Open Call Mittelyoung2026 Free

Send your artistic project for a paid opportunity on the international stage of Mittelfest, the festival of Central Europe.
The Open Call for Mittelyoung is officially open from 11 December 2025 to 10 February 2026.
If you are under 30 and have a theatre, music, dance, or circus project, Mittelyoung is the right place for you.
Mittelyoung is one of the top under-30 festivals in Europe: every year it brings artists from across Central Europe and the Balkans to Cividale del Friuli, offering space to new voices on the scene and providing concrete support for their work.
For 2026, we are looking for projects that engage with the theme Fear: not as a blockage, but as momentum, vision, possibility. A starting point for imagining other perspectives and new languages.
Where: Cividale del Friuli (Udine), Italy
When: 14–17 May 2026
What we offer: paid participation and the opportunity to present your work in an international context
Who can apply
Artists and companies under 30 from: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine, Hungary.
How it works
A group of under-30 curators will review all applications and select 9 projects to be presented during Mittelyoung Fear (14–17 May 2026).
Among these, up to 3 shows will then be selected to be re-programmed within Mittelfest Fear (16–26 July), with additional support and visibility.
How to apply
By filling out an online form on the Mittelfest website.
All criteria are available here: www.mittelfest.org/en/mittelyoung/
For further information: www.mittelfest.org
Deadline: 10 February 2026, 3:00 PM
Info: [email protected]
www.mittelfest.org/en/mittelyoung/