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The Sound Connects Fund announces the results of its 2nd call for projects
Following a call for projects launched in March 2022 in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, the Sound Connects Fund has announced the winners of its second cohort of project applicants.
The call received a strong response from the region’s cultural community with innovative proposals in a wide range of disciplines including music, dance, film, fashion, visual arts, theatre, animation and literature. The number of applications from Portuguese-speaking countries also increased significantly.
Final beneficiaries were selected from eight countries and received funds of varying sizes totalling €911,000. The duration of the projects will vary between eight and twelve months depending on the size of the grant.
The successful applicants are:
- Centreprise Investments Lts T/A Chaftop Animation (Zimbabwe)
Project name: Quack Quack Duck
Grant: €97,000
Discipline: Animation - Chipata Radio Services T/A Breeze FM (Zambia)
Project name: Promotion of Traditional and Indigenous Communication Systems for the People of
Eastern Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique
Grant: €62 406
Discipline: Performing arts - Copyright Society of Malawi (Malawi)
Project Name: Malawi Digital Archives
Grant: €100 000
Disciplines: Music, film, photography, and literature - FreeYourMind Entertainment (Namibia)
Project name: Sounds of Nam: A National Tour
Grant: €75 452
Discipline: Music - Gabinete de Conservação da Ilha (Mozambique)
Project name: Macuti Festival: traditional dances, music and theatre on the reinforcement of the cultural heritage identity of the Island of Mozambique
Grant: € 59 890
Disciplines: Dance and theatre - House on Fire (eSwatini)
Project name: Collabo-Nation
Grant: €100 000
Discipline: Music - Modzi Arts (Zambia)
Project name: Rackless Abutu
Grant: €100 000
Discipline: Visual arts - MOVART- Arte em movimento Lda (Angola)
Project name: Nzinga Residency – MovArtSocialProject (MASP)
Grant: €90 700
Discipline: Visual arts - Windhoek Fashion Week (Namibia)
Project name: MTC Windhoek Fashion Week
Grant: €100 000
Discipline: Fashion, music and animation - Xiluva Artes LDA (Mozambique)
Project name: Promoting Access to Art and Culture Products for Children in the Periphery of Maputo
Grant: €35 594
Discipline: Arts education - YC Films (Mozambique)
Project name: Nahota
Grant: €60 000
Discipline: Film and digital technology - Zimbabwe Theatre Academy Trust (Zimbabwe)
Project name: Enhanced capacity for young theatre makers as a vehicle for cultural promotion and commercial venture
Grant: €35 990
Discipline: Theatre
For more detailed information on our beneficiaries and their projects, please read here: https://www.musicinafrica.net/scf/awarded-grants
The third and final call for applications for Sound Connects Fund grants is expected to open in the last quarter of 2022. For more information about the fund, interested eligible applicants can visit: www.musicinafrica.net/scf