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IETM is closely following recent developments surrounding the future of the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), one of Europe’s most important cultural beacons. At this year’s Berlinale, a controversy erupted after political statements referring to the war in Gaza (including widely reported allegations of grave violations of ...
By Elena Politseva UNESCO’s Reshaping Policies for Creativity 2026 report offers a comprehensive overview of global cultural policy trends under the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. The findings reveal a complex picture: while formal recognition of culture in national frameworks is expanding ...
OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS Summer Scriptwriting Base #10 PLAY THAT STORY! July 17 - 26, 2026 Dolen, Bulgaria READY TO EMBARK ON AN EXCITING CREATIVE ADVENTURE? Summer Scriptwriting Base is an immersive learning experience for the storytellers of today and tomorrow. It is a unique blend of summer school, creative adventure, and rural retreat. Here ...
Join us in Copenhagen for two days of expanding our views on inclusion, representation & institutional responsibility in the performing arts sectors across Europe. The symposium Moving Perspectives celebrates the conclusion of three years of Europe wide collaboration of performing arts residencies in the project Moving Identities. Around 100 ...
What is the Ukrainian South? For artists of the Antonin Artaud Fellowship , it is heavy industry, houses built out of shell limestone, and mirages. Discover the contexts of newly created works, exploring themes from queer identity in 'nowherelands' to the memory of the seas. We invite the IETM community to encounter works and get to know each other ...
While the current tour by the 2025/2026 fellow is successfully underway, Pan-Adria is seeking contemporary dance productions with concepts and projects that will engage with the region and expand the field in the upcoming 2026/2027 season. Apply with a novel, transformative, radical, emancipatory and/or sustainable concept and project to become a ...
Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste e. V. (Federal Association for the Independent Performing Arts) (hereinafter BFDK) is offering a practical contribution to the environmentally and socially sustainable development of the independent performing arts and independent music ensembles in the form of the “Sustainable Production” toolkit. The ...
Mladinsko Showcase 5 days, 8 performances, English surtitles 15 –19 March 2026, Mladinsko Theatre, Ljubljana, Slovenia Sunday, 15 March, at 17:00, Lower Hall 1974 Directed by: Tomi Janežič Co-production: Mladinsko Theatre and GO! 2025 – European Capital of Culture (part of the official programme of GO! 2025) Monday, 16 March, and Wednesday, 18 ...
SUBMERGE is a festival of exchange celebrating choreography and artistic practice, founded by LAKE Studios Berlin in 2016. The festival consists of professional workshops taught as precursors to performances. The workshops function as “re-creative” labs where artists guide participants in crafting their work. Artists share the creative processes ...
Kaimera is a live arts company based in Saint-Denis (FR) and Oakland (USA). The Kaimera Lab is our annual training, which encapsulates the principles of Kaimera’s practice of creating, producing and presenting new forms of live performance, particularly focusing on work that is immersive, participatory, site specific and interdisciplinary. The ...
