Bristol City Council - Key Arts Provider funding This is the first year of the open application process for funding, allowing an ambitious investment strategy to be shaped that will refresh and reflect the changing needs of the city and maximise the impact of the Council’s funding (Posted 15 April 2008)

Northern Ireland - BBC coverage of the Arts – make your views known The Audience Council for Northern Ireland is inviting members and representatives of the Arts Community in Northern Ireland to meet with the Audience Council to discuss BBC coverage of the Arts, Market Place Theatre and Arts Centre, Market Street, Armagh. Friday 25th April 2008. (RSVP required by 18 April)

Contact International Forum Contacting the World is Contact’s pioneering international theatre exchange project for young people. This July over 150 young performers from all over the world will descend on Liverpool for an eight day celebration of work created by young people. Find out how you can get involved!

So communication… translating each others’ words - a publication arising from a series of international collaborative performances that simultaneously expose and critique the dominance of the English language in the contemporary world

Touring into Africa The Africa Consortium in association with the Independent Theatre Council present Touring into Africa, a seminar which gives you an opportunity to get some practical advice and share your experiences (Posted 1 April 2008)

National Campaign for the Arts briefing Changes to immigration policy and pricing - 25 March 2008 (Posted 1 April 2008)

Glasgow international (Gi Festival) - the city's only curated and commissioning festival for contemporary visual arts (Posted 1 April 2008)

London Palestine Film Festival - Another extraordinary selection of documentary, fiction, art, and experimental work by artists from around the world. 18 - 24 April, Barbican Cinema and 25 April  - 1 May, SOAS, Russell Square (Posted 1 April 2008)

International Opportunities Fund Wales Arts International continues to run its open application fund for international activity

2nd London International Documentary Festival This year’s expansive programme of over 50 films in 8 venues, over 8 days, with Q&As with directors, panel discussions and conversations, the LIDF goes beyond the films themselves to create new critical spaces within which audiences and filmmakers, in conversation, can engage with the social, cultural and political content of the films. 29 March – 5 April 2008 venues in London.

East to East A live interactive bi-lingual event 100 days before the start of the Beijing Games

2nd London International Documentary Festival

Bangladesh 1971 A photographic exhibition and film season that focuses on one of South Asia’s most significant political events: the foundation of Bangladesh as an independent state

Artes Mundi 3 A major exhibition of stimulating contemporary art from around the world

Art Dubai - Art Dubai takes place every March at the Madinat Arena. As the first contemporary art fair in Dubai, the Fair has become a cornerstone for the rapidly growing art community of the Middle East. The 2008 fair will host nearly seventy galleries from the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North and South America, North Africa and Australia. 19 - 22 March 2008

The Biennial of Utopias - Lecture by influential artist and writer, Luis Camnitzer. This lecture is presented as part of the States of Exchange exhibition, screenings and public programme, iniva, 11 March 2008

Birds Eye View Film Festival 2008 The UK's celebration of women filmmakers returns with a stunning selection of international features, docs and short films

Danger! Gulaam Fatima
A first production from Ulfah Arts developing Muslim women as artists. Showing at Evolved - festival of new work,
March 4th, 6th and 13th 2008

States of Exchange: Artists from Cuba @ iniva
23 January - 22 March 2008
Rivington Place, London, EC2A 3BA

Commonwealth Week A festival of culture and celebration in the UK from the contemporary Commonwealth, 10 - 17 2008