Selected projects in year 2 of FEST NET
In 2017 FEST received a European grant to set up a series of storytelling activities in Europe.
The general aim of this project is to increase the number and improve the quality of oral storytelling events and activities in Europe, to develop the professional competences of the actors and stakeholders involved, to broaden the application field of storytelling and to establish a European structure for sharing and cooperation.
Every Year FEST places an open call to the European storytelling community in search for organisations willing to cooperate with FEST to organise high quality storytelling events and activities.
FEST Selected 31 different projects for cooperation:
Open call for cooperation March 2018: 58 applications – 26 selected
Open call for Oral Storytelling and digital arts October 2018: 17 applications – 4 selected
| Project | Organisation | Country | Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appia in Fabula | Raccontamiunastoria | Italy | 4000€ |
| Shapereader | Shapereader (Echo Chamber ASBL) | Belgium | 3000€ |
| Digital educational platform integrating storytelling in the schools of today | Fort?lletid | Denmark | 4000€ |
| Developing an introductory storytelling curriculum for drama colleges in Romania | The Crick Crack Club | UK | 3000€ |
| Storytelling Exchange by/for deaf community | Pocket Stories | Netherlands | 4000€ |
| Mermaid & Sea Creatures in European Storytelling Tradition | Mermaid Arts Centre | Ireland | 3000€ |
| Life is a circle. Storycircles for elderly | Fonkelvogel (vzw Schobbejak) | Belgium | 1800€ |
| Here Where I Belong | Lignin Stories | Malta | 4000€ |
| STORYing – 1st international storytelling festival in Croatia | Laboratorij zabave (Fun Lab) | Hungary | 900€ |
| Cultural Heritage, Identity & Storytelling - A European conference for Cultural Heritage professionals | Storytelling Centre | Netherlands | 3000€ |
| Vulture Storytelling | Vulture Storytelling | Italy | 4000€ |
| Authentic storyteller network development in the Carpathian Basin | Meseszó Magyar Mesemondó és Szövegfolklór | Hungary | 3000€ |
| Racconto Dunque Sono: “Nicola Variations” | Associazione Eurolinguistica a Sud | Italy | 4000€ |
| Onceuponatime Storytelling Festival/ Holnemvolt | Asotiation Tipe Tupa | Romania | 3000€ |
| Image and imagination of European folklore heritage | Divja misel, Institute | Slovenia | 4000€ |
| The Storytelling Guide | Guides of Ammarnas | Sweden | 3000€ |
| MythOff Athens – World Storytelling Day | Athens Comics Library | Greece | 1700€ |
| Masters and talents | Stichting Storytelling Cenre | Netherlands | 3500€ |
| With a Fairy Tale Throuhg the (contemporary) World | The Association Fairy Tale | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3100€ |
| Kalevala Heritage 360 | Samova Storytelling | Finland | 3600€ |
| Stories of places, thingsWhen and people – challenges and opportunities of the 21st century | Latvian Storytellers Association | Latvia | 2500€ |
| The Story of Hervor – R&D Digital Residency | Adverse Camber productions | UK | 3000€ |
| Mix-up 2019 ! Multi lingual story-telling | Compagnie du Cercle | France | 3000€ |
| Solution Oriented Storytelling | Multi Kulti Collective | Bulgaria | 1800€ |
| Children of heaven and earth | Haus der Märchen und Geschichten e.V. | Germany | 3000€ |
| Witches along the border | De Waaier vzw | Belium | 4000€ |
| Dig call: The Odyssey and “Assasin’s Creed | Haus der Märchen und Geschichten e.V. | Germany | 4000€ |
| Dig Call: The Last winter | Ouvir e Contar | Portugal | 4000€ |
| Dig call: Mixed Reality Storytelling Festival 2019 | Compagnie Collage | Belium | 4000€ |
| Dig call: Digital Storytelling Takeover at Leeds Carriage works | Adverse Camber productions | UK | 4000€ |
