Apart from the annual film festivals that we organise as KONTEKST Collective, our open platform is here to support, boost and archive independent events organised by early career event programmers, artists and thinkers.

We recognise the glass ceiling that many people face when trying to get their critical perspectives out - particularly when coming from groups which are already marginalised, such as LGBTQIA+, Global Majority, people with disabilities, people with migratory experiences, neurodivergent people, +. We also recognise that the monopolised infrastructures of mass communication actively silence voices of activists, community organisers and grassroots unions, whilst the boosting the rhetoric of the far-right. The frustration with the top-down system of representation and discourse-making was what pushed us towards starting this collective.

Our aim has always been to create a grassroots, open and horizontal platform, which would grow thanks to this collective input, and which would support those with something meaningful to say with greater reach and opportunities. We were not interested in becoming a top-down organisation as that would limit us to our own bias, our own context. Instead, we want to share this platform with you. We hope that providing you with support and access to our resources and platform can open up new possibilities for something exciting and powerful.

There are two ways we can help you out — we can organise an event collab or just help you with promo:

• Event collab - your event will be run in an official collaboration with / under patronage of KONTEKST (whilst crediting you as the organiser). Join our collective and the stage is yours! What this means in practice is that:

  • Your event will be included in our official events programme. You will be able to use our logos and patronage and promote the event as such.

  • We will actively post about it on our social media promo, and include it in the monthly newsletter.

  • We will give you an option to archive it permanently in our website’s archive (in a format of your choice and upon your permission which you can revoke anytime).

  • You will be given access to our email inbox for event communications.

• Help with promo - we are always happy to promote your event so it can reach wider audiences, for example through:

  • our Instagram - Mention @kontekst.collective on any stories you’d like us to repost. If you are a KONTEKST member, we will are happy for you to send us collab requests for posts, or for you to temporarily take over our profile page.

  • our monthly newsletter - we send it out on the 1st day of each month. To be featured, message us between 20-27 for details and send a copy that we can paste.

  • our WhatsApp community chat - contact us to join - this is by far the most direct way to exchange resources and info about events with our collective’s members.

  • KONTEKST members:

What event proposals do we accept?

We are open to supporting all kinds of projects that are have a social justice focus, that take ethics into account, that are self-reflective and take accessibility into account. We are particularly keen to support grassroots projects with little no to former presence, and ones organised by individuals or groups who come from marginalised perspectives, but everyone is welcome to work with us as they want to work with us towards a truly fair and just society. In other words, as long as what you do relates to the values in vision that we stated in our MANIFESTO, the platform is here for you to make use of it. Get in touch us if you have any questions or would like to pitch your idea.

Once you send the event proposal idea, it will be reviewed by the volunteers currently active in the collective’s admin team.

Where can the event take place?

Our community is primarily based in or around London (UK) but we are open to supporting critical events all around the world. Drop us a message.

Will I get credit for an event run in collaboration with KONTEKST?

We don’t claim ownership of what’s run together with us so all credit will fully go to you as the event organiser. The platform is intended to serve as a directory of creatives and an accessible database of critical projects.

Do we charge for event collaborations?

No, we will support you for free, in accordance with our grassroots ethos. You are always welcome to give back later on, either by volunteering, joining our admin team or leaving a donation.