{"id":30998,"date":"2025-08-29T15:12:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/croatian-photography.com\/?p=30998"},"modified":"2025-08-29T15:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:20:19","slug":"open-call-vid-grant-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/croatian-photography.com\/en\/open-call-vid-grant-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Call VID Grant 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_30991\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" class=\"wp-image-30991 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/croatian-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vid-Foundation_Redza.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/croatian-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vid-Foundation_Redza.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/croatian-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vid-Foundation_Redza-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/croatian-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vid-Foundation_Redza-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/croatian-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vid-Foundation_Redza-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/croatian-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vid-Foundation_Redza-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/croatian-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vid-Foundation_Redza-245x163.jpg 245w, https:\/\/croatian-photography.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Vid-Foundation_Redza-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winning photo series from 2023, Vid Red\u017ea<\/p><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"781\">The <strong data-start=\"57\" data-end=\"91\">VID Foundation for Photography<\/strong> is dedicated to untold visual stories from the Balkans through its grant and mentorship programs. The support is intended for visual storytellers who shed light on often invisible but important social issues from the Balkan region (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia). The Foundation\u2019s goal is to bring outstanding and powerful visual stories from the Balkans closer to the Netherlands and the wider European context, while fostering a vibrant regional photographic community where photography and visual storytelling can become a sustainable career path for young and emerging artists.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"53\" data-end=\"781\">\n<p data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"800\"><strong data-start=\"783\" data-end=\"798\">Activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"1408\">\n<li data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"903\">\n<p data-start=\"803\" data-end=\"903\"><strong data-start=\"803\" data-end=\"816\">VID Grant<\/strong> \u2013 annual award for the best young photographers and visual artists from the Balkans.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"1005\">\n<p data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"1005\"><strong data-start=\"906\" data-end=\"918\">Webinars<\/strong> \u2013 practical advice for applications, project development, and presenting one\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1095\">\n<p data-start=\"1008\" data-end=\"1095\"><strong data-start=\"1008\" data-end=\"1017\">Talks<\/strong> \u2013 online meetings between regional photographers and international experts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1096\" data-end=\"1181\">\n<p data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1181\"><strong data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1118\">Online promotion<\/strong> \u2013 showcasing Balkan authors on the website and social media.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1182\" data-end=\"1290\">\n<p data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1290\"><strong data-start=\"1184\" data-end=\"1199\">Exhibitions<\/strong> \u2013 works of the grant recipients are presented in the Netherlands and across the Balkans.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1291\" data-end=\"1408\">\n<p data-start=\"1293\" data-end=\"1408\"><strong data-start=\"1293\" data-end=\"1309\">Partnerships<\/strong> \u2013 collaboration with local and international organizations to strengthen the photographic scene.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1410\" data-end=\"1593\">The main award amounts to <strong data-start=\"1436\" data-end=\"1446\">\u20ac1,000<\/strong>, and the conditions and details for applying can be found <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vidfoundation.com\/vid-grant\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>. The deadline for applications is <strong data-start=\"1546\" data-end=\"1590\">Thursday, September 4, 2025, at 5 PM CET<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1595\" data-end=\"1681\">You can view <strong data-start=\"1608\" data-end=\"1645\">Vida Red\u017ea\u2019s winning photo series<\/strong> from the 2023 competition <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vidfoundation.com\/vid-redza\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The VID Foundation for Photography is dedicated to untold visual stories from the Balkans through its grant and mentorship programs. 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