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	Attending nominee Forum in Stutgart Performing Arts	Applicant(s) Visar Krusha	Time and place Stutgart from: February 2011 till: February 2011	Grant CHF 520.00
	Robert Bosch Stiftung Co-Production Prize 74 applicants responded to the Call for the Co-Production Prize 2011. Corresponding to the formal criteria 41 projects were submitted to the Jury for the selection. Amongst were nine animations, fifteen documentaries and seventeen short feature projects. Filmmakers from Germany submitted joint film ideas together with their team partners from Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. The jury nominated in agreement the fifteen projects, which will now compete for the Co-Production Prize 2011. In February 2011 the selected teams will be invited to the Nominee Forum taking place in the foundation’s seminar rooms in Stuttgart and at selected events at the Berlinale Talent Campus in Berlin. In several workshops the young filmmakers will be prepared for the pitch to the jury during the goEast Film Festival in Wiesbaden in April 2011. At goEast’s official award ceremony the jury will announce the three prizes worth up to 70.000 € in each category.

	ZOOM Zblizenia Performing Arts	Applicant(s) Burim Haliti	Time and place from: February 2011 till: February 2011	Grant CHF 673.00
	Presenting "Hekurishtja" short film in the International Competition – 14 th international Film Festival “Zoom Zblizenia” 15-20.02.2011, Jelenia Gora, Poland

	EX YU Generation Next Film & Theatre To expose Kosovo audience to the latest films made from ex-YU first time film directors www.skenaup.com	Applicant(s) Skena Up Festival	Time and place Prishtina from: December 2010 till: January 2011	Grant CHF 4'084.00
	Ex Yu Generation Next, a integral part of the SKENA UP film and theatre festival aims to expose the Kosovo audience to the latest films made from ex-YU space first time film directors. The overall list of films that will be selected in the 2010 edition of the festival will expose Kosovo’s audience to a range of films discussing the social and cultural life as well as sensitive issues that are current in ex YU societies. The aim of the programme is to offer Kosovo’s film and theatre students as well as general audience a taste of life and culture from the neighbouring countries. In addition, the programme will invite filmmakers and film professionals that have worked in films that will be shown, in this way facilitating a professional and cultural exchange between filmmakers from Kosovo and western Balkans countries. This opportunity for professional exchange will provide a chance for them for possible co-production of films between companies and individuals from ex-YU republics.

	Net/Rrjet Exhibition Visual Arts Net/Rrjet Exhibition consists of different mediums such as: photographs and video materials, installation, performances, paintings, sculptures	Applicant(s) Gallery Expoart 40	Time and place Prishtina from: November 2010 till: January 2011	Grant CHF 3'750.00
	Knitting of communication network among people goes beyond geographic borders. By all means, spreading of this network has universal effect. Today communication become very powerful, as with it we acct, cohabit, even though abuse. Communication became itself ascendency. It’s itself inspiration and for more acts itself. We are witness, that we can’t get rid of time act, meanwhile communication still feels free, pervasive, as most modern instrument of achievement of cooperation and reflective network into acting spaces. World of technology, internet today is doing unforeseen acts to build different pathways of communication, by escaping rules and limits that manage function of physical world. Net/Rrjet Exhibition will be presented as an exhibition consisting different mediums such as: photographs and video materials, installation, performances, paintings, sculptures.

	2Connectevery1 Visual Arts Exhibition of artworks of 21 young artists in Kamnica and production of a radio documentary.	Applicant(s) PROACTIVE	Time and place Kamenica from: November 2010 till: December 2010	Grant CHF 1'021.00
	Exhibition of artworks of 21 young artists in Kamnica and production of a radio documentary.

	Exhibition Faces & City Visual Arts This project contents 2 different exhibitions of 2 artists, one well know artist who had success worldwide and the upcoming artist	Applicant(s) TETRIS Hapesira Manipuluese	Time and place Prishtina from: November 2010 till: March 2010	Grant CHF 1'500.00
	1.Exhibition “FACES” The retrospective of the destroyed or missing paintings of the artist Lendita Zeqiraj will be shown through the interactive slideshow with two video-projectors, in the separate area. The newest work will be exhibited in the main area. This exhibition at the same time will be a contemporary reflection on human soul in crisis. A body of a person as a metaphor. The focus of world’s contemporary character echoes concordantly the standardized manners of humanity and their hygienic uniform. 2.Exhibition “CITY” The new emerging artist Agim Balaj will exhibit his new works on photo and post cards. It will reflect city of Prishtina in its full identity crisis. Artist with his drawings of different creatures and people on the landscape of Prishtina will try to make an impact how its habitants are struggling to have a day to day life.

	Digital Photography Exhibition Tour Visual Arts Organization of 4 exhibitions of digital photography in Mitrovica, Leposavic, Gracanica, and Strpce	Applicant(s) NGO AKTIV	Time and place from: November 2010 till: January 2011	Grant CHF 4'480.00
	To promote ultural activities of young population through 4 exhibition displays of most representative work of trainees of Digital Photography Program, focused on development of technical and artistic skills of the participants through motivating and interactive activities aiming to challenge their creativity and imagination in the area of digital photography. Exhibition will take place in 4 locations in Kosovo (Mitrovica, Leposavic, Gracanica, and Strpce) aiming to introduce and popularize the cultural activities among the young population. Exhibition materials, among work of 20 trainees, will be selected by Artistic Committee with objective to select the pieces reflecting the variety of artistic directions in digital photography, multi-cultural context of art and social inhibitions of photographer perspectives.

	Free Space to Express Visual Arts Support organization of four exhibitions of young artists: Driton Selmani, Qendresa Deda, Berat Hasani and Lulzim Zeqiri.	Applicant(s) Gallery Traffic	Time and place Prishtina from: November 2010 till: November 2010	Grant CHF 1'500.00
	This project aims at supporting organization of four exhibitions of young artists: Driton Selmani, Qendresa Deda, Berat Hasani and Lulzim Zeqiri.

