Caisa’s Open Call for autumn season of 2025
We are seeking proposals for Caisa's program for the autumn season of 2025, including performing arts premieres and reruns, exhibitions, concert and film series, as well as festivals. Please note: We are not accepting proposals for international guest productions.
Proposals related to art education, such as courses, workshops, or seminars, are invited through a separate open call. The application instructions and form for Caisa's art education open call can be found here.
Cultural Centre Caisa’s main task is to promote diversity and inclusion in Helsinki through art and culture. We carry out this task, for example, by improving physical and mental accessibility and by highlighting underrepresented groups. We are looking for productions that are professional, original and support our values. In addition, we emphasize relevance, social engagement, inclusivity, and multilingualism.
We follow Caisa's principles for safer spaces in our activities and expect commitment to these principles from all the submissions. We kindly ask you to familiarize yourself with them from our webpage.
We are not seeking international visiting productions with this call.
Application time:
16.12.2024 from 9.00 am until 12.1.2025 23.59 pm.
Apply for Caisa's program for the autumn season of 2025 through this link.
Read the FAQ on Caisa's Open Call search (pdf)
What we offer:
All productions selected for Caisa's program will be provided with facilities, technical equipment and technical personnel upon separate agreement. We require that performing arts productions have their own sound and/or light design. One of Caisa’s producers will be assigned to each production, who will be responsible for managing this production for the house. Fees and other costs are negotiated with each production separately before the contract is signed.
In terms of communications, all productions under Caisa’s program will be featured on the Caisa’s website, with more specific measures being negotiated with our sector’s communications service. We also require our production partner to invest in communication and marketing.
You can visit Caisa's premises and get acquainted with our technical equipment in advance on our website.
Virtual tour of Caisa's premises
Caisa's technical equipment
Possible forms of cooperation:
Listed below are two different forms of cooperation. Think about which of them would suit your production best. The final form of cooperation will be negotiated before the agreement is finalized.
a) The production needs a venue and technical equipment, in which case performance fees are covered in other ways, e.g. with a grant, etc.
b) Caisa pays a fixed sales price for the production (we cannot cover, for example, all the production costs of a performance or exhibition)
If the production involves ticket sales, the income sharing will be negotiated separately. Caisa also does not award grants, since the City of Helsinki's Unit of Partnerships, Grants and Projects is responsible for it.
How we make decisions:
At the end of the application period, Caisa’s team will review all applications and select those for further negotiations that best meet Caisa's selection criteria:
After further negotiations, the team makes final decisions, which are communicated to applicants via email. If your proposal is not selected, you also have the option to rent our facilities.
Upcoming calls:
Spring season 2026
Performing arts premieres and reruns, exhibitions, series (e.g. concerts, films), festivals, concerts and art education. We are not accepting proposals for international guest productions. In 2026, Caisa will celebrate its 30th anniversary throughout the year.
Application period: 28.04.2025 from 9.00 am to 25.5.2025 11:59 pm.
Exhibitions
producer Faruk Lika
tel. 09 310 37515, 050 461 6957
faruk.lika(at)hel.fi
Theater & circus, festivals
producer Jaana Lindman
tel. 09 310 37005
jaana.lindman(at)hel.fi
Music, languages & literature
producer Kitari Mayele
tel. 09 310 37506
kitari.mayele(at)hel.fi
Dance & film
producer Johanna Rissanen
tel. 09 310 37798
johanna.rissanen(at)hel.fi
Art education and courses
producer Teemu Savikurki
tel. 040 522 6700
teemu.savikurki(at)hel.fi
Booking and renting of premises
production assistant Merja Taivalantti-Bouchghoul
tel. 09 310 37503
merja.taivalantti-bouchghoul(at)hel.fi