The platform “Culture helps culture” is an initiative of the Kulturrat NRW and is intended to help refugee artists and cultural workers from the Ukraine to find their way in the cultural life of North Rhine-Westphalia. In the collection of information you will find tips and links on cultural life in NRW, which give you initial contacts, networks and points of contact. Here you will also find further links to, among other things, sector-specific help portals.
German director Franz Böhm, who is currently living and working in the UK, started an initiative for storytelling: The Royal Navy is in need of stories they can tell to children while long waiting processes at border and paper controls, so he is being reported by a soldier he is in close contact with. Many children don’t really have anything to do while their parents are involved in those processes. Often they ask soldiers on the ground to entertain them. As our network is big and full of creative storytellers, feel free to share a children suitable short story in
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Solidarity Residencies in Finland are available for Ukrainian Artists. To address the catastrophic situation in Ukraine a group of independent art organisations have joined together to pool resources and share information to provide residencies as well as to work together to build diverse and extensive networks of solidarity. The collaborating partners include: AARK Connecting Points programme Fairres Frame Contemporary Art Finland Goethe-Institut Finnland HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme Pro Artibus Saari Residence.
Helsinki International Artist Programme's Page
NOSTOS, a non governmental organization against social exclusion and unemployment, began the operation of a help desk for Ukrainian citizens that have arrived in Greece.It offers information on access to necessary legal procedures and rights in Greece in accordance to the directions of the Greek Authorities. Legal, social and psychological support, as well as support for finding accommodation and/or job is also provided. Working hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00 – 19:00 either by phone or after appointment. For appointments, requests or questions please call +30 210 8815 310. The services are offered in Greek, English, Ukrainian and Russian. https://www.facebook.com/ngonostos/posts/1446076232461907
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The Coordinating Center of Ukrainian Diaspora in Greece has created a website with essential links about volunteering for Ukraine in Greece, hosting Ukrainians, list of needs for humanitarian aid and addresses where to offer humanitarian aid. Available in English, Ukrainian. For more information, please contact: ukrdiasporagr@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/uadiasporaingreece/ https://www.facebook.com/helpukraine.gr/
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The platform for the applications of the Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection Directive (proclaimed by the European Commission) coming from Ukraine is now open by the Ministry of Migration & Asylum in Greece in the links below. Find out more about the Temporary Protection Directive here: https://filmmakers-for-ukraine.com/help/temporary-protection-directive-for-people-fleeing-war-in-ukraine-and-guidelines-for-border-checks/ https://apps.migration.gov.gr/temporary-protection/?lang=uk https://apps.migration.gov.gr/temporary-protection/?lang=gr
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aktorky-ta-aktory.org is a digital home for professional actresses and actors from Ukraine – created “by actors for actors” together with key professional associations from across the European film industry. The main goal of the initiative is to provide visibility to actresses and actors from Ukraine who, had to leave their home because of the terrible war, and to show solidarity and support in these difficult times. Actors and actresses are invited to create and maintain a professional profile free of charge. aktorky-ta-aktory.org operates on the platform of the European casting service Castupload, which means the performers’ profiles are automatically integrated into the individual systems
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Nordic Ukraine Forum is a non-profit non-governmental organization registered in Sweden. We are a Ukraine-Nordics initiative launched to build bridges between Sweden and Ukraine, as well as facilitate the spread of knowledge and insights. We help to spread the knowledge about Ukraine and the situation therein in Sweden, as well as share best practices of Sweden with Ukrainian civil society actors.
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Emergency residencies for literary professionals, writers and literary translators from Ukraine.The residency period can be 1-3 months Your application will be processed immediately
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The association Collectif Accueil Villa Arson (CAVA) works on a reception programme for refugee art students, whose objective is to enable students to reintegrate into the world of higher education and to move towards degree courses or professional training in line with their projects, but also to create a place of sociability, sharing, and support for the rights of people in exile.
Collectif Accueil Villa Arson Site
The independent film production company Mira Film based in Zurich and Basel, Switzerland, offers help for Ukrainian filmmakers, creatives and journalists. They can help to find picture or sound editing opportunities in Switzerland, assist in finding facilities, and try to provide or arrange other types of production support, upload platforms for film material from Ukraine as logistical support. info@mirafilm.ch
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Recognizing the need for urgent support of Ukraine’s intellectual community, the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM, Vienna) and the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University (HURI) are partnering to offer non-residential fellowships for Ukrainian scholars, cultural figures, and public intellectuals. These fellowships provide a one-time stipend of 5000 EUR to support recipients’ intellectual activities. Preference will be given to applicants who intend to or must remain in Ukraine for legal, professional, or personal reasons. The IWM is also offering non-residential fellowships for Ukrainian scholars, journalists, cultural figures, and public intellectuals who are documenting the war and its consequences.
IWM Vienna - New Non-Residential Fellowships to Support Ukrainian Scholars
The Austrian Federal Ministry for Art and Culture has started special funding for Ukrainian artists in Austria by providing financial resources both in the form of working scholarships and through project funding. The website is currently only in German.
The Emergency Fund for Ukrainian Cultural Professionals is a fund of the Goethe-Institut and the German Federal Cultural Foundation, which is supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. It is made possible by the Federal Foreign Office.
goethe.de/uk/kul/ges/ser/zte.html
The Austrian film academy has published contact information for Ukrainian filmmakers arriving in Austria. Австрийская киноакадемия предлагает поддержку режиссерам и кинодеятелям, прибывающим в Австрию в связи с войной в Украине. Контакт: office@oesterreichische-filmakademie.at
Österreichische Filmakademie Help for Ukrainian filmmakers
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With Kulturhilfe Ukraine, ifa, in cooperation with the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg, offers a contact point for refugee cultural and artistic professionals from Ukraine as well as cultural organizations. Phone: +49.711.2225.200 E-Mail: kultur-ukraine@ifa.de
ifa.de/foerderungen/kulturhilfe-ukraine/
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Coordination office – the »Office Ukraine. Shelter for Ukrainian Artists« – for Ukrainian artists in Austria. It serves as a platform for the coordination of various initiatives by civil society as well as by institutions and acts as a liaison between the institutions in Austria and cultural workers from Ukraine.
Artisthelp - Shelter for Ukrainian Artists Austria
At 6 rue d’Aboukir, 75002 Paris you will find a reception and advisory office where artists are individually received and where their needs are identified. They also offer a space where artists can send time or arrange appointments. They provide computers with free internet access. It’s also a spaces for artistic practice where artists can come to work occasionally or in the form of residencies. Hotline to support Ukrainian artists 06.95.75.68.52 (whatsApp, Viber), soutienartistesukrainiens@aa-e.org
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We are collating academic, scientific, arts, professional and freelance opportunities that are currently available for people fleeing war. Start looking for jobs by simply searching within a specific country or by switching between academic and industry opportunities.
The filmArche is a good address for networking and finding jobs in Berlin, Germany and internationally.
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