	Body: Object of Salvation Visual Arts Unique exhibition that will present an innovative exhibition form using different expressive artistic disciplines.	Applicant(s) Rudina Xhaferi	Time and place Prishtina from: 15.06.2010 till: 30.09.2010	Grant CHF 4'471.00
	"Body: Object of Salvation" exhibition is a unique exhibition that will present an innovative exhibition form using different expressive artistic disciplines in order to provide to the audience more thorough artistic perspective of the artistic work presented in the human body. The exhibition "Body: Object of Salvation" is planned to be exhibited at the second part of September 2010. Having the human body as the main reference point, this exhibition conceptually makes a strong emphasis of the importance of each and every human being in the society we live in, consisted of diverse backgrounds and cultures of these human beings. Conceptually the exhibition reflects the cultural diversity and the important place these cultures take in the diverse cultural identity of our general society. The audience will be able to artistically enjoy enriching perspectives that body art work can transmit. Painting onto bodies is booming in the time we are living, but it is no new idea. Traditional cultures have used body art for thousands of years as a way to enhance the rituals honoring the stages of life and death. Body painting has many uses in many different areas of work, all of them having potential to bring an artist creative of freedom and satisfaction. A visual artist may move into body painting to give their art a life of its own. Traditional cultures using body art demonstrate common links between history, spirituality and the body. Painting onto the body is a process of transformation and enlargement of the soul.

	Molla e parë: album CD and concert DVD launch Music	Applicant(s) Shpat Deda	Time and place Prishtina from: 01.06.2010 till: 01.09.2010	Grant CHF 5'000.00
	Already underway and in its final stages of production, “Molla e parë” is a collection of 12 original Pop/Rock songs recorded on CD and DVD that invite the listener on a journey towards discovering oneself through love, people and self exploration. Serving as the initial platform that brought together an unprecedented team of the best local musicians and sound engineers, this album aims at offering real value and quality to listeners that are growing increasingly disappointed at their national music scene. All song lyrics are written exclusively in the local Gheg dialect, aiming to increase its presence in the media and in the local Pop/Rock music scene. Though currently Gheg is used more acceptingly in the hip hop scene, “Molla e pare” aims to invite artists of all music genres to embrace their widely used dialect, and to foster the cultural debate about the widened use of this dialect in media and culture.

	Laboratori Sorra Visual Arts An innovative clothes exhibition with its main inspiration based on traditional national Kosovar elements incorporated with contemproary trends.	Applicant(s) Venera Mustafa	Time and place Prishtina from: June 2010 till: December 2010	Grant CHF 3'000.00
	In this show, the clothes will be exhibited in reference to two different inspiration elements with one common point. -The first element refers to a unique custom called 'Qeizi', which is the way brides used to hang (exhibit) the clothes they brought with them to their new home. -The second element refers to the black bird or 'the crow' and how it hangs on a wire or tree looking down on the city. Hence 'hanging' is the common point of both elements being the focal exhibiting style of the show.

	One Act Play from Shakespeare Theatre This performance will be combined with traditional and modern content elements like structure, acting, costume, stage design, lights and promotion.	Applicant(s) Kreshnike Osmani	Time and place Prishtina from: June 2010 till: September 2010	Grant CHF 2'000.00
	One Act Play from Shakespeare will be a theatre performance which will be in the stage in “Dodona” theatre in Prishtina in September 2010. This performance will be combined with traditional and modern content elements like structure, acting, costume, stage design, lights and promotion.

	Nightlights Music To promote non-mainstream urban music and contribute to Kosovo representation in regional and international art scene.	Applicant(s) Agnes Nokshiqi - Band Manager	Time and place Prishtina from: 01.05.2010 till: 30.09.2010	Grant CHF 2'800.00
	It represents a new genre of avant-garde music produced locally, as by appearance, energy, style, charisma and creativity. Another significance of the band is its authenticity in making a music which comes from inspiration of living under specific circumstances of post war Prishtina. The members of the band are very young in age (from 19 to 21 years old) and carry a lot of enthusiasm which is generally lacking in the music scene in Kosovo. In addition, the band will promote the album at concerts to be held in Prishtina, Skoplje and Tirana. Also, a music video for a promo single from the new album will be produced, in order to extend the promotion to broadcast media.

	Aktiv Live Music Festival Music In the occasion of EU week, NGO Aktiv will organize the Music Festival Active Live Music, in the northern Mitrovica. www.ngoaktiv.org	Applicant(s) NGO Aktiv	Time and place Mitrovica from: 01.05.2010 till: 15.05.2010	Grant CHF 4'049.00
	This festival will be unique opportunity for promotion of new cultural dimension for youth and local bands in Mitrovica in order to demonstrate and share their musical achievements and creativity. In light of the festival it is foreseen participation of international bands from Italy and Netherland along with a participation of international and domestic DJ’s. We try to achieve genuine interaction between bands, both, domestic and international that will mark this festival and its aim as a significant cultural event in this part of Kosovo. The event will take place in north Mitrovica during the weekend of 8th and 9th of May following the 30 days organizational and logistical preparations. The format of the festival that will last two days, envisage 60 minutes performance of each band and DJ while entrance will be free of charge with maximum security and medical support provided to all participants in order to ensure qualitative and smooth programme of the festival.

