EFFE label: Europe for Festivals – Festivals for Europe

In the scope of the pilot project EFFE: Europe for Festivals – Festivals for Europe, whose initiator is the European Festival Association (EFA), the Seviqc Brežice Festival received the EFFE label, which placed it among the 761 ambassadors of the European festivals for 2015-2016. There are 6 more such ambassadors from Slovenia, honoured with the label, chosen among 236 Slovenian festivals.
EFFE is a new international festival platform that connects festivals which are deeply committed to arts, their communities and European values, and which have immense importance as key players in the cultural life of Europe, its countries, regions and nations.

250 festival representatives from across Europe gathered in Paris on Sunday 27 September for the announcement of the first ever EFFE Awards. An International Jury, presided over by Vincent Baudriller, Director of Théâtre Vidy in Lausanne, rewarded 12 of the most trend-setting European festivals of this year from a pool of 760 festivals from 31 countries.

Festivals at the Heart of Europe, an online EFFE exhibition

As a global digital expert, the Google Cultural Institute offered EFFE to help to increase festivals’ exposure and their use of digital tools. Together they have created the online exhibition Festivals at the Heart of Europe, curated by theatre and opera director Tom Creed on the Google Cultural Institute platform. This exhibition features images and video that track the development of festivals in Europe from a post-war peace building effort to the multi-disciplinary and experimental festivals of today. You can see the exhibition HERE.