COVID19 - March 2020
Facing the crisis linked to the spreading of Covid-19, CIFAS has decided to suspend all its activities planned until the summer.
Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Take care of yourself, your relatives and your neighbours, we hope that we can all take this opportunity to reflect upon the world we want for tomorrow.

May 2020: The producers' Academy 2020 has taken place online since May 2020. In order to be informed of the organisation of the next edition, you can register to our newsletter.


Created in 2016 by the International Centre for Training in the Performing Arts (CIFAS), the Producers’ Academy is organised in the frame of Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels.

A group of selected international producers take part in a programme of conferences, workshops and peer-to-peer learning sessions, raising questions about their practice in the international cultural sector nowadays:

How do we understand the different contexts of international production? 
How do we go beyond the distribution model of touring and develop more meaningful relationships?
How do we plan for more inclusion in the field of arts and culture?
To what extent can we tackle cross-border and regional financial inequalities?
How do we work across borders and cultures, taking into account environmental issues? 
How do we produce in a world that is turning more and more towards nationalism and conservatism? 
How do we combine and balance private and professional realities?

The Producers’ Academy increasingly pays attention to the notion of care, one of the fundamental concepts of feminism, and explores attentive and responsive practices, social and sustainable approaches in order to potentially invent new, adapted and fairer models of governance.

By meeting with experts and practitioners, participants will approach practical aspects of international collaborations - administrative, legal and financial issues - as well as conceptual aspects, questioning innovative production models that reinvent our global cultural landscape.

This year, next to workshops, talks and lectures, meeting sessions with international producers working for artists invited at Kunstenfestivaldesarts will take place.

The Producers Academy is a project by CIFAS, On the Move, MoDul and Kunstenfestivaldesarts.
 

CRITERIA OF ELIGIBILITY

The Producers’ Academy is open to:
- People from all nationalities
- People who have at least five years of experience as a producer* in the performing arts sector** (particularly in relation to the international development of their organisation, company, association etc.)
- Producers/Cultural entrepreneurs who have developed or are in the process of developing innovative way(s) to support creation in an international dimension and/or with a trans-sectorial approach (performing arts and social or feminist engagement, performing arts and climate change issues etc.)
- The event will be held exclusively in English. Therefore, participants need to be able to understand, communicate and work in English.

* Producer: supervises, supports, follows an artist or a collective/company
** Performing arts: Are excluded from this definition opera- and music-only related projects

If you have any question regarding your eligibility, please get in touch with Mathilde: mathilde@cifas.be

APPLICATIONS

Applications will have to be submitted to CIFAS by 2 February 2020, including:
- A CV (maximum 2 pages including a short 5 lines' biography)
- A note relating your experience, reflexions and questions as a producer as well as your expectations from the Producers’ Academy.

CONDITIONS

Participation is free of charge (Full programme + lunches during the four days + performances).

We do not take in charge travel and accommodation costs*.

* Limited travel support can be considered on an exceptional basis.
* We can send official invitation letters to those who wish to activate ways to support their participation costs. Our partner On the Move can provide advice and guidance about available mobility support programmes for selected participants.

Attendance is required for the entire programme, including evening performances.