	The Culture Lobby Visual Arts ‘Culture Lobby’ Exhibition is a show of photographs and audio records produced by artist researches throughout year 2009. www.theculturelobby.com	Applicant(s) Laboratory for Visual Arts	Time and place Prishtina from: 20.05.2010 till: 31.05.2010	Grant CHF 2'431.00
	‘Culture Lobby’ Exhibition is a show of photographs and audio records produced by artist researches throughout year 2009 on the subject: ‘what will change or disappear when your country joins the EU.’ It is a part of a regional, artistic initiative to create a participatory "active archive" of cultural memory in the Western Balkans by documenting visually (photographs) and aurally (audio recordings) what citizens think will change or disappear when their territory joins the EU. The recorded results researched during 2009 will be produced and publicly presented as an online archive, a book, an exhibition in all capitals of all seven countries, and as a downloadable GPS map with which people will be encouraged to navigate the art (and thus the region) physically. ‘Culture Lobby’ Exhibition hosted by LAB will be held at Tetris, the manipulation space in Prishtina followed by a debate on the same subject with artists and young decision-makers. The curatorial content of the exhibition will have answers collected, photographed and displayed which will act as a barometer of the concerns, fears and aspirations of the citizens of the Western Balkans, providing them the opportunity to participate in the creation of an alternative cultural history as an artwork in itself.

	Theatre for Free Documentary movie The main idea of this Documentary is the raise and fall of theatre called : “ Teatri I babes” founded Kosovar actor Enver Petrovci.	Applicant(s) Driton Hajredini	Time and place Prishtina from: 14.05.2010 till: 26.07.2010	Grant CHF 3'500.00
	The main idea of this Documentary is the raise and fall of theatre called : “ Teatri I babes” founded by Kosovar actor Enver Petrovci. The aim of this documentary is to sensitize the opinion here in Kosova and abroad about the problems in art in general what we have here and in same way to give a sign or impulse about the fact how difficult is to be an artist but in other side how important is for a nation to have and recognize the artists of all fields.

	The Mobile Archive at Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art Visual Arts Stacion- Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina will present the Mobile Archive, an international collection of hundreds of video artworks	Applicant(s) Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina	Time and place Prishtina from: May 2010 till: August 2010	Grant CHF 7'000.00
	Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina will present the Mobile Archive, an international collection of hundreds of video artworks assembled by the Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon. The Mobile Archive at Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina consists of three parts: 1. Opening of the entire archive to the public at large: each visitor will be given the opportunity to selected materials s/hew ishes to view. The archive will be presented in a video library format, where each visitor will be able to choose freely from hundreds of existing video works, and view the selected pieces under gallery viewing conditions. 2. Presentation of video programs curated by the Israeli Center for Digital Art, and by curators, artists, art students, and others. Some of the programs have already been presented several times; others will make their debut here. 3. Contributions of up to 25 selected works that will be added to the original Archive by the host organization and the guest curators - whose work will be new to the archive - before the archive travels to its next venue. A part of this selection will be added through Open Call5, a working module of Stacion – Center for Contemporary Art Prishtina that invites artists to create new works.

	Vocal Technique - Vocal Workouts for the Contemporary Singer Music literature Dedicated to singers of all levels who want to improve their stamina, increase their range, develop a better sound, and enhance their vocal health.	Applicant(s) Alma Bektashi	Time and place Prishtina from: 15.04.2010 till: 01.09.2010	Grant CHF 4'000.00
	“Vocal Technique - Vocal Workouts for the Contemporary Singer “discusses the elements of singing, addressing the specific needs of singers of popular (pop, rock and jazz) music. It is intended for singers of all levels who want to improve their stamina, increase their range, develop a better sound, and enhance their overall vocal health. The workout consists of a sequence of exercises, and it’s important to perform the exercises in their proper order. The sequence provides a natural warm-up and builds to more muscular exercise, and it connects the breath to their emotion, increases vocal resonance, and finally frees the voice. “Vocal Technique - Vocal Workouts for the Contemporary Singer “and its companion DVD are the ideal tools for creating course for students of almost any age group, from junior high school to college to professional. Since 1999, I have been teaching voice at Academy of Arts, where I have developed a course called “Elements of Vocal Technique”. This book is result of these efforts and of my teaching experiences. DVD content vocal workouts: 1)Balanced onset exercise; 2) resonance exercise; 3) blending exercise; 4) articulation exercise; 5) sliding warm-up; 6) major/minor triplet for flexibility; 7) flexibility and sustaining exercise; 8) legato and long tones exercise; 9) dynamic flexibility and control; 10) alternate rhythm pentatonic triplets; 11) octave arpeggios for range extension and flexibility.

	5th DAM International Festival of Young Musicians 2010 Music 5th DAM International Festival of Young Musicians 2010 in Prishtina and April. In this edition there are going www.damfest.com	Applicant(s) Music Art Centre Association DAM	Time and place Prishtina from: March 2010 till: April 2010	Grant CHF 2'350.00
	5th DAM International Festival of Young Musicians 2010 will take place in Prishtina from 25 March to 20 April 2010. Among many artists from different countries in the world, the festival foresees the concert of famous Swiss violinist Alexandre Dubach with the participation of Kosovo tenor Luan Durmishi. Dubach is going to perform the famous 24 Caprices by Paganini while in the end of the concert together with Mr. Durmishi and ensemble there is going to be intonated the well-know song “Baresha” by Rexho Mulliqi arranged in new version by Kushtrim Gashi.

	Bahtalo - International Roma Day Festival Music	Applicant(s) Radio Urban FM	Time and place Prishtina from: March 2010 till: April 2010	Grant CHF 5'000.00
	The project is part of a three day festive programme in Prishtina and it also presents a map of different activities in different parts of Kosovo. Despite the efforts to proliferate the celebration of Roma Day, it is paradoxically not very well known among the general public, and instead familiar to people working in the civic sector. In comparison to previous year’s celebrations of International Roma Day, this year, the overall idea is to target the Kosovo-wide population and mobilize awareness around the Roma community’s richness of culture as an integral part of Kosovo society. Thus, the broad Kosovo audience will have the unique opportunity to experience and follow the example of Roma and non-Roma musicians, artists, photographs and writers. Kosovo communities will have the chance to dialogue with each other in interactive manner and get to know more one another. The SCP support to the project will be utilised for orgnziation of the concert of world famous Roma singer Esma Redzepova and her band.

