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Den 3 december hade 3500 användare registrerad sig på EFFE.eu. 533 festivaler i 28 europeiska länder hade skickat in sin ansökan. Bland dessa var 65 festivaler franska, 26 finska och 21 svenska. Men mellan 60 och 100 svenska festivaler (användera) fanns registrerade. Det visar på möjligheten att med en slutspurt nå 50 festivaler i Sverige.

Inte alla 3500 användare är festivaler som slutligen kommer kunna söka. Många har skapat en ingång för att kunna informer sig om EFFE och sprida ordet vidare. Men troligt är det att runt 1000 europeiska festivaler har skickat in sin ansökan vid midnatt måndag 15 december.

Räkna med att 500 festivaler kommer sitta med sin ansökan i veckan och under kommande helg. Vänta därför inte till i sista minuten. GÖR DIN ANSÖKAN NU!

Deadline är midnatt 15 december 2014.

Läs nedan varför några festivaler i Europa har valt att söka:

Festival Ljubjlana, Slovenia: “EFFE is a great opportunity for new international networks and collaborations, communication of the program and work of different European festivals and also a platform for innovations and creating trends in contemporary culture. EFFE can stress the importance of the culture for the European identity and future.”

Festival d'Automne à Paris, France: “Festival d'Automne in Paris applies for the EFFE Festival Label because of its involvement in the building of a European artistic culture since 1972.”

Edinburgh International Festival, United Kingdom: “The Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) aims to be the most exciting, innovative and accessible Festival of the performing arts in the world. EIF has an artistic commitment, is involved in its local community and has a European and global outlook and reputation. By obtaining the EFFE Label we feel that these attributes will be further promoted ensuring greater international understanding of what we do, helping our peers and the public to be better informed.”

Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, France: “The Festival d'Aix-en-Provence is convinced that opera is a European art form by excellence and aims at developing European cooperation throughout the training of young artists, co-productions, creations and touring.”

SPIELART, Germany: “SPIELART has initiated and is engaged in a lot of European network programs and has successfully launched a lot of applications at the EU. As its programming culture corresponds to the criteria of the EFFE label, we see the opportunity to publish this engagement and promote its values and models of good practice on a wider range.”

Holland Festival, The Netherlands: “The Holland Festival was founded to help stimulate cultural exchange and interaction between the Netherlands and its surrounding countries. To this day the festival presents international performing arts in the Netherlands, and aims to offer its audience a quality they cannot experience elsewhere. The Holland Festival collaborates with many European and international partners to commission, create and present international artists, artworks and unique collaborations all over Europe.”