This year’s 19th edition of the International Festival of Children’s Theatres Banja Luka 2020 in Bosna and Herzegovina was exceptional. Due to the global pandemic, the organizers had to do without the in-person participation of invited international theatre companies at the venue. However, they decided not to cancel the festival and provided the viewers with video recordings of invited productions. The festival eventually hosted twelve productions from eight countries.

Working Encounters by Create to Connect -> Create to Impact

Working Encounters is a joint activity of all partners of CtC -> CtI project, led by the partner organisation United Artist Labour. As this year is a special year, we have decided for to prepare the edition of Working Encounters 2020 online. During the creative process artist talks are open to public, so we would like to invite you to join us online!

Public online events:

Online public talks with Rabih Mroué, Barbi Marković and Želimir Žilnik September 15, 2020, 7 p.m.; September 17, 2020, 7 p.m. and September 19, 2020, 6 p.m.

Online artistic presentations: 1st – 3rd October, 2020

Cultural and media space is a terrain of proliferation as well as dispute and struggle regarding these topics: heroes and superheroes are everywhere, but whose heroes are they and for whom? From mythology, to antifascist and anti-colonial struggles and all the way to pop culture and media celebrities, the notions of hero and heroine carry many references and possible readings. But who gets to be seen as a “villain”, who as a “hero” and why? …

Here is an overview of the help of the contemporary theatre scene as compensation for the lock downtime in Hungary. You can read about the subsidies for umbrella institutions, so-called „National Cultural Strategy Institutions“, about the subsidies (aid packages) for individual artists/ freelancers who do not have a regular income, the ongoing discussions about the subsidies for the city theatres and also about two ongoing scandals involving the cultural field.

Evaluation of the investigation into the current needs of the Czech performing arts scene as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in relation to ATI’s open calls and programmes.

A survey on the current needs of the Czech performing arts scene as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in connection with ATI’s open calls and programmes was distributed to respondents on 7 April 2020. The evaluation will take into account responses received by 11 May 2020. The goal of the survey was to map the needs of the performing arts sector in relation to the calls and programmes of ATI.