Cultural Promotion

Here you can find comprehensive information on grants, financial support and programmes that promote arts and culture in Belgium, Europe and worldwide.

Our funding programmes and open calls

for artists and cultural professionals

  • Culture Moves Europe

    Call for Individual Mobility

    This call is aimed at artists and cultural professionals who wish to carry out a project with an international partner from another Creative Europe country.

    Application period: 1 October 2026 to 30 April 2027

    Culture Moves Europe Individual Mobility 2026 © Goethe-Institut/ European Union 2026, Image source: Pexels, Adobe Stock © Goethe-Institut/ European Union 2026, Image source: Pexels, Adobe Stock

  • Culture Moves Europe

    Call for Residency Hosts

    The call is aimed at organizations or individual professionals interested in hosting artists and cultural practitioners for a residency project at their premises.

    Application period: 15 October 2026 to 18 January 2027.

    Call for Residency Hosts © Goethe-Institut/ European Union 2026, Image source: Pexels, Adobe Stock, Pixabay © Goethe-Institut/ European Union 2026, Image source: Pexels, Adobe Stock, Pixabay

Worldwide Arts funding and residencies

The Goethe-Institut promotes art and culture in a variety of projects in Germany and abroad. You can search by genre, funding type and duration.

Arts funding and residencies © Unsplash/Matthieu Comoy © Unsplash/Matthieu Comoy

Translation funding

Our translation funding programme supports the publication of books by German-language authors in other languages.

Our research platforms

  • Film Archive

    Our archive comprises around 600 films on DVD, which we make available free of charge to cinematheques, film clubs, film festivals, cultural institutions and educational institutions for non-commercial screenings.

  • Theatre Library

    The Theatre Library provides translations of contemporary German plays free of charge.

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