Newsletter 06/2020

#BlackLivesMatter

ANTI Festival is deeply committed to anti-racism work, and in the future, we want communicate better what this means in our activity.

We are constantly evaluating our activity and willing to educate ourselves. Despite we have succeeded in presenting work by (marginalised) artists with diverse backgrounds, we have not succeeded in increasing diversity inside our organisation; we have a completely white staff.

We will continue developing both our communication and other activity, and recommend the “Anti-racism resources” document which has been helpful to us in this work.

FACE to FAITH creating dialogue in the multicultural Europe

ANTI Festival is a part of the FACE to FAITH project (2020-2023) that has been selected to the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union. FACE to FAITH is a cooperation project of 7 European (and an Israeli) theatres and festivals. They all share the conviction that performing arts has a significant role in creating dialogue and trust in the multicultural Europe.

The project will start on 1st September 2020, and we will communicate more about it later this year!

Have a good summer – hope to see you in Kuopio in the Autumn!

We are closely monitoring global developments regarding COVID-19. As an international festival our response to the crisis is guided by conditions and restrictions in place across the world. We will review the situation and its effects on event production after the Finnish summer break and will release the new festival dates and details of our 2020 programme in August.

At the moment, we are optimistically working towards a late-autumn festival with numerous artists and partners. We are following the instructions from the authorities and planning for a Corona-safe festival experience.

We thank all our supporters, friends and collaborators for your patience and cooperation during this complicated and unprecedented time!

The ANTI Festival team will have a summer break between 6th and 19th July. Have a good summer!

We hope to see you in Kuopio in the Autumn!

Image above: Mammalian Diving Reflex (CA): Sex, Drugs & Criminality 2019. Photo: Pekka Mäkinen