Arte Urbana Collectif

ARTE URBANA COLLECTIF is an artistic collective based in Sofia, Bulgaria. The collective was created in 2016 by Ralitsa Assenova and Dimitar Uzunov who later were joined by other artists and cultural managers. The collective organizes various cultural events such as festivals, theatre productions, workshops, masterclasses and other educational forums in Bulgaria. It aims to create an international artistic and cultural dynamic in the country. Arte Urbana Collectif runs three big annual events: Meetings of Young European Cinema in Sofia, festival dedicated to the first films and the young audience, Theatre of Wonder, festival for art and science, and Summer Scriptwriting Base, an immersive learning experience for artists and creative content makers from all over the world, held in various rural locations in Bulgaria. Arte Urbana Collectif is a partner of several international projects such as CURIOUS (linking theatre and science), European Short Pitch (for production of short-movies) and WOMED (online platform for women filmmakers). Our most recent projects are Please ASK! for science theatre, which we lead, and Re-Imagine for introducing and implementing of sustainable green practices in the performing arts. We are supported by important institutions such as Creative Europe and Erasmus programmes of the EU, Sofia municipality and its cultural program, National Cultural Fund, Bulgarian Ministry of Culture, French Institute in Bulgaria and the Embassy of France in Bulgaria, Espaço Camões Sofia and the Embassy of Portugal in Bulgaria, Goethe-Institut Bulgaria, British Council, the Bulgarian National Film Archive, etc. Arte Urbana Collectif has been coordinating the programs for cinema education CinEd and Le Cinéma, cent ans de jeunesse for Bulgaria since 2017 and has organized several projects for the Cultural program of the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Commission 2018 and Plovdiv – European Capital of Culture 2019.