International Festival of Children's Theatres

The Subotica International Festival of Children's Theatres is an international festival dedicated to children's theatre.

Festival Opening

The festival

The festival is held annually in the third week of the month of May. It is of a competitive nature and festival awards are granted according to the evaluation of an international five-member jury. Both drama and puppet theatre productions are performed at the festival.

The official selection consists of twenty theatre performances in competition.

Besides official selections, the festival includes an accompanying programme encompassing street theatre, outdoor performances, festival performances throughout Serbia and in neighbouring Hungary, a film programme, scientific gatherings, exhibitions, puppetry workshops and publishing.

History

The festival was founded in 1994 by Subotica Municipal Assembly (Vojvodina Province, Serbia). The creator of the festival and its manager to the present has been Slobodan Markovic.

The festival is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia and the Provincial Department of Education and Culture. It is supported by the Municipality of Subotica and by numerous sponsors and donors. Executive producer of the festival is Subotica Open University.

The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia has proclaimed the festival as being of national significance, and for its accomplishments it has been awarded the greatest cultural acknowledgement in the Republic of Serbia – Vuk's Award.

Aims

The stated aims of the festival are to:

Target audience

Theatre artists and theoreticians; children up to 18 years of age; childminders, parents, carers and practitioners; everyone interested in theatre for children and young people, puppet theatre, or in the art of theatre in general.

Festival awards

The following awards are made:

  1. Grand Prix for the best performance
  2. Special prize for the original expression and fantasy (optional)
  3. Best direction
  4. Best stage design
  5. Best original music
  6. Best puppet design
  7. Five equal prizes for acting skills

Each year the festival presents "Little Prince" Life Achievement Awards to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the development of culture and theatre art for children.

Participants

Since its inception, the Festival has hosted more than 500 theatre productions from various parts of the world, including Europe and host country Serbia. About 393 have been presented in Official Selection, including:[1]

Albania

Armenia

Austria

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

Bulgaria

Chile

China

Croatia

Czech Republic

Egypt

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Hungary

India

Iran

Israel

Italy

Japan / Czech Republic

Japan

Kazakhstan

Latvia

Lithuania

Republic of Macedonia

Mexico

Moldova

Montenegro

Norway

Peru / Great Britain

Poland

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

Awards made

Festival Grand Prix

"Little Prince" Award

The 7th Festival 2000

The 8th Festival 2001

The 9th Festival 2002

The 10th Festival 2003

The 11th Festival 2004

The 12th Festival 2005

The 13th Festival 2006

The 14th Festival 2007

The 15th Festival 2008

The 16th Festival 2009

The 17th Festival 2010

The 18th Festival 2011

The 19th Festival 2012

The 20th Festival 2013

The 21st Festival 2014

The 22nd Festival 2015

Quotes

"It has been written about BITEF (Belgrade International Theatre Festival) in an Polish Encyclopaedia that the repertoire of this international Festival actually represents history of the world theatre of the second half of the 20th century. The same can be said about Subotica International Festival of Children's Theaters. Its fourteen seasons at the same time represent history of the world puppet theatre for children." Jovan Ćirilov, Festival Council President

"As a scientist and critic involved in activities of children's theatres all around the world I will take this opportunity to point out that the International Festival of Children's Theatres from Subotica has gained respect in the whole world, thanks to high artistic ranges, excellent organization and establishing of a forum for exchange of experiences in spirit of amicable cooperation..." Professor Henryk Jurkowski

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See also

References

  1. Festival Documentation & Catalog Archive
  2. http://www.lutfestsubotica.net

External links

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