	Dardha pas bunari Theatre New approach and theatre experience realized in the rural environment.	Applicant(s) Iliriana Arifi	Time and place Village Kukaj from: March 2010 till: April 2010	Grant CHF 4'000.00
	"Dardha pas bunari" theatre play will be the first to be performed in the premises of the Ethno Theatre in village Kukaj in Gjilan/ Gnjilane municipality. ʹDARDHA PAS BUNARI ʹ Play is a family tragedy and play that appears in the right time and in an open ambient. Incapable to run away, the need for opposite party, and violation do surround and vacuums the chained three of a circle, which is as naïve as realist.

	Out of Love Mobility grant Participation of film assistant director at Berlinale 2010 "Out of Love" film premiere	Applicant(s) Kaltrina Krasniqi	Time and place Berlin from: February 2010 till: February 2010	Grant CHF 560.00
	‘Out of Love’ is a film project initiated by a well known danish film director Birgitte Staermose. This film project developed within two years 2007-2009. Finally in May 2009 the shooting begun, I was with the film from its beginnings and as a result was engaged as a Line Producer and Assistant Director. ‘Out of Love’ deals with the everyday life of kosovar children that live and work in streets of Prishtina. The innovative methodology of research designed brought the author in the heart of life that children and their families lead in the suburbs of Prishtina after the war. Concerning the form this film does not fit any traditional genre this comes as a result of the process that we followed. Interviews carried with children were transcribed and than artistically written by Peter Amussen (the screenplay writer of Lars Von Trier’s ‘Breaking the waves’). Afterwards in agreement with children and their families their stories were filmed in fiction manner . ‘Out of Love’ was finally released in October 2009 and premiered in Copenhagen Dox. This year the film is a part of the official selection for Rotterdam Film Festival 2010 and Berlinale 2010.

	Personal Exhibition: 3D Art and Photography Visual arts Personal exhibition of 3D Art and photography of the young artist	Applicant(s) Leart Zogjani	Time and place Prishtina from: 15.01.2010 till: 25.01.2010	Grant CHF 4'866.00
	3D Art is mainly a new art technique that has experienced tremendous growth in Computer Arts in the last decades around the world. This Division of the exhibition is also subdivided in: • The Pride: This chapter contains 3D artworks that represent different spheres of life as a Kosovan. From history portraitures, to national sports, 3D collages, tradition, architecture and sci-fi fantasy are wrapped with a lot of emotion and interpreted from different points of view: pride, anger, love, nostalgia, and personal experiences. Created in different time intervals, they all tell their stories with different interactions between the objects in the scene while still sharing some kind of “gravitation” between the picture and the viewer • Contemporary Expression of Art: This chapter contains a more contemporary look of the artworks. Having been inspired by what’s beautiful, modern and trendy, has given me a different vision and pushed the 3D professionalism to the limits. Photography: Violence in Schools: it has always been a problem, and has always pushed all sorts of artists to create even some of their masterpieces while interpreting this phenomenon. Trying to go out of the boundaries of documentary photographs, and expressing violence in terms of “Beauty gets defeated by the Beast”, then coming to an even more harsh end: as the victims try to hide their sorrow by making some kind of fake masks, as finally, they become even more violent than their predecessors. • Europe and the Places: While travelling you always see the things in a different way comparing to the local people and get sudden attacks from the views of that part of the world. Sharp-eyed artists have achieved absolutely magnificent results by only photographing the same architectonic monuments that millions of people can see everyday of their lives. Giving a different emotion, or so-called “Emotions from Abroad” in photographs where your city is shown, always make the viewers feel good for where they live, for what is theirs, and for what they’re proud of. In a way, these photos show the author's way of seeing different places around Europe. • Out of the Box: The photographs in this chapter represent the sudden and striking inspirations that have influenced me from time to time. They are not ordered in a storyline, they do not always show the reality, but they express the purest emotions of me as an artist, and strike the viewer in a surprising way.

	Kosovatrans Two Documentary film	Applicant(s) Labinot Sponca	Time and place Kosovo & Serbia from: January 2010 till: July 2010	Grant 5'346.43
	Kosovatrans, a documentary produced in the year 2000, explored the effects of war and politics in the cultural development of Kosovo. It focused mainly on music which at that time was, and to a large extent still is, the most developed of the arts in Kosovo. Additionally, focusing on music industry was appealing due to the controversies surrounding a scene overloaded with kitsch and poor production that was/is very popular. Kosovatrans Dy will continue where its predecessor left off. It will aim to answer as well as raise questions, by looking back on the last 10 years and exploring the progress made to date. The documentary will aim to explain what we have achieved, where we stand against our neighbors, have we done enough, could we have done more and, most importantly, what do we need to do to help the outburst of young talent in all cultural industries to thrive thus ensuring Kosovo’s place in the cultural map of Europe.

	Coffee Houses Documentary film	Applicant(s) Saranda Sahiti	Time and place Kosovo from: January 2010 till: April 2010	Grant CHF 5'015.46
	To produce a short documentary movie that will show the night life of youth in different places in Kosovo and their vision about night life in Pirshtina.

	Solo Concert Music This is a solo concert of clarinetist Fidan Osmanaj	Applicant(s) Fidan Osmanaj	Time and place Mitrovica and Prishtina from: 25.12.2009 till: 31.12.2009	Grant CHF 4'000.00
	The aim of this project is to introduce the modern way of playing clarinet and works of famous composers that were not played before in Kosovo. Fidan Osmanaj will play different works of composers such as Debessy, Poulenc, Meassien and Brahms accompanied by the recognized pianist, Misbah Kacamaku. These concerts in two towns, Mitrovica and Prishtina will introduce new side of clarinet.

