Avant Première 2026: Call for Proposals
Do you want to help shape Avant Première 2026 conference programme? Submit your ideas to our open call and be part of next year’s conference.
Preparations for Avant Première are already underway, and this time you have the chance to co-create the programme. Let us know which topics, formats, and speakers you'd like to see at the next year's conference, and we'll help you make it a reality.
We invite proposals that spotlight technological, financial, artistic, or organisational developments in the field of audiovisual performing arts. Share your topic ideas for panel discussions, presentations, keynotes, or entirely new formats, and have them become part of next year's programme!
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