Deadline: 18 October 2015
The French Institute of South Africa is inviting all potential applicants to an information session on the funding programmes proposed by the Institut Français (Paris).
The department of Artistic Exchanges and Cooperation (DECA) proposes 6 funding programmes to the French cultural network abroad, for both French and foreign artists and professional partners. The programs are designed to support the international dissemination of French contemporary artistic creation, to encourage cooperation between French and foreign artists and partners with an aim to support cultural operators and artists in Africa and in the Caribbean, and the dissemination of artistic creations at a regional and international level.
Programme is open to the following types of projects:
- Artistic creation;
- Festivals (Africa/ the Caribbean);
- International dissemination in festivals, art centers and places of key influence;
- Access to professional markets;
- Tours in Africa, the Caribbean and abroad;
- Regional cooperation projects (Inter-African or Inter-Caribbean) or projects produced with French partners;
- Short-term training sessions (workshops).
Areas of Interest
Visual arts, photography, digital arts, architecture, design, fashion, theater, dance, circus, street art, puppetry, music.
Eligibility Criteria
- Accompanying and promoting the international dissemination of French contemporary artistic creation;
- Contributing to the visibility of French artists and designers, abroad and/or internationally, and contributing to their recognition in an international context;
- Encouraging cooperation between French and foreign artists/designers and partners;
- Supporting cultural operators/implementing agencies and artists from Africa and from the Caribbean.
How to Apply
Applicants may register and apply from the official website, given at the end.
For more information, please visit Calls for Projects.
