Opportunities for young professionals in Caribbean culture
Online/Germany
Forecast has announced its call for ideas for the 10th edition of Forecast Mentorships. Artists and cultural producers working in all creative fields, anywhere in the world, are encouraged to apply to the international Forecast Mentorship program with projects that can benefit from the experience of one of this edition's mentors and their unique approach to the production of material and knowledge.
Deadline: February 10, 2025
Netherlands
IDFA Project Space offers filmmakers who are making their first or second film the opportunity to work on their project with widely recognized filmmakers and film professionals willing to share their knowledge and experience.
Deadline: February 14, 2025
Online/Caribbean
The Caribbean is full of creative and enterprising people ready to turn bold ideas into projects that transform the world, but the road to success is full of obstacles. Synapse is here to break down those barriers. Synapse is more than a platform: it's a springboard for your creative ambitions, providing access to the resources, networks and funding opportunities needed to scale your projects. Whether it's to collaborate, learn new skills or secure funding for the next big project, Synapse puts creators at the center of opportunities.
Deadline: N/A
Online/Barbados
Becoming a member of TEN Sisterhood provides access to a global community of entrepreneurs and experts committed to helping women succeed and thrive in life and business. Through coachingThrough mentoring, networking and training, women are supported to address their well-being as they develop every aspect of their business (from idea to execution to growth). This is a place where no woman ventures alone.
Deadline: N/A
eAcademy of Tourism and Hospitality
Online
The Atingi Academy of Tourism and Hospitality, in collaboration with the program Transculture of UNESCO and the European Union, has announced the expansion of its course offerings with the launch of the Spanish version of 31 courses on the platform learning atingi.
Deadline: N/A
Online/Barbados
Becoming a member of TEN Sisterhood provides access to a global community of entrepreneurs and experts committed to helping women succeed and thrive in life and business. Through coachingThrough mentoring, networking and training, women are supported to address their well-being as they develop every aspect of their business (from idea to execution to growth). This is a place where no woman ventures alone.
Deadline: N/A
Escuela Internacional de Cine y Televisión de San Antonio de los Baños - Regular Course
Cuba
The International Film and Television School (EICTV) of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, invites young people between the ages of 22 and 30 from Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania to participate in the Regular Course in its 2025/2028 edition. During the three years of the Regular Course, students follow an intense and complex program of studies that provides them with general training during the first year (Polyvalence). In the second and third years, they dedicate themselves to the specialization chosen in the application form: Fiction Directing, Documentary Directing, Screenwriting, Production, Sound, Editing and Photography.
Deadline: February 23, 2025
Ibero-American Audiovisual Project Development Course (Ibermedia)
Spain
The Ibero-American Audiovisual Project Development Course (CDPAI) welcomes twenty screenwriters to the city of Madrid for six weeks. Those selected in this edition will participate in the course, which this year will be held from September 29 to November 7, 2025. Those authors from the countries of the Ibero-American community of nations with feature film projects or fiction, documentary or animation series who wish to work on the development of their audiovisual project may apply for this training.
Deadline: March 12, 2025
Training in the Creative Arts - National Cultural Foundation
Online/Barbados
The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) in Barbados offers a Creative Arts Training program that provides free online courses for anyone interested in exploring various artistic disciplines. The NCF training repository offers free access to any of the courses and materials available. Whether you are a budding artist, a curious learner or just want to improve your skills, this platform welcomes you.
Deadline: N/A
The Business of Music - Caribbean Export Development Agency
Caribbean
If you are a Caribbean music entrepreneur operating as a recording or performing artist, composer, music producer or music business representative, this course will provide you with a foundation that will enable you to prepare your venture for entry into international music markets. It is designed for people interested in engaging in the music business with a view to becoming an exporter of music goods and services.
Deadline: N/A
Online / Barbados
The National Transformation Initiative (NTI) and Export Barbados present the Export Academy, which offers online training to help acquire the knowledge and tools needed to make a business more profitable. Participants learn what exporting is and gain practical strategies for creating an export plan, export documentation and conducting market research with these courses. They will acquire the knowledge and skills to evaluate their products or services, develop the viability of their business and improve the sales potential of their products or services. All courses are available digitally and at your own pace on Coursera.
