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PANEL | Future Festivals: Forging new horizons

Tuesday, August 22, 2023
11:00 am_12:00 pm

Les 7 Doigts de la main

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60$

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The aftermath of this crisis has been abrupt, revealing the fragility of our structures and our teams' fatigue,"" stated an open letter published by 16 Montréal festivals including MUTEK in February 2023. Festivals both in Canada and abroad struggle with similar questions of financial resilience, staffing capacities, accessibility to and inclusivity of communities, as well as sustainability in the wake of the present climate crisis. In addressing these challenges, MUTEK together with four Canadian and two international partners launched the Future Festivals think tank in March 2023. Following Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson’s opening provocation, the panel invites Naomi Johnson, Executive Director of imagineNative, New Now Festival’s Jasmin Grimm, Festival TransAmériques (FTA)’s David Lavoie and MUTEK's Maurice Jones, for a call to action on not only how to rethink the future of festivals but more importantly how to build it together.

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