" Forecast | Mentorships 2026–2027 "
Forecast | Mentorships 2026–2027
Forecast invites applications for ideas that could benefit from the expertise of one of its mentors and their unique approach
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Forecast is a platform dedicated to facilitating, mentoring, and promoting trailblazing creative practices and audacious artistic practitioners
In their 11th call for ideas, Forecast Mentorships invite artistic practitioners and cultural producers working in all creative fields, from anywhere in the world, to apply to Forecast’s international mentorship programme with projects that could benefit from the expertise of one of this edition’s mentors and their unique approach to material and knowledge production.
Forecast’s mentorship program and Festival are designed to support audacious thinkers and creators in producing their project ideas with support from experts. Applicants from all disciplines are welcome to propose concepts that demonstrate originality and a clear vision.
Apply with your project for the chance to work with one of the following mentors: writer and comedian Vidura Bandara Rajapaksa (LK); performance maker Tom Cassani (UK); artist and filmmaker Keren Cytter (IL); sci fi artist and body architect Lucy McRae (Aus); multimedia artist Almagul Menlibayeva (Kaz); and composer and sound artist Heinali (UA).
INFO
AMOUNT
If a mentor selects your proposal and you participate as a nominee at the Forecast Festival in July 2026, you will receive a fee of 2,000 euros.
Travel and accommodation for participants at the Forecast Festival in Berlin is granted by Forecast/Skills e.V. Please note that if you apply as a duo or collective, Forecast will cover travel and accommodation for only one member.
If your proposal is subsequently chosen as one of the six mentee projects to be mentored through March 2027, you will receive an artist fee of 6,000 euros and a production budget for realizing your project.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
11:59pm CET on Monday, February 16, 2026
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants from all disciplines are welcome to propose concepts.
For more information about the eligibility criteria, please visit Forecast's official website.
APPLICATION DETAILS
What should the application deliver?
There are no restrictions regarding formats, disciplines, or genres, and no overarching theme. Forecast advises you to reflect on the mentor’s approach to creative production before applying, as well as on the public nature of the Forecast Festival, which requires that you convey your project to an audience.
These elements are essential to your proposal:
- Your Idea: Clearly define your project idea and express what you want to realize.
- Mentorship Expectations: Describe what the project could gain from the mentorship, and your expectations of the mentoring process. Please be specific. Do you have a particular issue that you think the mentor could guide you through? What do you want to learn?
- Participation Format: Sketch the content and format of your participation at the Forecast Festival in July. What is the relation between the format (performance, showcase, talk, workshop, screening, installation, etc.), and what you are seeking to convey?
- Production: Identify the key materials that you need, as well as production steps.
Forecast aims to facilitate a productive working relationship between a mentee and a mentor, to promote a deep transdisciplinary exchange, and to help extend professional networks.
For more information about the application process, please visit Forecast's official website.
NOTE
*The calls that are listed on our website are shared for informational purposes and are sometimes subject to change. Please visit the organization's official open call website for up-to-date information.
DEADLINE
2026-02-16
TYPE OF SUPPORT
Public funding
FUNDING COUNTRIES
All EU Countries