Participants

“Young” in the Atelier’s title refers first of all to the festival managers being “young in the festival business”. Participants represent a broad diversity of cultural and professional backgrounds – from students in arts management, to young managers working for large established organisations, to emerging curators running their own innovative international festivals. They all share the desire to implement excellent artistic festivals.

Tomas Kutinjac, Artistic Director Blitz Festival, Atelier BEIRUT 2015

"For the Atelier, 36 young festival leaders from all over the globe landed in Beirut to inspire and get inspired, exchange ideas, raise questions and try to give answers on the meaning and artistic management of festivals. One of the strongest feelings I had. Everybody had the same chance to express and share their story, concerns and mingle with everyone else with the same intensity."

Photo credit to Nabil Ismail

A Creative Collective

36 young festival managers from 21 countries - Australia, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Lebanon, Poland, Republic of Serbia, Romania, South Korea, The Netherlands, Sweden, Syria, United Kingdom, and Zimbabwe - attended the Atelier Beirut 2015

To view the list of participants of Atelier Beirut 2015 click here.