Italy | Mittelyoung 2025 for theatre, dance, music and circus projects

Mittelyoung is calling for applications from artists under 30 working in theatre, music, dance, and circus, for the 2025 edition of Mittelfest Tabù in Cividale del Friuli (UD), Italy. 

The festival is based on an open call for projects from Italy, Central-Europe and the Balkans, examined by a group of under-30 curators (curatores) appointed by Mittelfest in cooperation with some institutions and training bodies in Friuli Venezia Giulia region and SNG Nova Gorica (Slovenia). 

Under the coordination of Mittelfest artistic direction, the group of curatores will select 9 projects (2 theatre, 2 music, 2 dance, 2 circus and one project that may belong to one of the above categories) to be showcased and from 15 to 18 May 2025 in Cividale del Friuli. 

From among those 9 projects scheduled, up to 3 shows will be re-scheduled during Mittelfest Tabù from 18 to 27 July 2025. 

Eligibility

The call is open to individual artists or ensembles/companies of artists (maximum of 6) under the age of 30. 

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.

Support

Associazione Mittelfest will grant to each selected project (stage one) an economic support (co- production contribution or cachet) up to 4,000 EUR, 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. 

Each project passing to the second selection will be granted at least the same financial support allocated in stage one.

Mittelyoung 2025 application guidelines 

Deadline: 12 February 2025