HR Country guide

Street festivals in Croatia

3 festivals in the directory, running from June to August. 3 of them run an open call.

Croatia's two anchors are Cest is d'Best in Zagreb in June and Špancirfest in Varaždin at the end of August. Špancirfest runs for ten days, which makes it one of the longest single engagements available anywhere on the circuit.

Applying in Croatia

3 of the 3 festivals listed here accept applications directly — 0 through an online form and 3 by writing to the organisers. The rest build their programmes by invitation or through curators, which means the way in is to be seen at the festivals that do run calls.

Write in the local language wherever you can. It is a small circuit and a message in the organiser's own language reads as respect, not effort.