Subotica International Festival of Children's Theatres 1994-2011 Presentation

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Subotica, Serbia: 1994-2011

Subotica International Festival ofChildrens Theatres


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Where?


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Name of state: Republic of Serbia

Population: 7,120,666 (excludingKosovo) [2011 estimate (100th)]

83% Serbs

Geographic location: Southeasternand Central Europe, Balkan Peninsula,Western Balkans

Time zone: central European, CET

(GMT + 1 hour)

Climate: moderate continental

Official currency: the dinar (RSD)

Official language: Serbian

Official script: Cyrillic

Faiths: 85% Eastern OrthodoxChristian, 5.5% Roman CatholicChristian, 3.2% Muslim

Capital city: Belgrade, population

more than 1,730,000

Serbia facts:


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First recorded as Zabatka in 1391

City and municipality in northern Serbia,about 10 km from the border with Hungary,

in the heart of the Pannon Plain

150,000 inhabitants, with suburbs

Second largest city in the AutonomousProvince of Vojvodina, followingNovi Sad.

Fifth largest city in Serbia (after Belgrade,Novi Sad, Ni and Kragujevac)

Multi-confessional, multi-linguistic andmulti-ethnic

Ethnic groups: Hungarians, Serbs, Croats,

Bunjevci, Yugoslavs, Montenegrins, Slovaks,Roma...

Official languages: Serbian, Hungarianand Croatian

Faiths: Catholic, Orthodox, Protestant,

Muslim, Judaic

Subotica


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Subotica video presentation:


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Festival y Founded in 1994 upon decision of theAssembly of the City of Subotica.

y Initiator, creator and director: Slobodan

Markoviy Managed by: director and Festival

council (9 members)

y Held annually in the third week of May

y Duration: 7 days

y International, selective and competitivey Official selection: 20 performances for

children up to 18

y Accompanying programmes: streettheatre, outdoor and touringperformances, a film programme,scientific gatherings, exhibitions,puppetry workshops and publishing

y Venues: theatres, cinemas, schools,galleries, in the open air (throughoutSerbia and in Hungary)

y Free entrance

Opening of the 1st Festival: 23 June 1994

www.lutfestsubotica.net


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Organization

www.openunsubotica.rs

Organizer and executive producer:Open University Subotica

Established in 1953

Core activities:

- Lifelong learning

- Organization of cultural events

- Research and development

- Project management

- Publishing

Departments:

- Centre for Education

- Centre for Culture

- Centre for Project Management- Centre for Ecology

31 employees

2 full-time employees engaged in organizationof the Festival (director and organizationalsecretary)


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Budget

33%

28%

20%

14%

5%

Ministry of Culture of theRepublic of Serbia

Provincial Secretariat of

Culture

City of Subotica

Other

Self-finance

Total annual amount: ~ 200 000


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Official Selection

Accompanying Programmes

CULTOUR (2010-2011)

May School of Puppetry(2010-present)

InternationalResearch College ofTheatre Arts (2009-present)

Publishing (2006-present)

National Puppetry in Focus (2005-present)

Film Programme (2000-present)

Streets and Squares (1995-present)

Festival onTour(1995-present)

Exhibitions (1994-present)

Book Promotions (1994-present)

Festival Promotions


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Official Selection20 theatre performances

Drama and puppet theatre

For children up to 18 years of age

Applications received: 1 June 31

December

Selection priority given to puppettheatre

Diversity of forms and approaches

Performances presented in theoriginal language

Awards decided by a five-member

international jury


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Official Selection Participants1994-2011


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Official Selection: Per Country of Origin


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Awards Grand Prix of the Festival for the Best

Performance

Special Prize for the OriginalExpression and Fantasy (optional)

Prize for the Best Direction

Prize for the Best Stage Design

Prize for the Best Original Music

Prize for the Best Puppet Design

Prize for Acting Skills (5 equal prizes)


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Grand Prix Winners

Artistic sculptureby Mijo Mijukovi ofNehajwww.montenegro.org/mijo


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1994 Grand Prix Winner

RussiaAcademic Theatre of Comedy N.P. Akimov - St. Petersburg

The Humpbacked Horse

Director: Ilya Makarov


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SlovakiaTrnava Theatre Trnava

Winter Tale

Director: Ladislav Koan



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SlovakiaState Puppet Theatre Bratislava

Love Potion

Director: Jozef Bednarik



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HungaryBudapest Puppet Theatre Budapest

