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ICC with 2 New Initiatives for Video Games & Cultural Offers Incubation

We are happy to share that ICC starts two new initiatives in the upcoming months!

In November we are starting the nationally funded project Humans at Play: Creators and Users in which together with 19 partners we will conduct a research into the audience attitudes towards video games and the potential for professional development in the sector by both players and creative professionals from fields different from video games. The project is partially funded by the National ‘Culture” Fund, Bulgaria.

ICC is looking for sponsors and partners that wish to get involved and support this initiative. Contact us.

In January 2023 we begin the international cooperation project Collaborative Innovation for Hybrid and Sustainability Uptake in Cultural and Creative Industries. ICC partners with organizations from Italy, Serbia, Greece and Denmark. The project is based on the partners’ experience, including ICC’s previous incubation projects Reconnect and Time Perspectives.

The new project will allow 15 cultural and artistic initiatives from different European countries to work within two needs areas: 1. Audiences and Hybrid Approaches and 2. Sustainability in Processes of Collaboration.

More information will be available in the upcoming months.

Petya Koleva in Malta’s National Symposium on State of the Arts

At the end of October Petya Koleva, ICC’s Director, took part in the first State of the Arts national symposium organized by Arts Council Malta.

Petya participated in the discussion on Sustainable Development and the Arts where she shared research and experience on the importance of cross innovation for sustainability in the arts.

Have you read these guidelines?

What the experience in the Time Perspectives project taught us, is that audience development should be in line with the strategic development of an organization. This is why we developed a set of guidelines that aim to assist organizations in approaching the process from diverse angles. A summary in English is available now.

Funding Opportunities

Creative Europe Media Strand Proposals in the following areas are currently accepted:

• TV and online content

• Films on the Move

• European slate development

• Video games and immersive content development

• Innovative tools and business models

• Audience Development and Film education

Culture Moves Europe supports the mobility of artists, creators and cultural professionals. It is part of Creative Europe’s Culture strand.

Culture Moves Europe has a budget of €21 million between 2022 and 2025. This allows around 7 000 artists, creators, and cultural professionals to:

• go abroad for professional development or international collaborations

• co-produce

• co-create

• present their works to new audiences