	Swiss Triple Bill Video, Contemporary dance, Hip Hop music A multidisciplinary performing evening from Switzerland	Applicant(s) ART-Plus Compagnie Linga	Time and place Prizren and Prishtina from: 04.11.2009 till: 11.11.2009	Grant CHF 4'000.00
	This special event promotes cultural communication and cooperation between Swiss artists and socio-cultural organisations in Pristina and Prizren. It offers a special evening with visual arts, contemporary dance and hip hop music, associated with activities that will stimulate creativity, interactions and shared experiences with the local audience. This special event will bring together: 1. The projection of Elodie Pong’s film Secrets for sale (2003), a film about the interactive installation that took place at the Arsenic Theatre (Lausanne, CH) in which each visitor was invited to confide and then contractually sell a personal secret, filmed by 8 surveillance cameras. Secrets for sale deals with intimacy, oscillating between voyeurism -in an era where everything is on sale and under surveillance- and assertive self-expression. 2. The contemporary dance companie linga presents no.thing, performance for six dancers. For this new work that will be Premiered in October 27th, Katarzyna Gdaniec and Marco Cantalupo started with a question: Can the authenticity of a gesture still provoke an emotion at the era of superficial physical performances? This creation focalizes on dance itself and its relationships with music. It proposes a physical dance, tender and powerful, inherent to the style of the company. 3. The show Rap Titan, a hip hop music performance composed by Roberto Garieri and DJ Eagle, singing about the socio-historical conditions of hip hop, the nightmare of the urban world, and how hip hop’s protagonists, tired of violence, gave birth to a real culture. This performance is in English and French and includes local hip hop dancers.

	Exhibition at Visual arts	Applicant(s) Lorik Sylejmani	Time and place London from: 15.11.2009 till: 26.04.2010	Grant CHF 1'213.40
	The artist will exhibit 10 artworks in different mix media, mainly in painting and digital pictures. The artworks are prints in plotter, generally standard-sized 50x50cm, framed in 70x70cm with urban life subject are characterized by motto: Neon, Concrete and Rock’n’Roll

	Retrovizorja Music	Applicant(s) Retrovizorja- Band	Time and place Prishtina from: 15.11.2009 till: 15.03.2010	Grant CHF 3'037.00
	Retrovizorja, the music band from Prishtina aims at recording their third album and have a tour in the region and play live music. The Swiss Cultural Programme in the Western Balkans Local Office Prishtina will support the making of the video of their new song which is to be realised in March 2010 on the national TV stations and Retrovizorja's web site.

	“Now” – A platform for up and coming alternative bands Music A practical multimedia project that aims on promoting the music scene in the region	Applicant(s) Dritero Nikqi	Time and place Prishtina, Tirana and Skopje from: 15.11.2009 till: 15.02.2010	Grant CHF 7'500.00
	Now is a practical multimedia project that aims on promoting the music scene in the region by means of promotional recordings both on CD and internet, promotional concerts in the region as well as a web portal. In this recent time in Prishtina and the region there is an eruption of a new sound that very much reflects social and cultural changes in the region. Most of them are young bands/artists that work in a professional manner but do not get exposure, especially across borders. Most of these artists can only be listened to in the rare concerts organized in the city, their music most of the time remains unrecorded and unheard of. The aim of the project is to represent and collect the new sound of the alternative music of the region in a joint CD that will include the seven bands from Prishtina, Shkup and Tirana.

	Song&Wine Music	Applicant(s) Genc Salihu	Time and place Prishtina from: 17.11.2009 till: 19.03.2009	Grant CHF 5'000.00
	This project supports the recording of the music album "Kange e vene" (Song &Wine) that carries a personal tone that is considered to be its main quality. Music and lyric as siblings invite the listener in for a long and intensive visit to an aesthetic setting that tries to invoke instant empathy and self-reflection, tangentially referencing a suffocating social environment. This is one of the main reasons why it deserves to be shared. Its fourteen songs are written exclusively in the variant of the Gheg dialect that is spoken in Kosova and it sets its writer and its listener free to roam within a wide range of lyrical possibility, at the same time recruiting itself in the lines of a small camp of thinkers, linguists and artists that promote the idea of reconsidering Gheg as a worthy dialect that deserves inclusion, even slight dominance, in the Standard Albanian Language.

	Prishtina – Photo Book / Panel Discussions and Website Literature and Cultural debate Publishing of the book that will unfold the evolution process of city’s architecture viewed from different social, political and cultural aspects.	Applicant(s) re:Public	Time and place Prishtina from: November 2009 till: August 2010	Grant CHF 6'000.00
	"Prishtina" is a photo book presenting the city landscape of Prishtina aiming to capture and illustrate city’s essence ten years after the Second World War. As such, the photographs in this book form the collective memory of its oldest inhabitants. It intends to represents the changing process of city architecture by portraying the historical evolution of the city. It is an attempt to reconstruct the city culture, citizens’ habits, transpiration means, people and places. It will touch upon the memory of its oldest inhabitants and past glories, irreversible destruction of valuable buildings and architecture. The book will unfold the evolution process of city’s architecture viewed from different social, political and cultural aspects. Photographs, as primary medium will be accompanied by a text researched by ethnologists and journalists by interviewing old residents of Prishtina who remember the social and cultural context of that period. The text will portray memories and emotional responses to a particular time and place, trying to understand people’s construction of their personal histories and how the history of the individual is implicated in that of a larger group.