Petrushka

Director: Kat Sznyi



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YugoslaviaThe Puppet Theatre Pinokio Zemun

The Story of a Horse

Director: ivomir Jokovi


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BelarusBelarusian Theatre Lialka - Vitebsk

The Lost Soul, or Torment of a Sinner

Director: Oleg Zhugzhda


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MacedoniaChildren and Youth Theatre - Skopje

Zajdi, Zajdi (Set, Set, Bright Sun)

Director: Bonjo Lungov


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BulgariaState Puppet Theatre - Vidin

Petrushka

Director: Yana Tsankova


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GermanyFairy Tale Theatre - Hamburg

The Queen of Colours

Director: Mark Lovic


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SlovakiaBratislava Puppet Theatre - Bratislava

The Nutcracker

Director: Jozef Bednarik


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HungaryThe Puppet Theatre Ciroka - Kecskemet

Shadows

Director:L

szlo Rumi


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Serbia and MontenegroChildren's Theatre - Subotica

The Poor Bootmaker and the Wind King

Director: Gyrgy Hernyk


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EstoniaState Puppet Theatre - Tallinn

Troll-Boy

Director: Finn Poulsen


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AustriaMOKI - Mobile Theatre for Children - Vienna

Cinderella

Director: Jakub Krofta


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EstoniaState Puppet Theatre - Tallinn

Gamblers

Director: Yevgeny Ibragimov


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Bosnia and HerzegovinaChildren s Theatre of the Republic of Srpska - Banja Luka

The Folklore Magic

Director: Bonjo Lungov


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HungaryBudapest Puppet Theatre - Budapest

Lira and Epika (Lyrics and Epic)

Director: Pl Mcsai


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FranceCie Jean-Pierre Lescot

My Pinocchio

Director: Jean-Pierre Lescot


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Accompanying Programmes


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CULTOUR project

y May 2010 May 2011 (13months)

y Hungary-Serbia IPA Cross-border

Co-operation Programmey Festival reprise in Szeged,

Hungary

y Visiting performances

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Exhibitionsy Round tables

y Puppetry workshops


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May School of Puppetry 2010 present

Started as an encounter of Europeanpuppetry schools led by Prof. Nikolay Naumov(St. Petersburg, Russia)

Participants in the first encounter were:

Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts

Academy, Saint Petersburg, RussiaThe Academy of Arts in Osijek, CroatiaThe Academy of Performing Arts,Bratislava, SlovakiaInternational Institute of Puppetry,Charleville-Mezieres, FranceFaculty of Dramatic Arts, Cetinje,Montenegro

Transformed into school of puppetry(workshops and seminars) aimed primarily atSerbian artists, students, teachers


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International Research College of Theatre Arts

2009 present Five-year project conceived by Prof. Henryk

Jurkowski (Warsaw, Poland)

In form of conferences

Several themes and sub-themes envisagedeach year

Aim: to promote reflection on theatre arts forchildren (special emphasis on puppetry)

Call for papers open: 1 June 31 December

Paper proposals reviewed and about 15selected

Papers are presented at the conference andlater published

Working languages: English, Russian andSerbian

So far 39 participants from 19 countries


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Publishingy 2006-presenty Books of importance to puppetry and theatre arts for

childreny First translations into Serbian:

Metamorphoses of Puppet Theatre in the 20th Century,2006

Theory of Puppetry, 2007

The World of Edward Gordon Craig, 2008 by Prof. HenrykJurkowski My Profession (1st and 2nd part) by the great Russian

puppeteer Sergey Obraztsov (2009, 2011) Theatre for Children - Artistic Phenomenon (2010,

2011)


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National Puppetry in Focus

y 2005 present

y Puppetry of a chosen country

y So far presented: Bulgarian,Hungarian, Croatian, Russian,

Slovak and Romanian puppetry

y Activities:

Exhibitions

Scientific conferences

Performances by puppetrystudents

Etc


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Film Programme

y 2000 present

y Until 2010 in cooperation with YugoslavFilm Archive

y

Film cycles for the youngest:Russian Fairy Tales on the Big

Screen

Two Centuries of H.C. Andersen

Charlie Chaplin on the Big Screen

Animals as Film Stars

Children as Film Actors

Etc.