Deadline: N/A
International Curatorial Residency Program SAC 2025
Spain
The SAC 2025 International Curatorial Residency Program is the residency program at the Sant Andreu Contemporani center in Barcelona, co-produced with the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona (ICUB), in collaboration with Fabra i Coats - Fàbrica de Creació de Barcelona, available to international curators. As part of the program, a call is announced to select an international curator to serve on the jury of the Miquel Casablancas Visual Arts Prize in 2025, and subsequently develop a curatorial project with a selection of Catalan artists chosen from among the prize applicants.
Deadline: March 14, 2025
International Music Projects - Goethe-Institut
Germany
Funding for professional as well as amateur and novice musicians and ensembles from developing and transition countries who are invited to participate in music projects in Germany. A prerequisite for funding is an invitation and application from partners in Germany. The music project must include at least three events (concerts, workshops, panels, etc.). Applications for funding for international music projects must be received at least three months before the project is due to begin.
Permanently open
Slovenian Art Center: Institution for Development and Arts
Slovenia
The Art Center offers residencies for foreign artists who wish to stay and work at the Art Center or Artists' Asylum. During their residency, they can participate in the Art Center's social network and the local community, conduct research and produce artwork, present their work and network with the Slovenian arts community. The duration of the residencies has no set limit and is determined per project. To date, residencies have lasted from a few days to a year.
Permanently open
Artist Discovery Program - Royal Caribbean
Caribbean
Royal Caribbean's Artist Discovery Program highlights emerging local artists, showcasing their creativity, talent and culture to the millions of guests who sail with the cruise line each year. Four artists will be selected to come aboard and create a large-scale mural in one of Star of the Seas' four main locations before the ship sails in the Caribbean in August 2025.
Deadline: February 15, 2025
Spain
The Puchi Award seeks to reward the freest, brightest and most innovative book proposals in the graphic field: comics and illustrated albums. The aim of the award is to give visibility to works of great quality and originality. The winner will receive a prize of 10,000 € (VAT and other taxes included, as an advance for the publication rights of the work) in addition to the publication of the work, which will be distributed by the publishing house Fulgencio Pimentel. Exceptionally, a Special Jury Prize will be awarded, which will involve the publication and distribution of the winning project.
Deadline: February 27, 2025
2025 International Competition for Artists Belonging to Minorities
Artists belonging to a national, ethnic, religious or linguistic minority are invited to enter the 2025 edition of the International Minority Artists Competition. All artwork that focuses on issues related to minority rights, belonging, environmental justice, and climate change, including but not limited to photography, painting, video, drawing, sculpture, digital arts, dance, music, etc., is eligible. However, for practical reasons, the submission of the work(s) is required to be in digital format.
Deadline: March 1, 2025
RIDCC: 2025 - International Choreographic Duets Competition
Netherlands
The International Duet Choreography Competition (RIDCC) invites choreographers from around the world to submit their duets (7 to 12 minutes) for the 7th edition of the duet competition, which will take place June 11-14, 2025, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The sixteen participants will perform their duets live in the theater in front of the audience in Rotterdam and via live broadcast for the whole world.
Deadline: March 1, 2025
Austria
The Ars Electronica Prize is the world's oldest "media art" competition. With award-winning works by international artists as a trend barometer, it offers an inspiring, current and forward-looking view of the intersection between art, technology and society. Winners will receive the coveted Golden Nicas, up to 10,000 euros per category and a featured appearance at the renowned Ars Electronica Festival in Linz.
Deadline: March 5, 2025
France
Created in 1998 to discover emerging talent, La Cinef selects each year 15 to 20 short and medium-length films made by young directors in film schools around the world. Formerly called Cinéfondation, the name of the selection changed in 2022 to LA CINEF, but its mission remains the same.
