Beneficiary Association Culturelle Kadam-Kadam

Partners Atelier Toto B, Haiti
FormART, France
Atelier Nomade, Benin
Agence Téré Culture, Togo

Countries where the activities were carried out Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, France, Ghana, Haiti, Nigeria, Togo

Domain and disciplineProduction/Distribution / Theatre

Amount allocated 470.000.00 EUR (64.72%)

Project duration 36 months
18/01/2014 – 17/01/2016

Description The objective of “Circuit Art’Mattend” is to strengthen the theatre sector in Togo, Haiti and Benin. The project produced two theatre performances, supported the writing and publishing of ten dramaturgical texts, organised training sessions in cultural management, and created an International Distribution Agency for the Performing Arts.

Results - The action provided the necessary tools to professionalise the sector through workshops, training, creations, meetings and exchanges; - Real awareness of the situation and a willingness to work together emerged. A big step towards raising awareness among public authorities, development actors, the public and the whole community has been made; - Young dramatic authors, previously unknown to the general public, have benefited from space for expression; - Several shows addressed the issue of gender, which was discussed during forums and round tables.

Key figures - 27 jobs created - 1 writing residence and 6 creative residencies - 1 broadcasting agency - 70 people trained - 3 international tours

Beneficiary Les Anneaux de la Mémoire

Partners African Slavery Memorial Society of Antigua and Barbuda, Antigua and Barbuda
Association La Route des Chefferies, Cameroon
Association Touristique d’Haïti, Haiti
Fédération Nationale des Offices du Tourisme et des Syndicats d’Initiatives du Sénégal (FNOTSIS), Senegal

Countries where the activities were carried out Antigua and Barbuda, Cameroon, France, Haiti, Senegal

Domain and disciplineDistribution / Heritage

Amount allocated 500,000.00 EUR (55.29%)

Project duration 36 months
04/01/2014 – 03/01/2017

Description This action strengthened the cultural tourism industry around historical sites and locations linked to the black slave trade and slavery in Africa and the Caribbean. The project strengthened the professional skills of the sector operators and improved the creation of quality cultural goods and services, integrating the offer into the tourist distribution circuits.

Results - The remembrance sites and locations are better developed, protected and enhanced thanks to: rehabilitation works; exhibitions, signposting, visitor materials; - The cultural tourism offer is enriched and the history and remembrance sites and locations are at the heart of a cultural and tourism dynamic; - The visibility and resources of the cultural tourism industry have been increased.

Key figures - 1 tourist attraction called “History and Memory” in 3 countries - 1 travelling exhibition - 40 guides and site management staff trained

Beneficiary GVC Onlus (Gruppo di volontariato civile), Italy

Partners Productions Fanal, Haiti
Fundación Jóvenes Sin Fronteras, Dominican Republic
AHS (Asociación Hermanos Saíz), Cuba

Countries where the activities were carried out Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti

Domain and disciplineTraining / Audiovisual

Amount allocated 500,000.00 EUR (80%)

Project duration 30 months
1/03/2014 - 29/08/2016

Description The action consisted of a series of training activities aimed at strengthening the technical and professional skills of young Dominican, Haitian and Cuban video makers. The project also facilitated networking and allocated sub-grants

Results - Young artists received training in marketing and communication, financing opportunities and new promotional techniques through participative workshops. More than 50% of the young professionals involved in the workshops were able to find additional funds or created their own company; - The project beneficiaries have enhanced their access opportunities to the professional market; - The films produced, dealing with cross-cutting issues such as indigenous people, gender or environment, have been used as a pedagogical tool in several universities, public events and awareness campaigns.

Key figures - 350 young artists trained - 21 documentaries, 9 short films and 4 videos produced and disseminated

Beneficiary OIF

Partners CIRTEF, Belgium
West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)
Institut National de l’Audiovisuel, France
Institut Imagine, Burkina Faso
SARL Côte Ouest, Mauritius
Société Soon, Senegal

Countries where the activities were carried out Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, DRC, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Mali, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, Togo

Domain Audiovisual Diffusion

Amount allocated 500,000.00 EUR (72.99%)

Project duration 36 months
13/12/2013 – 12/12/2016

Description A project to boost markets and audiovisual productions in ACP countries by enhancing the value of works and digital image banks.

Results - The project enabled the distribution of archive material and audiovisual production through value creation for archive images; - A new generation of professionals has been trained in the production of documentaries based on archives; - African televisions were trained in the use of archives and use the same sharing tool (Archibald platform); - A film scanner has been installed at the Imagine Institute in Ouagadougou and several hundred hours of programmes are available; - A regional directive on audiovisual legal deposit was drafted and approved in September 2015 by the UEMOA Ministers of Culture.

