Arts and Culture

The national tour of the documentary Caliu: Nothing Else, What Else Can I Do? continues to reach Roma communities across Romania throughout the summer of 2026. The film, directed by Simona Constantin, portrays legendary violinist Gheorghe ‘Caliu’ Anghel navigating the need to reinvent himself as he reconciles his past international fame with the realities of...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) presents the 2026 edition of Amaro Kino, a travelling short film programme showcasing recent works by emerging Roma filmmakers and collaborators. The programme features The Angry Bird by Jack Lilleywhite, The Exhibition by Dáša Raimanová and Béla Váradi, The Gift by Lara Izagirre Garizurieta, and Fifteen...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is pleased to announce the winners of the Romani Gili Contest 2026, a social media-based initiative dedicated to celebrating, preserving, and promoting Roma musical heritage. The Romani Gili Contest attracted an inspiring range of voices, interpretations, and musical expressions, reflecting the richness and vitality of Roma...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is pleased to introduce the jury of the 2026 Romani Gili Contest, a distinguished group of artists, scholars, and cultural leaders whose work reflects the diversity, creativity, and contemporary evolution of Roma musical heritage.   The Romani Gili Contest is a social media–based cultural initiative dedicated...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is pleased to announce the 20 finalists shortlisted for the final stage of the Romani Gili Contest 2026. The public voting phase is now officially open and will remain active until 18 June at 10:00 AM CET.   This year’s final results will be determined through...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is pleased to announce the 2026 WOMNET Gathering: Digital Presence, Pride, and Romani Women’s Identity in Online Spaces. The event will take place virtually via Zoom on 19 June 2026, from 16:00 to 17:30 CET.   This year’s gathering examines the profound impact of digital landscapes...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is pleased to announce its collaboration with the upcoming edition of the Rolling Film Festival in Kosovo, one of the most important cultural platforms in the region dedicated to Roma storytelling, representation, and intercultural dialogue through cinema.   As part of the collaboration, ERIAC will present...

ERIAC is pleased to collaborate with BEAST International Film Festival for a special screening of AMARO KINO: Romani Short Films, taking place on 6 June at 17:17 at Batalha Centro de Cinema in Porto.   The programme brings together four short films from across Europe that explore themes of identity, belonging, resilience, and cultural survival...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and Villa Romana continue their collaboration to support a contemporary artist of Roma origin, through an artistic residency programme in Florence. For the seventh consecutive year, this program provides a dedicated space for artistic research, production, and dialogue within an established international context. The residency builds on the shared commitment of ERIAC and Villa Romana...

  The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) announces the launch of the Romani Gili Contest, a social media-based initiative dedicated to celebrating, preserving, and promoting Roma musical heritage.   In Romani, “gili” means song — a form of expression that carries memory, emotion, and identity across generations. Roma songs have long served...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is supporting a national tour of the documentary film CALIU: Nothing else, what else can I do?, directed by Simona Constantin. The initiative brings screenings directly into Roma communities across Romania, aiming to make cultural experiences more accessible and rooted in the places where these stories...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is pleased to present the 2026 Film Pitch Deck, the second edition of this initiative featuring a curated selection of film projects involving Roma creatives from across Europe.   Building on its inaugural edition, the Pitch Deck reflects ERIAC’s ongoing commitment to strengthening the presence and...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is honored to announce that ERIAC Serbia received the 2026 “Remembering Hilda Dajč” Award for Outstanding Contribution to Remembrance Culture offered by Terraforming for the exhibition Combing Through Time: Disentangling the Hidden Histories of the Roma Genocide. The fifth annual Remembering Hilda Dajč Award ceremony was held...

  The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is pleased to announce its participation at the Marché du Film during the Cannes Film Festival 2026. Throughout the festival, ERIAC will be present at the Creative Europe MEDIA Pavilion, Pavilion 124, continuing its work to support and promote Romani filmmakers and audiovisual projects within...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) and the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program jointly announce the second edition of the ERIAC–DAAD Residency Programme for Arts and Media. The first edition of the programme, launched in 2025, focused on the field of visual arts. Following an international open call, the jury selected artist and photographer Anita Horváth (Hungary), who undertook a one-month...

On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of April 8, International Roma Day, Rašid Nikolić, Roma artist, paramísar (storyteller), puppeteer and activist, presented a marionette show for the opening of the group exhibition Yesterday is Tomorrow at ERIAC’s Spring Salon. The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture is pleased to release the recording of...

Within the JEKHIPE project – Reclaiming Our Past, Rebuilding Our Future: New Approaches to Fighting Antigypsyism (JEKHIPE), the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) contributed a distinct epistemological and methodological perspective, one that foregrounds cultural memory, artistic practice, and self-representation as essential components in addressing antigypsyism.   JEKHIPE, funded under the European Commission’s...

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is releasing the masterclass Roma Culture and Arts as Political Practice in Czechoslovakia, with Nikola Ludlová, produced in the framework of the project Reclaiming Our Past, Rebuilding Our Future: New Approaches to Fighting Antigypsyism (JEKHIPE).   This masterclass examines how Roma culture and the arts have...