Deadline: February 15, 2025
Italy
Altofest is a performance Teatringestazione's systemic live performance, extended in time and space, shared in the form of a festival with a heterogeneous collectivity, composed of artists, citizens and residents, researchers, academics and experts in the cultural field, as well as conscious and occasional spectators. Teatringestazione composes the dramaturgy of Altofest by combining the proposals received through the call with domestic spaces and their inhabitants, giving rise to a collective action distributed in different parts of the city. Professional artists can apply worldwide without distinction of nationality, country of residence, language or age. Artists are invited to an artistic residency to develop the selected work.
Deadline: February 23, 2025
Slovenia
Kranj Foto Fest is looking for visually powerful and thought-provoking stories. Entries can include documentary photography, fine art photography and any other form of contemporary photography that explores the subject matter in a meaningful and impactful way. Each year, the jury will select a winner who will receive a cash prize of 1,000 EUR and have a solo exhibition in Kranj, Slovenia, during the festival. A shortlist of photographers will also be selected for group exhibitions throughout the alpine town of Kranj.
Deadline: February 23, 2025
Spain
DocsValencia Espai de No Ficció will hold its ninth edition from May 9 to 17, 2025. Through competitive and non-competitive sections, it will showcase the most outstanding local, national and international productions, which will compete for the various awards given by the jury.
Deadline: February 24, 2025
Italy
SMACH is a public art project born in 2012. It is a biennial outdoor exhibition that represents the combination of "art and nature". The Biennial takes place in 10 locations selected for their historical, mythological, botanical and geological characteristics, which are located along a 65-kilometer route. The SMACH Biennial seeks project proposals for artistic, sculptural and installation interventions.
Deadline: March 2, 2025
2025 Bahamas International Film Festival
Bahamas
The Bahamas International Film Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing the local community and international visitors with a diverse presentation of films from around the world. In addition to offering films that would not otherwise be released in Bahamian theaters, BIFF will provide a unique cultural experience, educational programs and forums to explore the future of film.
Deadline: March 1, 2025
Spain
International call for submissions of films that use Artificial Intelligence (AI) models in their creative processes, and explore their aesthetic, narrative, ethical and political possibilities and implications. In its third edition, the +RAIN Film Festival invites filmmakers to present and discuss their work at public screenings. An international jury selects the most innovative films to be screened, also at Sónar+D.
Deadline: March 9, 2025
France
Films may be accepted in the Official Selection, Out of Competition or Un Certain Regard. The selection committee is solely responsible for deciding the category in which a selected film will be screened.
Deadline: March 14, 2025
Cyprus
The Larnaca Biennial is the largest and most popular international art and cultural event in Cyprus. In addition to the main exhibition, the Biennial organizes a series of artistic and cultural events in the city, such as concerts, theater, performances, lectures and workshops. Participation is open to all artists, professional or amateur, art students, designers and photographers over the age of 18.
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Transforme - Hermes Foundation
France
Transforme is a program initiated by the Hermès Foundation. Its support takes the form of: a production grant, awarded to the producer of the show (company or delegated producer), and/or a co-programming carried out with the program's partner cultural institutions, with which the dates of the performances are decided. Selected shows may receive proposals for performance dates in one or more of the partner institutions.
Permanently open
Ibermedia is a program to stimulate the co-production and co-development of fiction, documentary and animation films and series in Ibero-America. The call for 2025 opens on January 17 with the novelty of the announcement of the new fund to support the distribution, circulation and exhibition of Ibero-American films, which from this year joins the traditional lines of support for co-development and co-production of feature films and series, as well as training programs for filmmakers and audiovisual professionals.
Deadline: March 24, 2025
Presentations or concerts by foreign artists
Netherlands
This grant is intended for the programming of special foreign shows and concerts in the Netherlands. The aim is to stimulate international quality and diversity in the performing arts in the Netherlands, and the applicant must be a legal entity established in the Netherlands.
Permanently open
International music projects in Germany - Goethe-Institut
Germany
The Goethe-Institut supports music projects in Germany involving artists and ensembles from developing and transition countries. A prerequisite for funding is an invitation and application from partners in Germany. These grants are intended for professional ensembles and artists as well as amateur ensembles and new talents.
Permanently open
Austria
Students and young researchers from foreign universities are invited to apply for this scholarship to travel to Austria to conduct research or a study stay in the field of Arts and Humanities.
