Call for applications: 2021 Production Awards for Arab countries

The programme was launched in 2004 by Culture Resource, an NPO that supports artistic creativity and encourages cultural exchange in the Arab world. It has since provided about 300 grants to support the production of artistic and literary projects by artists and writers under the age of 35.

Applications are available for the following art disciplines:

• Music: The creation of audio and audio-visual recording of vocal and instrumental musical works.
• Performing arts: The development and production of theatrical, dance and other performing arts productions.
• Visual arts: The production and organisation of visual art, installation art, video art and art book exhibitions.
• Literature: The creation and publication of novels, short stories and poetry anthologies.
• Cinema/video: The production of short, medium-length and feature-length fictional, documentary, animated and experimental films and video works.

Culture Resource will support 20 projects. In literature, performing arts, visual arts and music, the total projected budget for the proposed project must not exceed $10 000. In the cinema/video category, the programme offers grants of up to $15 000

Application deadline: 30 October 2020 (4pm Beirut time). Successful applicants will be notified in February 2021.

Eligibility

The opportunity is open to individuals from the following countries:

• Sudan, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Yemen.

Submitted projects will be evaluated based on:

• The quality and relevance of the project.
• Originality.
• The practicability of the projected budget.
• Feasibility of completion by the deadline.

Requirements

• Applicants under the age of 18 must include with their application a copy of their birth certificate, a letter of approval signed by a parent or guardian and a copy of the identity card/passport of that parent/guardian.
• A detailed budget projection, in the local currency of their country, for the project they plan to carry out.
• CV.
• Identity card or passport copy.

Note:

• Applications will not be accepted from previous recipients of Culture Resource's Production Awards until three years have elapsed after they received their previous grant.
• Applicants who still have an open Production Awards grant cannot apply.
• Applicants may not apply for support for more than one project, whether in a single discipline or more than one discipline.
• The programme does not cover the reproduction of a project that has been previously produced or presented, or a project in the following domains: websites, workshops, support for entities or organisations, and research.

How to apply

• Read the application guidelines carefully here.
• Sign up here before completing the application form here.

Note that the application document is entirely in Arabic, apart from the blanks that require English.

For more information about the Production Awards, send an email to awards@mawred.org.

View the original call here.