	The Visit - Der Besuch Theatre A theatrical production that will bring together international and local artists in a joint venture intended to foster cultural debate	Applicant(s) 1. Catastrophic Theatre (Artistic Partner), NGO, Houston, Texas, USA 2. Mitrovicë Culture Center (Facility Partner), Mitrovicë, Kosovo 3. Blackbird Books (Fiscal and Production Management Partner), Local NGO, Mitrovicë, Kosovo 4. Art and Media (Marketing and Documentation Partner), Local NGO, Mitrovicë, Kosovo 5. Teatri Oda (Prishtinë Presenting Partner)	Time and place Mitrovica and Prishtina from: 05.06.2009 till: 14.08.2009	Grant CHF 18,294.00
	It is difficult to imagine a play with more relevance to the life in modern-day Kosovo than Dürrenmatt’s “The Visit” (common English translation of “Der Besuch der alten Dame”.) This tale of community, trust, revenge and corruption remains a mainstay of Western theatre fifty-two years after its publication. In this play, Dürrenmatt constructed a fictional town whose inhabitants must decide whether to murder a prominent citizen in exchange for financial gain. The themes of guilt and greed are universal, but certain aspects of “The Visit“ have even more special resonance for Kosovo today: a decaying city, revenge, justice, rule of law, bankruptcy, familial and civil obligations, government corruption, the unintended social and economic side-effects of financial donations, and the role of women in society are all scrutinized. Productions will take place in the Mitrovicë Culture Centre. Performances will be followed by audience discussions, allowing community members and artists the opportunity to engage in a dialogue about the production and the societal issues it address. Technical rehearsals will be continued in “Teatri Oda” in Prishtinë, with performances tentatively scheduled for August 3 and 4. With the assistance of critically acclaimed proponents of adventurous and experimental theatre from the United States, Catastrophic Theatre, the project will develop a production of “Der Besuch der alten Dame” by Swiss playwright Friedrich Dürrenmatt that, in its development and performance, addresses key social issues that Kosovo faces today.

	4th edition of ”Flute Sounds” international music festival-2009 Music International Music Festival	Applicant(s) NGO "New Spirit"	Time and place Prishtina from: 15.06.2009 till: 20.06.2009	Grant CHF 2'284.00
	The 4th edition of "Flute Sounds" brings the attractive six days program that includes a series of workshops nine concert evenings, two documentary films, and multimedia performances. The well known artists of the world, will prepare several workshops and open lectures. This event would create an ideal opportunity for professional cooperation among young musicians flutists and artists from Europe and USA . It will offer a unique chance to attend workshops by Peter Lukas Graf ( Switzerland ) www.peterlukasgraf.ch Katie Down (USA), composer sound artist, and multi-instrumentalist www.katiedown.com,Greg Pattillo – Trio (USA) www.whatisproject.org, Vincent Lucas - flute, Alexandre Gattet - oboe, Daniel Brezynski - trombone, Marc Trenel - bassoon, Pascal Godart – piano, Ute Volker & Angelika Sheridan (Germany) www.utevolker.de, Jen – Kuang Chang (Taiwan) compositor, Hans Parment (Sweden) Japanese pianist Masa Tayama. The Swiss Cultural Programme in the Western Balkans Local Office Prishtina assisted by covering local costs of the Swiss artist, Peter Lukas Graf.

	Prague Biennale 4 Visual Arts Present Kosovo arts in the Biennale in Prague www.praguebiennale.org	Applicant(s) Driton Hajredini	Time and place Prague from: 14.05.2009 till: 26.07.2009	Grant CHF 1,100.00
	Presenting Kosovo Art (Painting) in the International Exhibition – Prague Biennale 4, with two paintings from a series of suitcase paintings titled: “ The guardians “. Paintings: “The Guardians”, 80 X 100 cm, 2006, Oil on canvas “The Guardians 2”, 80 X 100 cm , 2008, Oil on canvas

	Participation in the project "Love in the age of postponed democracy, the critical crisis" Visual Arts Participation in the project "Love in the age of postponed democracy, the critical crisis", to be held at Kunsthalle Luzern, Switzerland www.kunsthalleluzern.ch	Applicant(s) Albert Heta	Time and place Luzern, Switzerland from: 24.05.2009 till: 29.05.2009	Grant CHF 690.00
	Curators from the Balkans, Eastern, Northern, and Western Europe will discuss – in public and closed sessions – the current ability to be critical, as well as the common goals of the "trans-national community", not at last by reporting about the social reality in their own local art scenes. Love in this context is not regarded as romantic, but a political ideal: as the only possible, radical expression of (self)-awareness. How does this ideal fit in with our world of production and distribution, migration and mobility, as well as the idea of the absence or the freedom from religion? What does the alleged (standardized) Western democracy want from us, and what are we ready to give? What can the goal of the critical be, after all?

	Lost Orientation Documentary Film Production of a short documentary film aiming at showing the difficulties in orientation one faces in the city of Prishtina	Applicant(s) Alban Muja Yll Çitaku	Time and place Prishtina from: 10.04.2009 till: 30.06.2009	Grant CHF 5,850.00
	This documentary aims to analyze the way of how people in this town (Prishtina) physically orient themselves, what is for them the main object or building for their orientation. Using the names of the street is definitely not the way they orient themselves. In the past decade names of streets were changed several times, therefore it seems that nobody uses names of streets for orientation. The short documentary film “Lost Orientation” will help the society and institutions working on this problem, present for a few years now. The issue problem of orientation can be avoided only if the Prishtina Municipality in joint work with the Ministry of Spatial Planning created a strategic project on naming and renaming of streets.

	Death and the Maiden Theatre play	Applicant(s) Theatrical Coproduction by Teatri Urban & National Theatre in Prishtina	Time and place Prishtina from: 02.04.2009 till: 03.05.2009	Grant CHF 10,000.00
	A workshop production of Death and the Maiden was staged in Santiago, Chile, opening in March, 1991, and in July of the same year the play had its world premiere at London's Royal Court Upstairs. The production, which received the London Time Out Best Play Award for 1991, moved to the Royal Court Main stage in November. The play was well received; critics found it both dramatically engaging and historically sensible (given the number of societies around the world facing painful legacies of repressive regimes). “Death and the Maiden” is valued as a dramatic work that examines psychological repercussions of human rights abuses. “Teatri Urban” is a newly established theatre company, with the objective to produce theatre performances in naturalistic, unconventional, urban style and like themes. Combining private initiative with public spaces and infrastructure, “Teatri Urban” aims to produce create contemporary theatre plays throughout Kosovo.