Deadline: February 1, 2025
Allen & Overy Shearman "Curatorial Research Fellowship".
Luxembourg
Working as part of the collection team and the overall curatorial team, the role will be dedicated to collection development through the museum's partnership with the international law firm, Allen & Overy Shearman. Research will focus on contemporary art globally, with a specific interest in the moving image and new technologies. The successful candidate will contribute ideas and support proposals for acquisitions, and may also work on the development of collection exhibitions.
Deadline: February 2, 2025
Scholarships of the Lower Saxony Foundation for Media Art 2024 at Edith-Russ-Haus
Germany
The scholarship of the Lower Saxony Foundation at Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art supports a wide range of media art, from video art and web-based projects to audio works and audiovisual installations. Each of the three fellowships is awarded to produce a new project in media art. The fellowship is for six months (July-December). It cannot be extended and residency is mandatory; fellowship recipients can expect to stay in Oldenburg for at least one month.
Deadline: February 27, 2025
Carolina Foundation Scholarships
Spain
This 25th edition offers 735 scholarships in all areas of knowledge, distributed in the following modalities: 227 postgraduate scholarships, 121 doctoral scholarships and short postdoctoral stays, 110 renewals of doctoral scholarships, 22 faculty mobility scholarships and 255 institutional study scholarships. The call for applications totaled 198 academic programs, which have been based on criteria of excellence and relevance to the challenges of today's society.
Deadline: March 14, 2025
Denmark Foundation for the Arts - Curatorial Research Program
Denmark
The Visual Arts Project Funding Committee of the Danish Arts Foundation wishes to promote contemporary art in Denmark and Danish contemporary art abroad, enabling foreign curators to meet Danish artists and gain insight into the Danish contemporary art scene with a view to future collaborations. Funding (travel and accommodation) for curatorial research for curators, directors of art institutions and other art professionals.
Deadline: March 18, 2025
The UNESCO-EU Transcultura program launches a call for applications for its Caribbean Creative Lab
This call is launched within the framework of Transcultura: Integrating Cuba, the Caribbean and the European Union through Culture and Creativity, a five year program implemented by UNESCO's Regional Office in Havana with the financial support of the European Union. The overall purpose of Transcultura is to deepen regional integration in the Caribbean and strengthen cooperation and exchange among peoples in the region and with the European Union.
In this context, the 'Caribbean Creative Lab' is an incubator aimed at creative and cultural entrepreneurs in the region, mainly those with an interest in the application of new technologies and digital solutions to business.
Selected entrepreneurs will participate in a variety of enriching activities designed to scale their businesses, benefiting from:
- One week of online training (March 17-21, 2025) on the impact of new technologies and digital solutions applied to business, including but not limited to: understanding digital transformation, data analytics for decision making, artificial intelligence in business operations, digital marketing strategies, and sustainability through technology.
- Personalized mentoring for the preparation and guidance of the business pitch deck. Once the challenges and the different business models selected have been defined, a network of experienced mentors from different relevant companies will prepare the participants to make a professional pitch deck focused on their business objectives.
- A one-week on-site residency (March 31 - April 4, 2025) in Havana, Cuba, designed to apply their newly acquired skills and knowledge to their business. Participants will have the opportunity to learn how to improve and focus their business more effectively and professionally in competitive environments. Through one-on-one mentoring, they will connect with European experts, who will offer their skills and experience to serve the startups. In addition, they will connect with relevant people in their sector and will have the opportunity to create alliances and potential business opportunities.
- Networking opportunities. During the program, an approach and an effective exchange between business facilitators, corporations and investors will be encouraged. The initiative will be a place of connection between the different agents and an opportunity to create strategic alliances that will propitiate an exponential growth of Caribbean entrepreneurship, weaving an ecosystem within the cultural and creative industries.
To be eligible for the UNESCO Transculture Program's Caribbean Creative Lab, entrepreneurs must be between the ages of 18 and 35 and be citizens and legal residents of one of these 17 Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
A Selection Committee, composed of experienced professionals, will select a maximum of 10 young Caribbean entrepreneurs, based on their track record and business initiative/project.
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