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Ambassador Award 2023 - KUJU Studio from Kosovo for the "Best Art Production of the Year"

EXIT 2023: Focus on Mental Health and Ecology

EXIT Festival 2023 shines a light on vital issues, promoting mental health and ecological consciousness. With a mission to create a better world together, the festival organized multiple opening ceremonies focused on spreading messages of peace and love.  Throughout the event, festival-goers experienced designated phone-free zones, recycling initiatives, and inspiring messages highlighting mental well-being.  In a powerful move, EXIT Foundation launched the "Life Is Live" campaign, raising awareness about the importance of young people's mental health and addressing digital addiction.  The festival's eco-conscious e fforts included large-scale recycling campaigns, collecting three times more packaging than in previous years. Visitors participated in green activities, earning prizes for their responsible waste disposal. In addition to promoting peace and unity, EXIT bestowed every visitor with the title of "peaceful traveler."  Messages emphasizing mental

Open call for music projects funded through MOST

Within the MOST project, Urban Project Hub is open for supporting the local music scene in the Balkans. The EXIT Foundation , a partner on the MOST project , invites creative minds to apply for the open call and present ideas that will contribute to the development of the music scene in the Balkans.  The Urban Project Hub competition is looking for creative and unique projects that will reveal n ew ways of cooperation between creatives and local policymakers in the field of culture. Ideal candidates should be capable of managing project and making ideas a reality, with financial and professional support from MOST.  Regional and city-level projects providing exchange and network opportunities to local musicians, and activities that can strengthen the local music scene will be shortlisted for funding. Six of the best projects will receive financial and professional support for implementation: MOST will provide up to 5,000 euros for each of the six projects, on top of collaboration

Open Call for World Music Performers Within the MOST Project

 EXIT Foundation invites all performers of World Music subgenres (including traditional, folk, ethno, ethno-jazz, global beats, conscious music, spiritual music and beyond) to apply for the second open call within the large international project MOST, the Bridge for Balkan Music, which has a goal of developing the music industry in the Balkans and promoting local performers on the global market. The open call is intended for musicians from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Croatia, Romania, North Macedonia and Serbia.  The deadline for applications is 12th December 2021, and the selected 12 musicians will get greater visibility on the global music scene, financial support, and various career advancement opportunities. Aside from performing on the stages of major European festivals, such as EXIT and Budapest Ritmo and participating in the prestigious World Music conference WOMEX, the musicians will receive a one-year mentorship program with eminent European mus

"MOST" - Connecting Balkan Artists

In order to contribute to the development of the music industry in the Balkans and to promote performers in the international market, the “EXIT Foundation” has partnered with the four-year project "MOST - the Bridge for Balkan Music".  Each year ten Balkan performers will receive support and greater visibility on the global music scene, during this four-year project.  Calls are open for urban creatives, managers, and other professionals in the music industry, as well as for festivals.  The EXIT Foundation, together with its project partners, will use different strategies over the next four years to foster the careers of many talented artists , managers , festivals and institutions to tackle all obstacles to a mutually beneficial exchange between the Balkans and the rest of the world.  The project involves Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Northern Macedonia, Romania and Albania.  Funded by Creative Europe , MOST -