EFA Members in EFFEA - Generation 2
The European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists (EFFEA) enables the creation of new artistic platforms for emerging artists by bringing together international festivals and supporting their international breakthrough.
Nine EFA Members were involved in EFFEA Generation 2 as Leading and Partner festivals, playing a pivotal role in providing a creative space for artistic residencies and make the emerging artists of their choice benefit from their rich network and expertise.
Usedom, Kharkiv Music fest, Walden
The string quartet Kateryna Suprun, formed by Ukrainian, Polish and Belgian musicians with different experience levels, created a new artistic programme and performed at the UMF in 2023. Their artistic work focused on the inclusion of new music by young Ukrainian composers, curated by KharkivMusicFest, in combination with a programme with prominent Ukrainian composers.
Spring Performing Arts Festival & Berliner Festspiele
Nina Khyzna's residency explored the theme of the body in the context of living through catastrophic events such as war. How do differences in physical experience influence our intellectual and mental perspectives on a range of ethical and political issues? How does the body respond to danger, and how does this affect cognitive processes? During the residency, the artist organised a series of meetings and interviews with local artists and activists in Berlin, Utrecht & Santarcangelo, as well as with Ukrainians.
Festival de Saint-Denis, Cziffra Festival and Estoril Lisbon
The residency of Florentin Ginot and two young composers took place in Saint Denis, France, where the artists started a writing process specific to the double bass - an instrument that is rarely given centre stage.
Bozar Afropolitan Festival
The partnership among Ohhfive festival in UK, Atlantico Festival in Italy, Bozar Afropolitan Festival and Som•m•e Of Us collective in Belgium arises to connect the music communities from North to South Europe and to foster an equitable collaboration among established organisations and independent and emerging realities. The project, developed around Dushime’s work, resulted in a hybrid music performance presented in the framework of Afropolitan Festival 2024.
Het TheaterFestival Vlaanderen
SCENE CHANGE project took place during the Horizon Showcase at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Nederlands Theatre Festival, and Het TheaterFestival. Six performance makers came together to see and reflect on the shows at the festivals, share their own artistic practices and working conditions, discuss current international themes and trends in performance and ultimately share their ideas and observations.
Culturescapes
Bibata Ibrahim Maïga, Tchina Ndjidda, and Assanda Ruda are the 2021 laureates of the solo choreographic dance platform and competition “Africa Simply the Best”, which rewards, every two years, the best African creators in solo choreographic work. The residency embeds intercultural dialogue and exchange, highlighting the diversity of dance styles from different countries and regions. The dancer’s solo performances touch upon the regional pressures of society, conformity, and migration.
The European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists - EFFEA is an initiative of EFA, co-funded by the European Union, implemented in partnership with 14 EFFE Hubs:
Croatian Composers Society (Croatia), Culture Matters (Czechia), PLMF Arts Management (Estonia), France Festivals (France), Festival Friends (Germany), Stichting Caucasus Foundation (Georgia), Summa Artium Kultúra Támogató Nonprofit Kft. (Hungary), Association of Irish Festival Events (Ireland), ItaliaFestival (Italy), ARC Research and Consultancy Ltd. (Malta), Asociația Centrul Cultural Clujean (Romania), ArtLink (Serbia), Sweden Festivals (Sweden), and Development Centre "Democracy through Culture" (Ukraine).