A FAC Annual Report and Reflections 2016 Ticket to Atlantis Ticket Cover photo: Linna Issa, AFAC is an independent Arab initiative generously supported by a number of foundations, corporations and individuals in and outside the Arab region. Partners Media partners 2 2016 INDIVIDUAL DONORS who have in total generously contributed around $1 million* Olfat Al-Mutlaq Juffali Subhi Al Shihabi Nabil Qaddumi Lawrie Shabibi Gallery Amr Ben Halim Najat Rizk Sawsan Jaafar Farouk Jabre Hani Kalouti Elisabeth Kassab Abla Lahoud Charles Aoun Mootaz Wassef Sawaf Hussein Rifahi Abdul Salam Bou-Azza Anonymous Ayman Maamoun Farouk * AFAC is also grateful to a number of donors who prefer to remain undisclosed. 3 Table of Contents Editorial ...................................................................................................................7 HIGHLIGHTS Launch Of Arab-European Creative Platform ............................................................9 AFAC Ten-Year Study ...................................................................................................9 Fundraising ..................................................................................................................9 Grants .........................................................................................................................10 International Recognition of AFAC Grantees .......................................................... 11 Timeline: Grant-Making, Outreach and Cultural Advocacy ...................................12 Communication ..........................................................................................................15 AFAC Board of Trustees and Team ...........................................................................16 Finances ......................................................................................................................16 Outlook 2017 ..............................................................................................................17 FULL REPORT Creativity Context: What Questions to Ask? .......................................19 The Annual General Grants Program ......................................................21 2016 Granting Schedule ...........................................................................................24 Application Statistics .................................................................................................25 Grantee Statistics .......................................................................................................29 Visual Arts ..................................................................................................................33 Performing Arts .........................................................................................................36 Research/Training/Regional Events ..........................................................................39 Music ...........................................................................................................................42 Cinema .......................................................................................................................45 Special Programs...............................................................................................48 Arab-European Creative Platform - AECP ...............................................................49 AFAC Novel-Writing Program – ANWP ...................................................................51 Arab Documentary Photography Program – ADPP ...............................................54 AFAC Documentary Program – ADP .......................................................................58 International Recognition of AFAC Grantees ....................................60 Visual Arts ..................................................................................................................61 Performing Arts .........................................................................................................61 Music ...........................................................................................................................61 Research/Training/Regional Events – RTR ...............................................................61 4 Cinema .......................................................................................................................61 AFAC Novel-Writing Program – ANWP ...................................................................62 Arab Documentary Photography Program – ADPP ...............................................62 Outreach and Events .......................................................................................63 AFAC at Berlin Film Festival .....................................................................................63 AFAC Visits Amman ..................................................................................................64 AFAC Special Screening for Tadmor at Dawawine .................................................64 AFAC Film Week ........................................................................................................64 AFAC Film Night at Sursock Museum in Beirut .......................................................67 AFAC-Fidmarseille Partnership.................................................................................67 “Visual Storytelling and Social Change” Panel ........................................................67 AFAC Partnership with Talents Beirut .....................................................................67 AFAC Launches 7 Novels with Dar Al-Saqi – ANWP 2015 Grantees ....................67 Cultural Advocacy and Philanthropy ......................................................68 AFAC Participates in “The Future Of Non-Profits In Culture and Development” .. 69 AFAC Participates in The Arab Foundations Forum ...............................................70 AFAC Participates in The Third Edition Of “21, 39 Jeddah Art Week” ..................70 AFAC Gives “Philanthropy in Arts And Culture” Master-Class ..............................70 AFAC Participates in The 9th Informal Donors Meeting, Marrakech ....................70 AFAC Participates in “Living Arts In Post-Conflict Contexts" Forum .....................71 AFAC Participates in The European Culture Forum ................................................71 AFAC Participates in The Arab Foundations Forum (AFF) Annual Meeting and General Assembly ...................................................................................................71 AFAC Participates in the 7Th World Summit on Arts and Culture 2016 ..............71 AFAC Co-Organised Creative Lab Workshop on Arts and Culture at Impact Hub ..............................................................................................................72 AFAC Launches “Europa: An Illustrated Introduction to Europe for Migrants and Refugees” .................................................................................................................72 Communication and Visibility ......................................................................73 Release of the Second Arab Creativity and Entrepreneurship Fund – ACEF 2015 Book Online ..............................................................................................................74 Grantee Stories on AFAC Website ............................................................................74 AFAC On-Line “Grantees Voices” Video Interviews ................................................75 Video Stories ..............................................................................................................75 AFAC Novel-Writing Programme (ANWP) Inforgraphic Summarizing the Three Cycles ........................................................................................................................75 Online Presence & Social Media ...............................................................................76 AFAC Governance and Management ..........................................................79 Governance: AFAC Board Of Trustees And Team ...................................................79 Finances ......................................................................................................................80 Legal Status ................................................................................................................82 AFAC Ten-Year Study: Learning From The Past – Imagining The Future.............82 Outlook 2017 ........................................................................................................83 5 ANNEXES General Grants....................................................................................................85 Visual Arts Project Descriptions ...............................................................................86 Visual Arts Jurors ......................................................................................................89 Perfomring Arts Project Descriptions ......................................................................91 Perfomring Arts Jurors ..............................................................................................95 RTR Project Descriptions ..........................................................................................97 RTR Jurors ................................................................................................................102 Music Project Descriptions ......................................................................................104