Colombia. Señal Colombia invites content creators, whether they are production houses or individuals, to put their creativity and production capacity to bring to the screen of the channel non-fiction television series of 5 production calls and a call for development.
For 2016 there are three challenges. The first from Señal Colombia is to continue offering cultural and educational content of the best quality, and choose the best producers in the audiovisual industry. The second of them is for producers, where we will look for the best in the audiovisual industry so that their content reaches the screens of the channel. Finally, a joint challenge is that Colombians receive the best content on the screen of Señal Colombia and know the multiple points of view in search of strengthening the construction of identity as a country.
Great inventions
Type: production call
Opening: May 31, 2016
Closing: July 8, 2016
Number of products: 8 chapters
Duration of each chapter: 25 minutes
Invitation number: IA-12-2016
Theme: In universal history we have had inventions that have marked milestones for humanity and when they arrived in the country they have been appropriated, transformed, developed and adapted according to the needs of Colombians. With this perspective, Señal Colombia convenes a series on great inventions of humanity and their appropriation and impact on the lives of Colombians. Proponents should explore and discover for the audience a television format that develops this theme with a look, approach or approach to the subject that is novel, revealing and suggestive.
Art, reconciliation and peace
Type: production call
Opening: May 27, 2016
Closing: July 7, 2016
Number of products: 2 projects with 3 chapters each and a unitary documentary
Duration of each chapter: Chapters of 25 minutes and unit of 72 minutes
Invitation number: IA-11-2016
Theme: This call seeks for the viewer to know the various ways in which art gives an account of the Colombian conflict, to reflect on how it has transformed art, its functions and its creators and to analyze how various asrtistic propuetas seek to contribute to the processes of reconciliation and peace in which Colombia finds itself.
Regional miniseries 'Colombia from within'
Type: production call
Opening: May 23, 2016
Closing: June 23, 2016
Number of products: Five chapters
Duration of each chapter: 25 minutes
Invitation number: IA-09-2016
Theme: Miniseries of 5 chapters where the regions of the country tell us their stories that will be part of the regional series "Colombia from within", which has existed since 2009 and has 120 chapters produced in Atlántico, Magdalena, Nariño, Tolima, Santander, Huila, Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Eje Cafetero. In this category, natural persons and/or legal persons and/or consortia or temporary unions that are not domiciled in Bogotá D.C may participate.
How much does it cost to eat?
Type: call for development (See explanation)
Opening: May 23, 2016
Closing: June 24, 2016
Number of products: Thirteen investigations and thirteen scripts for a television series
Duration of each chapter: 25 minutes
Invitation number: IA-08-2016
Theme: For humans, eating is no longer an exclusive subsistence activity. Food has become an industry that satisfies wants and impulses, rather than needs. "How much does it cost to eat" is a series that will allow us to know the process of food production and consumption in Colombia, and the costs that this represents from economic, social, environmental, physiological, psychological, ethical, cultural and political perspectives.
Ethnic series
Type: production call
Opening: May 5, 2016
Closing: June 13, 2016
Number of products: Five chapters
Duration of each chapter: 25 minutes
Invitation number: IA-07-2016
Theme: The purpose of this call is for ethnic communities to be the ones who tell their stories, express their perceptions and points of view of their socio-cultural practices, without the mediation of groups outside their environment. This call is addressed exclusively to ethnic groups or representative entities that group them created in accordance with the Law and that are in the Database of Ethnic Groups of the Ministry of the Interior and Justice. (Article 9 Agreement 001 of 2005). Likewise, Temporary Unions or Consortia made up of ethnic entities or organizations duly registered in the Database of the Ministry of the Interior and Justice may participate.
History of humor in Colombia
Type: production call
Opening: May 5, 2016
Closing: June 13, 2016
Number of products: Five chapters
Duration of each chapter: 25 minutes
Invitation number: IA-06-2016
Theme: This documentary series tells the story of humor in Colombia, how it has manifested itself in different eras, through different forms of expression and in different media, and how through the prism of humor a parallel look at our history and a sharp portrait of our identity has been made.
What is a development call?
Señal Colombia launches for the first time a development call for the design of a non-fiction television series. In a development call, the final product is the design of a television series, not the production of it. We understand the development stage as the most important in the production of a project for television. For those projects in which the channel has detected that the research and creative development of the content has a greater complexity, we want the projects to concentrate and limit themselves to the processes of creation, research, design and writing. This will allow us to have solid content, ready to be produced when necessary.
A call for development has the same characteristics of a production call: it is an open invitation of public selection that aims to choose proposals and suitable people for the creation and production of the projects we need; its result is a commissioned production contract in which Señal Colombia / RTVC provides all the economic resources for the realization of the proposal, and maintains editorial, narrative and production control of the project; Señal Colombia / RTVC retains all the economic and exploitation rights of the final product.
The Rules of Participation of each of the calls can be downloaded on the page www.rtvc.gov.co/contratacion/etapa-pre-contractual. In this link you will find all the information of calendars and procedures for the presentation of proposals. RTVC may make additions or modifications to the Rules of Participation. These will be published on the website of the entity www.rtvc.gov.co, and must be taken into account for the preparation of the proposals.
