European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists: Call 5

The European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists (EFFEA) is an initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA) supported by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, built to empower festivals and offer emerging artists a platform to establish themselves on the international stage.

EFFEA will support around 50 residencies, bringing together at least 150 festivals to support emerging artists in developing their work and international connections.

An initiative of the European Festivals Association (EFA), co-funded by the European Union, EFFEA empowers festivals to join forces across borders and accompany artists at different stages of their careers. Emerging artists are not defined by age but rather by their novelty to programmers and audiences and their potential for international breakthrough. Artists can be individuals or groups working across a wide range of artistic disciplines.

In addition to providing artists with opportunities to develop and showcase their work internationally, the objectives of the EFFEA Residency consist of:

• To help artists develop their skills, establish new collaborations and lasting relationships,
  and achieve their professional goals;
• To offer co-operation opportunities for festivals to work across borders on the topic of
  emerging artists;
• To establish a co-programming platform between festivals across Europe;
• To offer audiences new and surprising encounters with the arts in their own localities or in
  their own communities.