Additional Information on DAAD Study Scholarships in the Fields of Fine Art, Design/Visual Communication and Film

In the field of fine art, design/visual communication and film, the following requirements apply to the portfolio to be submitted to the DAAD media database:

a) Fine art, design, visual communication and other similar disciplines:

Please submit images or digitised recordings of your work in a PDF file of no more than 30 pages. You can use the supplementary list in addition to the portfolio to further elaborate on your work (you will receive the list together with the uploadlink). Hyperlinks leading to video or audio files are possible. Please make sure that they work without creating a new account somewhere and stay within the given framework (30 pages or 10 minutes of video). Hyperlinks are not meant for further lengthening the work samples.

Alternatively, you can upload another video or audio file to the DAAD media database. Each file is counted as one page of your portfolio but must not exceed 10 minutes. Material that does not meet or that exceeds these requirements will not be accepted for review.

You are welcome to add additional sketches, studies and drafts or other extracts to further illustrate your artistic process.

b) Film:

Films, videos and animations:

For the artistic portfolio/film and video material you can upload up to 20 minutes video material to the database. This might be a longer scene or a compilation of shorter scenes from multiple works. If you decide to upload multiple works as one video please distinguish the separate works clearly. This way the committee will be able to follow your presentation more easily. (You can use the supplementary list in addition to the portfolio to further elaborate.)
You are welcome to add additional sketches, studies and drafts or other extracts to further illustrate your artistic process.
Please do not submit showreels or trailers.
It must be clear whether the film itself is a work of art or whether the film documents an artistic piece of work (e.g. a spatial installation, performance, etc.).

For all applicants:

You must upload the work samples to the DAAD media database. Links to other online storage locations etc. cannot be accepted. Hyperlinks are partially possible for supplementation, but the digitised work should preferably be available in the DAAD media database to make sure that the access is guaranteed.
The following formats are permitted: MP3, WAV, MPEG, MP4, MOV, JPEG, JPG, PNG, TIF, GIF, PDF, INDD, PSD, CR2, EPS, DOC, DOCX, XML, PPTX, PPT. Files provided in other formats cannot be accepted for review.
Please combine the work samples into one PDF document if possible. The size of the PDF file should not exceed 50 MB. Larger video and audio files are an exception from this limit. That being said, please check if you can limit the file size for these larger data as well.
Each file should be marked with the following: Last name_First name_Country of offer_DAAD reference number (number starting with 91…)
Example: Mustermann_Max_Austria_91XXXXX
Please do not upload any work samples, portfolios or any other works to the DAAD portal.

Important:

The presentation of your work samples plays an important part for the evaluation and judging of the selection committee. Even the best work of art can lose its impact, if the presentation is lacking or the selection committee does not understand the context of your work sample. As mentioned in the work sample list, you can add additional context or information to the work samples (title, date of creation etc.).
If several people have contributed to a film or work of art, all participants and their role or task must be stated in the closing credits, and if necessary in the catalogue of works, especially the role played by the applicant (director, cameraman, etc.).