	Publishing the MM journal Cultural debate The Journal MM is a quarterly on Theory and Arts	Applicant(s) Centre for Humanistic Studies "Gani Bobi"	Time and place Prishtina from: 10.04.2009 till: 30.04.2010	Grant CHF 30,000.00
	The Journal MM is published four times a year and covers different fields of theoretical and Art, including: philosophy, sociology, social issues, art, architecture, and literature. MM offers an interdisciplinary, critical, and innovative approach. MM aims to reflect on key issues of different fields of contemporary life, both home and abroad. In the period of November 2008 – October 2009 we plan to publish four editions of the journal with average volume 200 pages of A4 format. Each edition of the journal will be illustrated with creative work of a local or international artist, including visual artists, photographers, or architects. Centre for Humanistic Studies “Gani Bobi” (CGB) is an NGO founded in 1997, which deals with educational activities, media monitoring and publishing. Since 1997, CGB is in charge for publishing MM, the journal and books collection. The MM journal has been considered as the most valuable periodical publication in Albanian language not only in Kosovo. The publishing activity that holds the name MM (2000 or the third millennia in Latin numerator) has started its activity 13 years ago by publishing the journal MM and publishing the books of two Kosovo authors.

	Family Portray Documentary film A personal story carrying a deep feeling of personal access and privacy	Applicant(s) Kaltrina Krasniqi	Time and place Prishtina from: 13.04.2009 till: 20.06.2009	Grant CHF 9'832.00
	This is a 20 min. documentary carrying stories of the author's family and although intially meant to answer some questions on the position of the women it ended up being a story on the author's grandfatyer who was a communist women position, on his ideas of the new world and his escape from the past. The concept of this project is based on the risk of leaving each character within the shape of their believes and worlds. As a result of this artistic decision the final version of the film would be a collection of four stories:

	Retrospective of animated movies of Kino Studio in Tirana Cultural Exchange to visit the repositories of Albanian State Central Archive in Tirana and view animations produced by Kino Studio during the communist regime	Applicant(s) Dokufest	Time and place Tirana, Albania from: 01.03.2009 till: 09.03.2009	Grant CHF 345.71
	State Central Archive repositories in Tirana, Albania, have numerous animated movies produced by Albanian authors from Kino Studio in collaboration with foreign artists. Even though it is considered that the number of Albanian animation artists has decreased considerably through time, this was not the case in the period between 1975 and 1990 when creativity in this media was in its full swing. Given that animation is considered to have the biggest impact on education and identity development amongst children, we believe that it is important to present a retrospective of these creations to the contemporary audience of Kosovo. After viewing the entire collection, two selectors will chose several animations that would best represent a retrospective of animated movies produced at that time. Finally, the selection will be brought to Kosovo and screened at DOKUFEST as a special programme.

	Video "Tibet" Visual Arts Production of the video	Applicant(s) Alban Muja	Time and place Zurich and Prishtina from: 10.11.2008 till: 30.11.2008	Grant CHF 2,830.00
	The video deals with an Albanian man from Kosovo who lives in Switzerland and bears an unusual name - Tibet. Through this video, the author wants to present the importance of interpretation and influence of news upon global society. The news deal with tragic and horrifying events that spark extreme reactions, as even today it is not that easy to distinguish the boundary between heroism and madness. This video will be presented at several exhibitions and festivals, and also in “Able Gallery” in Berlin.

	Current Issue Visual Arts Portraits of Kosovo people in the enviroment they live in.	Applicant(s) Blerim Racaj	Time and place Prishtina and other places in Kosovo from: 25.11.2008 till: 25.12.2008	Grant CHF 3,994.00
	Kosovo is going through transition. Once a part of a country ruined under malicious regime, it is now free and democratic. The project is about capturing scenes of that process by portraying residents of the country and their immediate surrounding. It is a whole new experience for them, especially after the declared independence. Transformations are colossal in every aspect of life . The project is not intended to have a documentary purpose or visually enjoyable sights; it is more about the personal view. This is an ongoing project. In its first two parts the author focused on finding interesting people, portraits, asking questions about subjects’ individuality, cultural orientation, or their social state. As the background plays important part in making the image, it is carefully selected before putting the subject in front of it. With the landscapes or cityscape - abandoned spaces, land and store for hire, or car junk by the roadside - this series’ intention was to make a visual tension that gives us the sense of economic and social damage, which is a consequence of war and political turbulence. By combining those two categories (portrait, landscapes) even though they are different, the author is trying to get a balanced story. The project is meant to be seen as a whole, not as individual works. The third part of project will be a continuity of previous series. The exception this time is the additional focus on remains of old industrial buildings and buildings from the previous era which are still in use, and the mixture of new and old architecture inside the existing narratives.

	Healing Magic Documentary movie The proposed 30 minute documentary film explores the phenomenon of black magic belief and the "healing" methods used.	Applicant(s) Crossing Bridges Productions	Time and place Prishtina from: 01.11.2008 till: 01.07.2009	Grant CHF 12,209.00
	The proposed 30 minute documentary film will explore the phenomenon of the black magic belief and the healing methods used including chanting, amulets and melting of gunpowder. Combining the stories of these “healers” and the people who attend and believe in these methods of healing, this documentary will bring to the screen a unique and off-the-page phenomenon to the mainstream audience. Moreover, it will have an analytical approach to the phenomenon through in depth interviews with the healers trying to unravel the foundations of their belief system and their practices. The film will have an artistic and experimental look throughout, and will be character based. The stories of both the healers and patients will be the guiding ones throughout the film, which will end in a very surreal way.

