EU Cultural Initiatives

European Union National Institutes for Culture - EUNIC Jordan is a project funded by the European Union Delegation to Jordan. EUNIC Jordan represents a cluster of 16 European Embassies and Cultural Institutes in Jordan and the region, aiming to support creativity, promote the Jordanian cultural scene, and build cultural bridges between Europe and Jordan.

 

At a local level, EUNIC Jordan implements the EU's cultural agenda throughout the year by collaborating with its EUNIC members, cultural operators, and other local partners to promote the role of culture in the EU’s internal and external relations.

●      BUILDING BRIDGES

●      PROMOTING CULTURE

●      SUPPORTING CREATIVITY

Main Initiatives

 

The European Film Festival

 

The European Film Festival (EUFF) is the longest-running foreign film festival in Jordan, celebrating its 33rd edition this year between the 12^th and 22^nd of September. The free of charge festival features Award-winning and critically acclaimed productions from across the continent to showcase European diversity and culture, with English and Arabic subtitles available for all screened films.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The festival also features several workshops, masterclasses and Q&A’s that are hosted by the participating films’ actors and producers in both virtual and physical forms, giving speakers the opportunity to transfer their knowledge and experience in filmmaking to Jordanian film students.

 

During the programme, the winners of the Short Film Festival and the Mobile Film Festival are announced, with the former geared towards professional film creators, and the latter targeting amateurs.

 

Rise Talent Contest

 

Rise Talent Contest is Jordan's biggest nation-wide talent contest that aims to promote and celebrate Jordan's youth talent in different artistic fields.

 

The contest gives the chance to Jordan’s youth (ages 18-30) to compete and showcase their talents, as individuals or in groups, in one of the contest’s four different categories: dancing, singing, arts and music.

 

Each year, the contest features four fan favorite celebrities that constitute the judging panel, working together to decide who will be Jordan’s next talented artists in each of the mentioned categories.

 

 

European Day of Languages

 

At the initiative of the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, the European Day of Languages is celebrated every year on or around the 26th of September. In Jordan, EDL is celebrated by the EU Member States’ embassies and their Cultural Institutes, organized by EUNIC Jordan and funded by the European Union.

EDL aims to encourage exchange and learning globally, raising awareness about the importance of lifelong language learning as a means of increasing intercultural understanding.