Key figures - 300 hours of saved and accessible programmes - 15 broadcasters connected - 1 harmonisation text and 1 UEMOA regulation

Beneficiary Velvet Film, France

Partners Figuier Production, Haiti
Producciones Testimonio S.A, Dominican Republic

Countries where the activities were carried out Dominican Republic, France, Haiti

Domain Film Production

Amount allocated 300,000.00 EUR (35.74 %)

Project duration 19 months
31/07/2013 -28/02/2015

Description The feature length project “Murder in Pacot” brings together two internationally renowned Haitian artists, director Raoul Peck and writer Lyonel Trouillot. Both of them worked on producing this film, which has a two-fold goal: to strengthen the Haitian film industry and to reach a wider, international audience. “Meurtre à Pacot” tells the story of the daily lives of three people following the earthquake of 12th January 2010 in Port-au-Prince.

Results - The project led to the production of a locally anchored feature film with universal reach. The film relied on local resources in the difficult context of a country destroyed by a natural disaster; - The training of local technicians and the entry of foreign money into the local economy was promoted; - The action consolidated beneficiaries and local partners, who are now working with international productions.

Key figures - 1 quality film produced in Haiti and screened in international festivals - 174 paid jobs

Beneficiary TV-Mobicine - Idmage, Senegal

Partners Studio Sankara, Senegal
Sarama Films, Mali
Mwem, Haiti
Al Tarab, Spain

Countries where the activities were carried out Haiti, France, Mali, Senegal, Spain

Domain Audiovisual Distribution

Amount allocated 800,000.00 EUR (80%)

Project duration 24 months
30/06/2012 - 29/06/2014

Description VOD platform for African and Caribbean films and mobile screenings

Results - The project contributed to better distribution and remuneration of ACP audiovisual production by digital means; - Thanks to the mobiCINE sessions, the action introduced cinema into popular education, especially among schoolchildren; - The project participated in the fight against piracy of films in ACP countries and in strengthening the skills of local technicians; - Partnerships have been established at continental and Caribbean level in the field of digital broadcasting of ACP films.

Key figures - 182,000 people reached by mobiCINE projections - 5 million people reached by VOD films - 50,000 euros of income returned - 2,700 ACP audiovisual works (films, series, documentaries) promoted

Beneficiary Association Africulture, France

Partners Media Sports and Entertainment Group, Jamaica
Groupe 30 Afrique, Senegal
Africultures Burkina, Burkina Faso
Further Arts Association, Vanuatu
Alliance française de Port-Vila, Vanuatu
Groupe Taccems, Democratic Republic of Congo
Positive Productions, Rwanda
KAdam-KAdam, Togo
Culture Fund of Zimbabwe Trust, Zimbabwe

Countries where the activities were carried out Bahamas, Barbados, Dominican Republic, DRC, Fiji, Ghana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Salomon Island, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe

Domain and disciplineDistribution/Promotion/Diffusion / Networking, Information

Amount allocated 499,992.34 EUR (80 %)

Project duration 36 months
01/08/2012 – 01/08/2015

Description Creation of 22 dedicated internet sites for cultural operators in ACP countries.

Results - The promotion and visibility of cultural products and actors was strengthened; - Information about ACP cultural actors and products has been structured, developed and is accessible to all, easily and free of charge; - The circulation of information on SUDPLANETE and the sale of the works (books, records, films, shows) which result from it have increased; - The distribution role of festivals has been strengthened.

Key figures - 45,000 professional and structured artists identified - 30,000 works promoted - 270,000 unique visitors per month

Beneficiary Les Films de l'Astre, France

Partners Linea Espiral, Dominican Republic
Fastforward, Haiti

Countries where the activities were carried out Dominican Republic, France, Haiti

Domain Film Production

Amount allocated 285,633.61 EUR (40%)

Project duration 12 months
14/07/2012 au 13/07/2013

Description “Cristo Rey” is the second feature length production by Dominican film maker Leticia Tonos. The film is set in the Dominican Republic and depicts the complex relations between the Haitian and Dominican diaspora. Co-produced by four organisations (two Dominican, one Haitian and one French), this project reinforced the Dominican film industry and distribution networks in the Caribbean.

Results The production of the film had a structuring impact on the film industry in the Dominican Republic. Local partners were greatly involved and now work as subcontractors for foreign productions. The government has invested in film production.

Key figures - 1 quality feature film in the Dominican Republic - 40 jobs created - 150,000 spectators

Beneficiary Coopération par l’Education et la Culture (CEC), Belgium

Partners Fondation Connaissance et Liberté (Fokal), Haiti
Centre Ishyo, Rwanda
Centre Artisttik, Benin

Countries where the activities were carried out Benin, Haiti, Rwanda, Belgium

Domain and disciplineDistribution / Publishing Industries

Amount allocated 489,986.61 EUR (80%)

Project duration 40 months
01/09/2012 – 31/12/2015

Description Through the networking of four cultural centres, “Littafcar” contributed to improving the status of francophone African and Caribbean literary heritage. The project established a dedicated fund in each of the libraries of the centres, as well as a web platform to provide distance training activities and a communication policy on literary heritage.

Results - Each partner is recognised as a reference centre in the promotion of French-speaking literary heritage in Africa and the Caribbean; - The four partners lead a transnational network promoting this literature; - The centres encourage the teaching of this literature and the dissemination of French-language literary works on a large scale in ACP and Northern countries.

Key figures - network of 4 cultural centres - catalogue of 7,000 books - digital library of 1,000 books - learning platform about ACP literature