	The Other Side of Oneself Visual Arts Exhibition consist of several separate art pieces	Applicant(s) Alketa Xhafa Mripa	Time and place Prishtina from: 25.10.2008 till: 30.09.2009	Grant CHF 7,041.30
	The project will have a several walk-through areas, making the audience participate as performers. The aim is to challenge the audience to reflect on their development and experiences gathered throughout their life by getting them to recognise the cognitive stages of their evolution which have transformed them into who they are now. The concept revolves around identification of our cultural markers that will be represented through every piece. Particular attention was given to representing females’ expressions and participation in society. Their fascinations with authority, as well as their naked ambition, were hopefully captured through these pieces. The objective is to instill confidence about who we are and to appreciate that the other side of us is different and acceptable. This project will be an attempt to get the Kosovo audience, in general, and Kosovo women, in particular, to reflect on themselves and their lives. This will be achieved by getting them to confront different stages of their developments visually, thus separating the exhibition into several separate pieces of art-work.

	Kapsamun Balkan October 2008 Tour Concert Support to organisation of two concerts in Kosovo www.kapsamun.com	Applicant(s) Kapsamun - Band	Time and place Prishtina and Prizren from: 07.09.2008 till: 12.09.2008	Grant CHF 2,482.00
	The repertoire of Kapsamun is based on traditional Albanian folk dances from Kosovo. The musical nostalgia of Arsim Leka, who lives in Switzerland, and the musical wanderlust of his Swiss co-musicians make the spirit of Kapsamun’s music. The Band is shifting in between tradition and innovation, and between exile and home. Not afraid of being influenced by current musical trends in jazz and electronics, Kapsamun’s original compositions have a broad range of inspirations. They revive the traditional music of Kosovo and spark the enthusiasm of a broad audience.

	Balkan Documentary Campus Photo Exhibition Dokufest is documentary and short film festival organised every year in Prizren.	Applicant(s) DOKUFEST – International Documentary and Short Film Festival	Time and place Prizren and Prishtina from: 01.08.2008 till: 31.08.2008	Grant CHF 16'740.00
	A traditional documentary photo exhibition, known as DOKUPHOTO, besides exhibitions and a master class in Prizren, will travel to Prishtina with the same exhibition and a customized slide show. Several world known photographers will exhibit their work (Teru Kuwujama, creator of Lightstalkers), Balazs Gardi, recent double winner of World Press Photo contest, Azad from Iran with a selection of mobile phone pictures of Tehran, Bevis Fusha from Albania, and Andrej Ban from Slovakia, with a large collection of works on Kosovo. A number of young photographers from Kosovo and the region will be invited for a master class with a prominent documentary photographer. The educational aspect of the project (workshops, master classes, children programme) will bring a new dimension to the festival and will enrich otherwise poor cultural life of Kosovo.

	Three minutes of solitude Short film	Applicant(s) Visar Krusha	Time and place Prishtina from: 15.06.2008 till: 15.07.2008	Grant CHF 7,295.00
	“Three minutes of solitude” is a short feature film (around 10 minutes) on the challenges of a gay person living in Kosovo. The film aims at showing the inside world of a gay and the conservative attitude of Kosovo society towards gay population.

	Pischmen - Circle the Square Music album Recording a music album of contemporary music makers from Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia	Applicant(s) Pischmen	Time and place Prishtina from: 05.04.2008 till: 30.06.2008	Grant CHF 9,198.00
	The project idea is to connect contemporary music makers from the region, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia, thus initiating a regional network of music artists. Influenced by different music styles, the aim of the band is to break musical boundaries thus contravening any musical taboos, bringing together an audience of diverse tastes and ages, creating a new communicating platform of the subculture.

	Lulet Recording music album To record an album of band	Applicant(s) Bashkim Salihu	Time and place Prishtina from: 01.03.2008 till: 01.04.2008	Grant CHF 7,680.00
	The Band “Lulet” was established by Bashkim Salihu and Enes Bajramliqi in the summer of 2007. It started with an idea of creating a music project also called “Lulet”, which would have more specific content other than actual music projects in Kosovo. The whole idea was to deliver four natural and smooth female vocals to the public, which took a long and hard work to identify. After many interviews and evaluations of the young and talented female singers, four young female singers with astonishing vocals were identified.

	3rd International Festival of Young Musicians DAM 2008 Music Organization of series of concerts and workshops of students from Kosovo, region and Europe www.prishtinadamfest.com	Applicant(s) Music Art Centre Association DAM-MACADAM	Time and place Prishtina from: 24.03.2008 till: 30.03.2008	Grant CHF 10,528.00
	International Festival of Young Musicians- DAM is the only one of this kind in Kosovo. It brings many famous individuals and ensembles of classic music that, apart from performing, run workshops. Organisation of this festival involves and engages students of Faculty of Music in Prishtina, and students from the academies in the region and Europe.

	Tout un hiver sans feu - Days of Francophonie in Tirana Participation and screening of “Tout un hiver sans feu” during the Days of the Francophonie in Tirana, organised by the Swiss Embassy in Albani	Applicant(s) Blerim Gjoci	Time and place Tirana, Albania from: 17.03.2008 till: 19.03.2008	Grant CHF 600.00
	IIn the framework of the Francophonie, the Swiss Embassy in Tirana is presenting the Swiss film “Tout un hiver sans feu” of Greg Zlinski in which Blerim Gjoci has a role. He will present the film before the screening and talk to the public afterwards. In addition, the applicant will have a presentation at the Marubi Film School in Tirana.

	Tallava Superstar Documentary movie A documentary that tackles characteristics of "Tallava" music	Applicant(s) Tripika	Time and place Prishtina from: January 2008 till: March 2008	Grant CHF 4,437.23
	AA documentary film that will tackle the characteristics of "Tallava" music, where it came from, why is it widely spread in the Kosovo society, and why has it been easily accepted by a considerable mass of people. The contributors for this discussion will be different people from different backgrounds, from musicians, singers, producers and composers to sociologists and philosophers. The interaction of their opinions, their viewpoint of the subject and their knowledge of this subject will provide for an invaluable topic analysis.