Deadline: 12 February 2025
Applications are now open to artists and ensembles under 30 in the fields of theatre, music, dance and circus from 27 European countries.
At its fifth edition, Mittelyoung is an event by and for young people under 30, a window for a generation immersed in a century, the 21st, yet to be invented and written. The festival is based on an open call for projects from Italy, Central-Europe and the Balkans. Among the applications submitted, under the coordination of Mittelfest artistic direction, the group of curators will select 9 projects (2 theatre, 2 music, 2 dance, 2 circus and one project) to be showcased and from 15 to 18 May 2025 in Cividale del Friuli. Afterwards, among those 9 projects scheduled, the same group of curators together with the artistic direction will further select up to 3 shows to be re-scheduled during Mittelfest Tabù from 18 to 27 July 2025.
Theme
- The projects submitted must be in line with the theme Tabù of Mittelfest 2025 edition.
Funding Information
- Mittelfest Association will grant to each selected project (stage 1) an economic support (co-production contribution or cachet) up to EUR 4,000.00, which will be calculated on the basis of the number of people involved and the type of performance, including all social security and tax charges by law, as well as return travel and accommodation expenses.
Duration
- Stage 1: Mittelyoung from 15 to 18 May 2025 in Cividale del Friuli (UD), Italy
- Stage 2: Mittelfest Tabù from 18 to 27 July 2025 in Cividale del Friuli (UD), Italy
Eligible Countries
- Ensembles/companies must be based in one of the following countries:
- Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine.
Eligibility Criteria
- The call is open to:
- ensembles/companies of artists under the age of 30
- individual artists under the age of 30
- The artistic staff of the Ensembles/companies may count up to a maximum of 6 members
- All members of the artistic staff must be aged between 18 and 30 at the time of submitting the application. Any technical staff is not subject to age limits.
- Individual artists under-30 must be nationals of or permanent residents in one of the above mentioned countries.
- The works submitted must be unreleased in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Works unreleased in Italy will be taken in special consideration.
- The projects submitted must be relatively quick to set up and dismantle in order to allow the programming of several shows in one day as is customary in a festival.
For more information, visit Mittelfest Association.
