During the opening of ICAF 2026, Artistic Director Jasmina Ibrahimovic spoke about the power of participatory arts, care, and connection. As many visitors asked whether the speech would be made available after the festival, we are pleased to share the full text below. Good evening, It took me a while to understand what I wanted…
The Herds – life-sized animals move through the city During the 10th anniversary edition of the International Community Arts Festival (ICAF), monumental animal figures will move through the streets of Rotterdam. Operated by an international team of artists and one hundred Rotterdam residents, these sculptures are crafted from fragile, ecological materials. Fleeing the impacts of…
Free program for the city Het festival komt er weer aan! More information From March 16 through March 29, 2026 Kom allemaal kijken
YOU ARE INVITED TO ICAF 2026 TAKING PLACE FROM WEDNESDAY 25-SUNDAY 29 mARCH, 2026 The International Community Arts Festival will be back and take place again in Rotterdam, in March 2026. Mark your calendars and start arranging your travel for Wednesday 25-Sunday 29 March, 2026! For this Edition of the Festival (our 10th Edition!) we…
Our ICAF 2026 Open Call is coming very soon, next Wednesday 30 October in fact. So here is everything you need to know to prepare yourself for the announcement date. Our Open Call for ICAF 2026 Festival, taking place from Wednesday 25 March to Sunday 29 March, 2026, will be launched in a mere matter…
We are overjoyed to share with you our part-trailer, part-after movie, which, we believe, so perfectly encapsulates the energy, the atmosphere, and the beautiful, colourful, diverse practices that together made up ICAF 2023. After premiering during MINI ICAF last month, the after movie is now available to view on our ICAF Platform. The film is part…
An interdisciplinary artist, film director and DOP. Ph.D, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Media Art Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Jakub Wróblewski deals with video, interactive film, audiovisual narrative, film theory, graphic narrative structures, immersive storytelling and art and science projects. He runs a 3D and Virtual Occurrences II / WSM / WWA…
Wednesday 20 March – so save the date! We are delighted to announce that MINI ICAF will be taking place across the afternoon and evening of Wednesday 20 March, 2024, entirely free of charge. MINI-ICAF is a one-day event where we look back on the big ICAF festival of 2023 and look ahead to the next…
[Will’s Blog 1. March 29] And so it begins—The International Community Arts Festival 2023! In March of 2020, a certain uncertainty that was unfolding around the planet meant that Edition 8 of the festival could not be the traditional full-on gathering of artists coming to Rotterdam. Nevertheless, our intrepid crew of producers managed, as we…
The runup to ICAF 2023 kicks off with Drama Box’s online programme series Join us online via Drama Box’s Facebook Page or Youtube Channel this Friday, 13 January at 10am CET / 5pm GMT+8 to hear more from Mekong Cultural Hub. The runup to ICAF 2023 officially begins this Friday, 13 January, with the first…