The programme was addressed at emerging festival managers or those who have ambitions to get involved in festival production. Participants broadened their professional skills, widened their horizons, and developed new project ideas under the professional guidance of renowned festival managers from all over the world who shared their rich experience and guided participants throughout the 2 sessions.

Topic

Back to Live: Programming in the Era of Physical Distancing

After just a few weeks of confinement, we’re already forming new habits: hosting birthday parties on Zoom, going online to watch performances, crossing the street to keep our physical distance… How do we come out of this? What steps can we take to rebuild trust and invite people from different households to share an experience together?

Format

This Keynote/Webinar consisted of two sessions, in different times of the day, aiming at engaging participants from all over the world.

Each session included:

  • Plenary discussion
  • Working Group discussions

Participants were guided by experts from a wide geographical, social, inter-disciplinary as well as cross-sectorial range (experts from foundations, social movements, etc) to collect a range of different experiences and strategies.