IETM Berlin Plenary Meeting 2025

IETM, in collaboration with Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste (BFDK), Performing Arts Programm Berlin (PAP), Landesverband freie darstellende Künste Berlin (LAFT) and ufaFabrik, presents its famous pitching session: IETM Pitchorama, live from the IETM Berlin Plenary Meeting 2025.

Returning again this year, this popular IETM format showcased artists and practitioners selected via an open call, presenting their projects or ideas in a live pitching session and Q and A. It provided an opportunity for professionals working in the performing arts sector to present a project and to look for partners who may be interested in collaborating with them. Whether they are just starting out or aiming for international recognition, Pitchorama allows for the right connections for the right people and opportunities from within the IETM network.

Previous pitches have resulted in job opportunities, touring collaborations, funding efforts, and more.

If you’re a professional working in the sector who is looking to foster new collaborations, find new opportunities, or identify potential connections—but are unable to join us in Berlin—then we encourage you to tune in live and discover the showcases from across the globe. 

Moderator: Cathie Boyd, Cryptic, United Kingdom

About IETM

IETM is one of the oldest and largest cultural networks, representing the voice of around five-hundred member organisations and freelancers actively engaged in all disciplines of the contemporary performing arts in over sixty countries worldwide. IETM exists to advocate the value of the arts and culture and to empower performing arts professionals through access to international connections, knowledge, and a dynamic forum for exchange. Through international events, publications, advocacy actions, research, projects, and more, IETM works to stimulate the quality, development and context of the contemporary performing arts, in all their diversity.

About HowlRound TV

HowlRound TV is a global, commons-based, peer-produced, open-access livestreaming and video archive project stewarded by the nonprofit HowlRound. HowlRound TV is a free and shared resource for live conversations and performances relevant to the world’s performing arts and cultural fields. Its mission is to break geographic isolation, promote resource sharing, and develop our knowledge commons collectively. Anyone can participate in a community of peer organizations revolutionizing the flow of information, knowledge, and access in our field by becoming a producer and co-producing with us. Learn more by going to our participate page.