take part in the csreenings in two different ways: by submitting a project or by attending as an observer.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SHOWING YOUR PROJECT YOU MUST SUBMIT:

1. A project dossier in PDF format containing:

– A visual example of the project.

– Biography  of the author or group (max. 1000 characters, including spaces).

– Conceptual description of the project (max. 1500 characters, including spaces).

– Statement of authorship: guaranteeing the originality of the work and the ownership of all the rights.

2. Graphic material for promotion

Aside from the dossier, the candidates also need to send a selection of the project’s images so that they may be used in the communication and promotion of the festival.

– A minimum of 10 and maximum of 16 photographs.

– In .jpg format, sized 2000 pixels on the longest side.

– The images must be sent as individual files (not inserted in the PDF).

Both the DOSSIER and the GRAPHIC MATERIAL must be submitted in a single ZIP file (max. 20 Mb) via the form available on the festival website at the end of this page.

Deadline: 7 August 2026 at 23:59h

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING AS AN OBSERVER you must fill the sign-up form, attaching a motivation letter (max. 1000 characters) as a PDF document.

WHAT HAPPENS IF MY PROJECT GETS SELECTED?

– You will present your work in person during the screenings in Granada.

– You will take part in a unique encounter to build networks, interchange ideas and create new opportunities.

WHAT IF I SIGNED UP AS AN OBSERVER?

Once you sign up as an observer, the staff will consider your letter and get into touch with you to provide you with all necessary information.

The festival reserves the right to reject any applications that do not demonstrate sufficient and/or appropriate motivation to participate as an observer.

HOW DO WE HANDLE RIGHTS?

Authors retain full rights to their work. They will grant a licence to Pa-ta-ta Festival for exhibition and distribution rights. The festival may use images of the project for promotional purposes, always crediting the author, in this and future editions.

WHAT DOES PARTICIPATION ENTAIL?

Participation entails the full acceptance of these rules. Any unforeseen issue will be resolved by the organisation.

Here is the form for you to take part: