The Embassy of Italy in Bahrain is pleased to announce the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation’s 2025 Call for grants and prizes for the translation of fiction and non-fiction works, as well as for the production, dubbing and subtitling of films, short films and TV-series, intended for mass media circulation.
Applications for GRANTS can be submitted for:
- Translation and publication of Italian fiction and non-fiction works, including those available in digital format (e-books), to be published not before 1st August 2025;
- Production, dubbing or subtitling of films, short films and TV-series intended for mass media circulation, to be released not before 1st August 2025.
Applications for PRIZES can be submitted for:
- Italian fiction and non-fiction books, also in digital version (e-book), already translated and published not before 1st January 2024;
- production, dubbing, subtitling of films, short films and TV-series intended for mass media circulation, already released not before 1st January 2024.
Applications for grants and prizes can be submitted by publishers, translators, producing firms, dubbing firms, subtitling firms, distribution firms, literary agents/agencies and cultural and international entities, located both in Italy and abroad.
Applications must be submitted BY APRIL 7th 2025 by Email to culturale.manama@esteri.it.
Please find here the call in English which also include the forms for application.
