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Empty Cans

Empty Cans

During June and September 2007 the artist Tarek Atoui succesfully introduced video workshops as a form of convergence between cultures, to teenagers between 12 and 16 years old in Lebanon, Egypt, France and the Netherlands. | details

Romart Festival

Romart Festival

Romart festival, an annual event held in the city of Subotica with local and international artists, wants to counterbalance the traditional folkloristic image of Roma culture by presenting contemporary (urban) Roma music, film and theater. | details

The migrant body

The migrant body

Using the language of contemporary dance and its relationship with writing and the visual arts, this project touched upon the dynamics and flows of migration. | details

Europoly: EU bureaucracy can be fun

Europoly: EU bureaucracy can be fun

Inspired by the well-known game Monopoly, Europoly is a playful art installation about migration to Europe. Created by Serbian artist Dejan Kaludjerovic and supported by the ECF's grant scheme, the installation reveals different aspects of the European Union. | details

Rediscovering Sami nomads

Rediscovering Sami nomads

In November 2006 Dutch journalist Jelle Brandt Corstius and photographer Jeroen Toirkens travelled, with support of ECF's Closer Look grant scheme, to Sámi villages in the Murmansk region of Russia to document youth culture amongst the Sámi nomads. | details

70 cents for culture! campaign

70 cents for culture! campaign

In the latest spending negotiation, the European Parliament and the EU Council have settled for an extra 4 billion Euro budget. This is a major breakthrough, and good news for culture, as it is the first time that culture has achieved a share of the extra budget allocation.
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A child´s perspective on the world

A child´s perspective on the world

How does a 10-year-old see 'the world'? The ECF supported Koman Foundation asked this of over 500 children as part of the project ‘European Children's Eyes'. Children aged 7-13 used disposable cameras to capture their everyday lives in Turkey, Italy, France, Germany and Portugal | details

A divided city in Kosovo

A divided city in Kosovo

With support of ECF's grants scheme, a documentary workshop, organised by Nisi Masa (France) and 7 Arte (Mitrovica), aimed to capture the daily lives of young people living in Mitrovica, a city divided by a bridge that separates Serbs from Albanians. | details

Streetlab

Streetlab

Streetlab Europe reveals the life, fashion and art of the street in six European countries. It gives young people the chance to express themselves and make discoveries about the cultural identities of their fellow Europeans. | details

theoneminutesjr

theoneminutesjr

theoneminutesjr are sixty-second videos made by young people aged 12 to 20. The scope of the videos is extraordinarily eclectic and has ranged from views on anti-smoking to life issues, criticism about urban living to an abstract look at beautiful wooden chairs in the snow. | details