Author: milan

Regional Network for Cultural Diversity – READ is a regional EU-funded project, with the aim to enable civil society actors to foster and contribute to intercultural tolerance and democratic values with a particular focus on youth. The Project is implemented by Goethe-Institut Skopje together with the partner organizations: Association KROKODIL (Serbia), Center for Balkan Cooperation- Loja (North Macedonia), Instituti i Librit dhe i Promocionit (Albania), Kalem Culture Association (Turkey), and Qendra Multimedia (Kosovo). The project started on the 1st of September, 2020, and will last till 31th of August, 2024.

For our second open call for applications, support will be given to 30 Civil Society organizations in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey in order to increase access and awareness of literature beyond the national context. CSOs are very important for the success of this project, as they wield considerable influence in culture and social change.

The applicants need to be:

• non-profit-making;
• civil society organizations;
• directly responsible for the preparation and management of the project with co-applicant(s);
• registered in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Serbia, or Turkey for at least 6 months before the date of publication of the call;
• working on one or more of the thematic areas of the relevance of this Call for Proposals

The Call is divided into two different sections:

• Open Call for supporting intercultural projects aims to promote cross-cultural cooperation in the region. The objective is to widely disperse support to a number of grass-root cultural initiatives across the countries and to promote their networking and cooperation. The Action should cover costs related tо literary arts and artists, a variety of other cultural and artistic initiatives including but not limited, music, theatre, audio and video production, multimedia, and other initiatives promoting intercultural cooperation in the region. Cooperation between at least two eligible countries will be considered an advantage. The maximum amount of support for this call is 3.000€ per grant. Projects from youth organizations are encouraged in particular.
• Open Call for supporting multilingual projects aims to support the regional diffusion of literary works from target countries. The purpose of this effort is expected to be for translation, in combination with the presentation and promotion of regional literature. The support from this project will supplement and significantly scale up the inter-regional translation of authors from Western Balkan and Turkey. The maximum amount of support for this call is 2.000€ per grant. The Action should cover costs related to translation, design, and print, and promotion of regional literature. Supported projects will be encouraged to create synergies with our mobile library as well as the different festivals or even the residencies.

Only one application from each applicant will be considered.
Deadline for applying: 15.01.2022
More information about the Open Call for applications can be found in the link below:

https://www.goethe.de/ins/mk/kul/sup/rea.html

Europe House invites you to participate in the #GREENFILM to bring to the three Europe Houses audience your creative ideas, in the form of short documentaries or fiction that address environmental protection.

The #GREENFILM is a filmmaking activity that will engage young people 15-25 years old. They are invited to participate in the competition where their task will be to produce short films 30sec to 3min with the main focus on identifying problems related to the environment. This activity will get young people to engage in showing these problems in a creative way while also getting them to explore their future careers in filmmaking.

They will also submit their work to us. The next step will be to select 10 best films from a professional jury and organize the night of the screening of the films. On the screening night, we will also announce the winner „Best of all“ and the best film will win a professional camera.

Eligible to participate are:

-All young people from 15 to 25 years old.

– For all Macedonian citizens.

– Movie duration from 30 seconds to 3 minutes.

Duration of a competition

The competition lasts from 00:00 on 03.11.2021 until 00:00 on 20.12.2021.

Participation in competition

Each participant/team can participate in the prize competition only in their own name and by participating confirms that all personal data provided are only his personal data and that he agrees with these rules and conditions of the prize competition.

A condition for participation in the competition is for participants to be familiar with and agree with all the rules of the prize competition. By participating in the competition, it is considered that the participant has agreed to all the terms and conditions regarding the prize competition.

The video can be in Macedonian, Albanian, or English.

Insulting content videos will not be considered (vulgar or offensive words; elements of aggressive nationalism, xenophobia, and anti-Semitism; religious, ideological, political propaganda; racial, cultural, social, religious, ethnic, non-religious, and other)

The video can be in any format (Animation, documentary, etc.), the video can be without dialogue, verbal or non-verbal, in the form of a sketch or other.

– Contestants can also share a small 10-second movie promo which they can promote on Instagram with the hashtags #GreenFilm2021 #EuropeHouseSkopje #EuropeHouseStrumica #EuropeHouseKrivaPalanka

Participants do not need to have any prior training as filmmakers. It is enough to have the idea and desire to produce a film.

Movies can be shot with any shooting device: camera, smartphone, iPad, etc. The application deadline is December 1, 2021. The final product (film) should be sent to Europe House email address euinfo@europehouse.mk as a Vimeo link.

From all applications, 10 films will be selected by a professional jury from different sectors to be screened at MKC. Meanwhile, the professional jury from different sectors will select the best film of the Green Film Project. The author of the best film will receive as a reward a professional camera.

Contact us at euinfo@europehouse.mk if you have any questions or concerns.

Complete the application below to participate in the #GREENFILM competition.

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