INTERNATIONAL OPEN CALL – SOUTH SPECIFIC 2028
South Specific Festival announces an open call for international co-productions of new site-specific and immersive projects in the field of live arts and audiovisual creation.
About South Specific
South Specific is a unique theater festival that focuses on immersive and site-specific projects, connecting forms of live art with unusual locations in the South Bohemian region.
For its second edition, which will take place in 2028, the festival is announcing an open call for new immersive and/or site-specific projects by foreign teams (outside the Czech Republic) or international co-production teams (from around the world, or from the Czech
Republic in co-production with at least one foreign partner).
The festival is part of the České Budějovice – European Capital of Culture 2028 program.
More about South Specific
Who can apply?
The call is open to professional artistic teams or individuals, including recent graduates of art schools, who create works in the fields of theater, dance, music, new circus, performing arts, audiovisual art, visual installations, happenings, new technologies, or performance art.
Conditions
A newly created site-specific and/or immersive project in the field of theater, dance, music, new circus, performing arts, audiovisual creation, visual installation, happening, new technologies, or performance.
Teams from the Czech Republic are eligible to apply if they have at least one foreign co-production partner, as are teams from around the world, which may participate independently or with other co-production partners.
The project can be implemented anywhere in the South Bohemian Region. The festival center will be in České Budějovice.
The release will be included in the festival program between May and September 2028.
The festival will provide selected projects with a co-production grant from CZK 100,000 ≈ EUR 4,000 to CZK 1,000,000 ≈ EUR 40,000.
How to apply?
To apply for the open call, please fill out the electronic application form, including attachments.
Submit your electronic application HERE
Attachments
- Mandatory
- Project budget – HERE you can download the budget form, which is a mandatory attachment in the “ABOUT THE PROJECT” section
- Optional (maximum size of each attachment is 10 MB, max. 5 files can be uploaded):
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Detailed description or intention of the project
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Letter of Intent (cooperation plan) from at least one foreign partner
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Mood Board
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Photos, promotional materials, presentations
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Links to samples, recordings, and similar materials
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Other materials related to the project, the applicant, or its partners
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Online seminar on the call and requirements for projects in the open call in English:
January 27, 2026, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. I LINK to log in HERE
Open call schedule:
Application deadline: February 26, 2026 (11:59 p.m. CET)
Announcement of results and publication of shortlist: March 30, 2026
Contact:
Barbora Buliščaková, festival@jihoceskedivadlo.cz