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Streets and Squares

1995 present music and dance programme

outdoor performances

childrens creation, skills, talents andcreativity

Participants:dance ensembles

soloists

orchestras

choirs

bands

amateur and professional theatretroupes

pre-school institution and schools


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Festival on Tour

y 1995 present

y Festival performances andexhibitions presentedthroughout Serbia and inHungary

y the Festival is not and itshould not be the privilege ofthe children of Suboticaalone


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Exhibitions

1994 present

Exhibitions thematically connectedto theatre creation for children andpuppetry

Exhibitions aimed to promote otherforms of creation for children (eg.fine arts)

Exhibitions of children's creationitself.

One large-scale and several small-scale exhibitions opened annually


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Book Promotions

1994 present

Childrens booksWorks important for theatre arts

Theatrical theory

Theatre history

Drama pedagogy


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Festival Promotions

Wishing to introduce its activities toas many people in the world aspossible, the Festival has organizedits own promotions in othercountries and at other festivals:

Bulgaria

Hungary

Montenegro

Pakistan

Russia

Turkey

France


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Festival Participants1994-2011


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Little PrinceLife Achievement Award

Artistic sculptureby Mijo Mijukovi ofNehajwww.montenegro.org/mijo


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Henryk JurkowskiPolandtheatre critic, historian and theoretician, writer,translator, pedagogue

Srboljub Lule StankoviYugoslavia

puppet theatre director

2000 Little Prince Winners


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Milenko Misailovi

Yugoslaviadramatist, theatre director, theatre theoretician

Margareta Niculescu

Romaniadirector and puppet theatre theoretician and pedagogue


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Sndor HrtigYugoslaviamaster puppeteer

Josef Krofta

Czech Republicpuppet theatre director


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Slobodan MarkoviSerbia and Montenegro

theatre manager, founder, director and producer ofSubotica International Festival of Childrens Theatres

Albrecht RoserGermany

master puppeteer, pedagogue



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Radoslav LaziSerbia and Montenegro

director, theatre theoretician, pedagogue

Jnos MecznerHungary

puppet theatre director andpedagogue



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Atanas Ilkov

Bulgariatheatre director,dramatist, actor,

puppeteer, pedagogue

ivomir JokoviSerbia and

Montenegropuppet theatre director and

actor, dramatist andtranslator

Milena Jefti

Nieva KostiSerbia and

Montenegropainter, puppet creator,

stage and costume

designer



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Edi Majaron

Sloveniadirector, puppeteer, pedagogue andcello player

Ljubivoje RumoviSerbia and Montenegropoet and writer, TV editor, director, and script-writer



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Henrik KemnyHungary

master puppeteer, puppetcreator

Viktor KlimchukBelarus

puppet theatre director

Branko MilieviSerbia

actor, director and writer



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Jim GambleUSA

master puppeteer,puppet creator

Lszl RipcSerbia

master puppeteer



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Vladimir PredmerskySlovakia

director, dramatist, theatre critic,historian and theoretician

Miroslav RadonjiSerbia

theatrologist, theatre critic



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Igor BojoviSerbiaplaywright, screenwriter

Nikolay NaumovRussia

puppet theatre director, pedagogue


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Eustatiu GregorianRomaniapainter, puppet creator, stage designer

Irena TotSerbiamaster puppeteer, puppet theatre director


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Awards Won by the Festival

Vuks Prize (2005) Pro Urbe Award (2009) Grozdanin Kikot Award (2009)


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Membership in Organizations

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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 theInternational Festival of Children's Theatres from Subotica has gainedrespect in the whole world, thanks to high artistic ranges, excellentorganization and establishment of a forum for exchange of experiencesin a spirit of amicable cooperation...

Professor Henryk Jurkowski, PhD, Poland

We can rightly say that this is not just a festival of childrens theatresbut also fine arts festival for children.

Professor Nikolai Naumov, PhD, Russia


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Its past eighteen years and participation of four hundred andeighty dramatic ensembles from forty-one countries actually arenot a review but a contribution to the history and anthology ofthe worlds puppetry and theatre for children, which clearly andundoubtedly names and characterizes this festival as one of themost significant cultural events of the Republic of Serbia farbeyond its borders.

Miroslav Radonji, MA, Serbia

It has been written about BITEF in an Polish encyclopaedia thatthe repertoire of this international festival actually represents

history of world theatre in the second half of the 20th century.The same can be said about Subotica International Festival ofChildrens Theaters. Its eighteen seasons at the same timerepresent history of world puppet theatre for children.

Jovan irilov, Festival Council President, Serbia


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