Season Partners

Hay Festival is one of the worlds’ leading art and literature festivals, bringing readers and writers together to share stories and ideas in events live and online.

The literary festival within the Publishers’ Forum in Lviv gradually became a large-scale event, first of all, national and later international level. Annually the festival holds hundreds of events in different locations of Lviv.

A research centre in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at UEA in Norwich.

A contemporary animation and media art festival, the biggest showcase of independent animation in Ukraine that aims to support animation artists and promote Ukrainian animation worldwide.

Dash Arts creates exceptional artistic experiences that bridge divides across art forms, cultures, languages and communities.

An independent British online magazine that focuses on animation, whether with interviews, reviews, videos, tutorials, news, or podcasts.

A global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels.

PEN Ukraine is a voluntary civic organisation of Ukrainian authors for promotion of free literary creation, press & media, and the whole scope of democratic values. 

The UK’s leading documentary festival and one of the world’s most influential markets for documentary projects.

The world’s first literature Festival, leading the way in celebrating the written and spoken word, presenting the best new voices in fiction and poetry alongside literary greats and high-profile speakers.

EIFF connects audiences with innovative and essential storytellers, inspired by the unique identity of Edinburgh and a love of film.

A festival for new music, showcasing 500 emerging artists from all over the world in 30+ walkable venues across the city and a pop-up festival site on Brighton Beach.

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) is London’s leading festival of free outdoor theatre and performing arts that is committed to breaking new ground in outdoor performance and raising the ambition, quality and diversity of outdoor work.

A centre for Ukraine-related educational and cultural activities that promotes Ukrainian history, culture, language, religion, current affairs, literature and traditions in London.

An annual, international festival of contemporary and new music, taking place over 10 days and consisting of approximately 50 events, including concerts, music-theatre, dance, multi-media, talks and film.

Ukrainian theatre production company that researches contemporary theatrical phenomena and aims to create new contexts without geographical, cultural and national borders. It was founded by artist and director Dmytro Kostiumynsky.

Ukrainian film company that specialises in distribution and production of art cinema.

An intellectual event in Ukraine, where the book, literary and artistic scenes develop and interact with each other, and important issues of human existence, as well as society and culture are raised, prompting the proactive position of the participants and visitors.

Government entity with a mission to shape state policy in the area of book publishing, promote book reading in Ukraine, and popularise Ukrainian literature abroad.

This dance platform creates opportunities for the development of young choreographers and dancers.  It is home to Zelyonka Fest, the largest contemporary dance event in Ukraine and hosts residences, workshops and performances

 The Place is a UK contemporary dance hub, leading the way in dance training, creation and performance for over 50 years. It welcomes artists from all over the world, who come to expand their creative boundaries and experiment.

Studio Wayne McGregor is the creative engine for choreographer and director Wayne McGregor CBE. A unique resource for artists and communities, it encompasses creative collaborations across dance, visual art, technology and science.

The Slushni Rechi is a non-profit, working to promote the development of the artistic community in Odesa. The organisation works to support experimental and interdisciplinary practices as well as the critical potential of arts projects.

Acoustic Commons is a collaboration among four arts organisations (CONA, Soundcamp, Full of Noises and Locus Sonus) and a range of associate partners, each with close links to a specific site of cultural and natural heritage value. The initiative strengthens those links through a range of creative and technical approaches to engaging with audiences and places through shared listening.

Past / Future / Art is a cultural memory platform that implements educational and research projects, as well as a programme of activities to engage the public to work through the past.

Soundcamp are an arts cooperative based in London, Crete and The Hague, working on live audio streams and radio projects. Soundcamp organise workshops, events and broadcasts at the local and large scale environment, developing ecological practices of listening and transmission.

The Museum of Odesa Modern Art was founded in 2008, based on the unique collections of the second wave of the Odesa avant-garde artists. Today, the museum presents the work of leading Odesa artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Kyiv Critics Week is an international film festival, curated by professional film critics from Ukraine. The festival programme includes recent films from the major international film festivals, as well as the world’s cinematography heritage.

Outburst Queer Arts Festival is Northern Ireland’s annual international queer arts festival, commissioning and showcasing new works by queer artist locally and globally and creating space for risk-taking queer thinking and creativity that changes the conversation.

IZOLYATSIA is a non-profit, non-governmental platform for cultural initiatives, founded in 2010 on the site of a former insulation factory based in Donetsk. IZOLYATSIA aims to effect systemic change in Ukrainian society through the agency of cultural projects.

D6: Culture in Transit is a visual arts organisation based in Newcastle in the North East of England working locally and internationally. Our work is co-produced with artists and partners and focuses on environmental and social justice.

The Live Canon ensemble specialize in performing verse text. They have appeared at theatres, museums, festivals and galleries from Broadway to Abbey Road and record for radio and digital projects.

“86” NGO was founded in 2014 by a group of cultural activists, film lovers and art curators. The main goals are the development, support, distribution and promotion of independent Ukrainian cinema, author-driven films, documentaries and films that are missing in the mainstream and commercial industry.

TAKFLIX is an independent Ukrainian online-cinema founded in 2019. Takflix provides a global audience an opportunity to discover Ukrainian culture through screen while directly supporting the local film industry.

NOWNESS is a global video channel screening the best in culture. NOWNESS is a movement for creative excellence in storytelling celebrating the extraordinary of every day.

The Albany is an arts centre committed to representing the extraordinary creativity and
diversity of Deptford and Lewisham, South East London. They foster a welcoming and
inclusive space where everyone is inspired to get creative.

Sounds Like Chaos is a radical, performance company and arts collective of 12-25 year olds from South East London. They specialise in making a mess on stage leaving behind a trail of chaos.

The international multidisciplinary festival of contemporary art, founded by Vladyslav
Troitskyi. Until 2017 based in Kyiv. From 2018 until 2021 was held in different regions of
Ukraine (including Mariupol). It received the official label of EFFE and got in the Top 5 EFFE Laureates Award 2019-2020.

Youth alternative theatre from Mariupol, always looking for new forms and means of
dialogue with the audience. It was founded in 2011 by Anton Telbizov. In 2022, another team Teatromania 2.0 was created for children who found asylum in Hanover, Germany, due to the war.

The Belfast School of Art, formerly the Belfast Government School of Art, is a School in the Ulster University Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and is physically located at the Belfast campus.