Call for Entries: Multi-Thematic Festivals/Actions Grant Program 2025 (Greece)

Multi-theme festivals combine various art forms, expressing cultural diversity with innovative combinations. They provide the opportunity to create a collective experience between people who would otherwise not have met or would not have believed that they had anything in common.

Aims

• This call aims to support the work of cultural institutions across the territory with the aim of creating/developing multi-thematic festivals (festivals that include more than one thematic activity, e.g. art and dance, theater and music, etc.) as well as, through them, the strengthening of cultural decentralization.

 Funding Information

• Within the framework of this call, there are four categories of funding:
  • €10,000
  • €15,000
  • €20,000
  • €30,000

Ineligible Funding 

• This invitation does not concern:
  • Grant proposals to cover operating costs, equipment and building infrastructure.
  • Proposals that do not relate to the subject of modern culture (e.g. folk art and tradition, folklore, historical and ethnological museums).
  • proposals that were not funded under previous calls
  • Proposals that themselves or their drafts have already been presented to the public by the carrier
  • Proposals for strengthening production or distribution and promotion in Greece and abroad of film projects, activities financed through the Greek Cinema, Audiovisual Center Media and Creation (EKKOMED).
  • Proposals for the enhancement of theatrical production and performances classical and contemporary dance and tours, which fall under other invitations.

Eligibility Criteria

• Legal Entities of Private or Public Law of a non-profit nature, with cultural and/or charitable purposes that have been established until 30/11/2024.

Evaluation Criteria

• The relevance and coherence of individual actions in the overall targeting and presentation.
• Strengthening local cultural identity and cultural diversity in local/regional level.
• The strengthening of cultural tourism.
• The implementation of festivals/actions in areas outside urban centers, in the periphery, in border and inaccessible areas as well as in island complexes.
• Targeting the development of new audiences as well as socially excluded and vulnerable groups – victims of discrimination, for their participation in culture with appropriate modern thematic targeting and method.
• Enhancing reflection, dialogue and active public participation.
• This call is not addressed to supervised and regularly funded individuals.

For more information, visit Ministry of Culture.