PARES - Support Program for Artistic Activity in the Azores first edition awarded 9 grants to projects ranging from exhibitions to audiovisual production, publications, theatre and dance.

With PARES Program, Anda&Fala allocates 5000 euros from its annual budget to support artists and agents who develop their work in the region, through micro-grants for activities of artistic creation, presentation and circulation of artists and projects. PARES program is open to applications in all areas of contemporary artistic expression - visual arts, performing arts, music, literature and film, as long as they involve activities in the fields of creation, presentation and circulation, within or outside the Azores region. The program supports artists and agents based in the Azores and is also open to people from other geographies who elect the archipelago to develop their projects.

RESULTS (BY ORDER OF SUBMISSION

1. Diogo Bessa & Eva Evita - Tusse Tusse (Publication)
2. Francisca Manuel - Vale das Dúvidas (Film)
3. Joana Sousa e Maria Novo - Calheta (Film)
4. João Miguel Ramos - Ai os Ais de Tanta Gente (Exhibition)
5. Jorge Kol - Walk and Spy (Exhibition)
6. Pepe Brix - Crónicas da Escarpa (Exhibition)
7. Rubén Monfort - Despensas (Publication)
8. Associação Paralelo28 - Festival Paralelo (Programming - Dance)
9. Associação Ooutro - As árvores deixam morrer os ramos mais bonitos (Theatre)