Opportunity: ACT International Festival for Emerging Performing Artists
Where: Bilbao, Spain
When: 4-6 June 2026
Deadline: 20/12/2025
Online Application:
Fee to Participate or Apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSck8CZtatEaKYKwMouL6sXY_ZSpvgXd7FunCC0VFQQM9PbfDA/viewform
Description Of Opportunity:
ACT is a three-day festival that brings together annually a hundred of participants and guests from around the world. The festival has four main sections: the pedagogical program, ACTmosfera encounters, the exhibition shows and the short play competition, open to companies willing to take part in the festival.
ACT launches a call for emerging artists on the international scene who have works of maximum 30 minutes. The festival is committed to companies that take risks in their proposals and new formats and scenic languages. ACT´s main goal is to promote and share the work of new creators with the audience, cultural managers, programmers and the media. To do so, the festival facilitates spaces for reflection and debate, besides a remarkable pedagogical program for the participating performers. ACT is not only a festival but also a performing arts fair attended by programmers from around the world.
The festival covers the accommodation of the company’s interpreters and the necessary technical team; breakfasts, lunches and dinners are also included in the invitation, as well as passes for all the activities that take place during the 3 days of the festival, including workshops, talks and all the programmed shows. The festival does not cover transport costs, they must assumed by the company or other institutions. Accommodation is offered in shared rooms with other artists.
COMPETITION. We are seeking artistic proposals of 30-minute maximum length by emerging creators: performance, dance, textual theatre, circus… any of the existing scenic languages. *Works exceeding duration on stage, may be penalized in the competition.
The selected proposals will be shown during the festival according to the program. ACT will have the rights to broadcast fragments of the works as well as the publication of images to promote the event.
An international and independent jury composed of performing arts professionals will grant the festival prizes during the closing ceremony:
ACT main award: 5.000 € for the production and presentation of a new project at the next edition of the festival.
Four mentions without economic compensation: Best interpreter, best direction, and two other mentions in the categories deemed appropriate by the jury.
How To Apply:
Complete the form (mandatory video or link to the video) before 20th of December 2025.
If you have any questions about the festival or the open call, contact us by phone to +34 944389096 or by email to act@bai-bai.net.
Guidelines and application form are available on our website and Instagram page.
Contact Email:act@bai-bai.net
Website: www.actfestival.com
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