European Festivals Association / Europe
Submission Deadline: 03-Nov-2025
Category: Project funding
(c)
EFFEA provides emerging artists the opportunity to explore their ideas and creative projects, whether original works or the evolution of existing ones, by providing them with dedicated time, space, and support. The EFFEA Fund defines emerging artists not by age but by their novelty to programmers and audiences and their potential for international breakthrough.
EFFEA Call #4 is open to all festivals and artists that fulfil the following conditions:
- Festivals exist for at least one edition and are registered on FestivalFinder.eu.
There are two residency categories:
Discovery: Festivals support artists at the early stages of their careers but with a strong potential to break through internationally (approximately 40 grants of 8,000 EUR). The residency proposal must include:
Co-production by a leading festival + at least 2 partner festivals
Training/mentoring/coaching, community outreach or other elements based on artist needs
A workshop (live or online) hosted by the leading festival, with at least one programmer from each partner festival.
A work-in-progress presentation at the leading festival
Springboard: Festivals support artists already established in their own country, ready to develop their career internationally (approximately 10 grants of 15,000 EUR). The residency proposal must include:
Co-production by a leading festival + at least 2 partner festivals
Training/mentoring/coaching, community outreach or other elements based on artist needs
Final presentations/Production results at each of the involved festivals (minimum 3 festivals)
A live masterclass led by the artist at each festival (minimum 3 festivals)
As one of the main objectives of this project is to support emerging artists, it is required that a minimum of 80% of the grant value is used to cover costs made by the artist(s).
(If you are missing an English description here, please check under the link of the original call, see above.)
Application fee: no fee indicated
Age restriction: no age restriction indicated
Regional restriction: only persons from Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, and Ukraine. can apply
