Hartefakt fund launches a cooperation project with Qendra Multimedia – Reconnection 2.0

Reconnection 2.0

Qendra Multimedia [Prishtina] and Heartefact Fund [Belgrade] are happy to announce the beginning of Reconnection 2.0, a three-year programme that seeks to build cultural cooperation and cultural exchange between two countries. Through exchanges in a variety of theater and cultural fields, the partners thrive to foster better dialogue and communication between the two societies.

The three-year programme is curated in a way that will provide the audiences from both countries with opportunities to get insight into the cultural milieu of each country with a focus on theatre and performing arts.

Every year, each partner will be in charge of organising translations of plays and non-fiction books as well as exchanging theatrical productions, organizing literary and theatrical discussions, artists residencies and many other public events in Prishtina, Belgrade and other cities in Kosovo and in Serbia.

We would like to invite you to stay tuned for Reconnection 2.0 activities and we welcome your contributions to help make the programme as friendly as possible to our audiences.

Reconnection 2.0 is financed by the European Union Office in Kosovo and implemented by Qendra Multimedia and Heartefact Fund.

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