FAQ

Yes, both the leading festival and the partner festivals need to register on FestivalFinder.eu.

FestivalFinder.eu is an online search tool that allows audiences to find arts festivals, from music to theatre, street arts to dance, literature, among others, in 45 countries across Europe. Before applying to EFFEA, FestivalFinder.eu can be used to explore and connect with other festivals.

Even if holding the EFFE Label can be an added value it is not mandatory. Festivals only need to register on FestivalFinder.eu.

Yes and having more partners can be an additional asset.

Theatres and foundations are also eligible for the funding if they are organising a festival.

The definition of a festival is:

• • A festival has its primary focus on the development, presentation and/or participation in arts and culture.
  • A festival occurs in a defined area/region and a defined period of time.
  • A festival exists for at least one edition.

If the artist in residence presents the work/work in progress only at the leading festival, the partner-festivals for the discovery category are present for the workshop and as mentors.

Category one “Discovery”: a presenter from (minimum) 2 partner festivals will come to the leading festival place to work with the artist or the artist can go to the 2 partner festivals.
Category two “Springboard”: artist needs to present their work in 3 stages in Europe (the leading and two other partners)

There is no limit for the residency time. It can be a couple of days, weeks, months.  The start and end date of the residency must fall within the grant period. This means that the start date of the residence must be 1 September 2023 at the earliest and the end date of the residence must be no later than 31 August 2024. The applicants are free to start earlier or end later as long as the costs related to the extension are not included in the budget submitted to EFFEA.

A festival can apply for one grant as a leading festival and apply for multiple grants as a partner festival. An artist can be supported by maximum one EFFEA grant. A member of the jury may apply with their festival to one residency, either as a leading festival or a partner festival.

The leading festival signs the letter of intent with two other partner festivals.
The leading festival signs the letter of intent with the artist/collective/group.

Online seminars with the selected artists and festival programmers.

If the network project meets the requirements of this call, it should be perfectly possible.

Yes, the leading festival is responsible for the financial report but a letter of intent at the call level and a partnership contract will be signed between the different festivals if you are selected 

Yes, you can, as long as the amount that you invest in the residency of the artist is minimum 8.800/16.500€

The distribution of the budget is up to the leading festival in agreement with the 2 other festivals. The partnership will have to agree on the division of the budget. There is no percentage given in relation to the division of it. It must show how the artist is supported in the best way. This can be very different project by project.

The amount that you must add from your own budget is 20% of the grant value. Half of it is your minimum own investment in the residency of your artist and the other half is your contribution to the overall project.

The grant that EFA receives from the EC only covers 80% of the total budget. The remaining 20% is partly funded by EFA and its partners and partly by the selected applicants.

Co-funding of 20% from the festival side is mandatory.

70% of the EFFEA Call#2 grant amount (5.600/10.500€) will be paid within 2 weeks after the signing of the agreement with EFA 20% of the grant amount (1.600/3.000€) will be paid latest in August 2024.
10% won’t be paid as it corresponds to your contribution to the overall project