International Festival of Children's Theatres

The festival

History

Aims

• present the most valuable and artistically most relevant stage creations in domestic and foreign production for children.
• contribute to promotion of new and to further recognition of already realized cultural values on the international ground.
• bring nations closer and to preserve diversities of each culture as the source of our common wealth.
• encourage making friendships.
• provide exchange of experiences and to make creative connections.
• promote theatrical life for children and culture in general.
• provide the audience in Serbia with various international productions for children and youth of different age and social status.

  Target audience

Festival awards

1. Grand Prix for the best performance
2. Best direction
3. Best stage design
4. Best original music
5. Best puppet design
6. Five equal prizes for acting skills

Participants

• National Puppet Theatre, Tirana

• State Puppet Theatre named after Hovhannes Tumanyan, Yerevan

• Sydney Puppet Theatre, Sydney

• MOKI Theatre, Vienna
• Puppet Theatre Trittbrettl, Pressbaum
• Karin Schäfer Figure Theatre, Neusiedl am See

• Belarusian Theatre "Lialka", Vitebsk
• Mogilev Regional Puppet Theatre, Mogilev
• Minsk Regional Puppet Theatre "Batleyka", Molodechno
• Belarusian State Puppet Theatre, Minsk
• The Brest Puppet Theatre, Brest
• The Grodno Puppet Theatre, Grodno

• Puppet Theatre, Mostar
• Puppet Theatre – Mostar, Mostar
• SARTR – Sarajevo War Theatre, Sarajevo
• Puppetry Studio Sarajevo & SARTR Theatre, Sarajevo
• Children's Theatre of Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka

• Opera na Mala Company, Sao Paulo

• State Puppet Theatre, Silistra
• Central Puppet Theatre, Sofia
• Theatre "Atelie 313", Sofia
• State Puppet Theatre, Plovdiv
• State Puppet Theatre, Varna
• State Puppet Theatre, Vidin
• Konstantin Velichkov Drama And Puppet Theatre, Pazardzhik
• Vessel Theatre, Veliko Tarnovo
• Aladdin Theatre, Sofia

• Ombres Folles, Montreal, Quebec

• David Zuazola Puppet Company, Santiago

• Marionette Theatre, Chaozhou
• Dandelion – The Chinese Children Puppeteer Troupe, Zhangzhou
• Zhangzhou Puppet Theatre
• Shanghai Puppet Theatre, Shanghai

• Madretierra Theatrical Foundation, Palmira

• Branko Mihaljević Children’s Theatre, Osijek
• Zagreb Puppet Theatre, Zagreb
• Rijeka City Puppet Theatre, Rijeka
• Split City Puppet Theatre, Split
• Mala Scena Theatre, Zagreb
• Točka na i, Zagreb

• Puppet Theatre On The King's Road, Prague
• Drak Theatre, Hradec Králové
• The Naive Theatre, Liberec
• Alfa Theatre, Plzeň
• Pavel Vangeli - Actor and Puppets, Prague
• South Bohemian Theatre, České Budějovice

• Cairo Puppet Theatre, Cairo

• Estonian State Puppet Theatre, Tallinn
• Tuuleveski Theatre, Jõhvi

• Puppet Theatre Sampo, Helsinki

• Theatre Du Petit Miroir, Paris
• Pointure 23 Theatre, Paris
• Garin Trousseboeuf Company, Savenay
• Barbara Mélois, Charleville-Mézières
• Turak Theatre, Lyon
• Jean-Pierre Lescot Company, Fontenay-sous-Bois
• Bouffou Théâtre, Hennebont
• Le Lutin Company, Balma

• Batumi Puppet and Youth Professional State Theatre, Batumi

• Magdeburg Puppet Theatre, Magdeburg
• Waidspeicher Theatre, Erfurt
• Puppet Theatre, Erfurt
• Das Weite Theater, Berlin
• Maer Theatre, Hamburg
• Theaterwerkstatt, Hanover
• Handgemenge Theatre, Berlin
• Theater des Lachens, Frankfurt

• Puppet Theatre Tiritomba, Larissa
• Marionette Company, Vasiliki
• Hop Signor Puppet Theatre, Athens

• "Kolibri" Theatre, Budapest
• Budapest Puppet Theatre, Budapest
• Hattyu-Dal Theatre, Budapest
• Levendula Theatre, Pécs
• Ciroka Puppet Theatre, Kecskemét
• Vojtina Puppet Theatre, Debrecen
• Kövér Béla Puppet Theatre, Szeged
• Bóbita Puppet Theatre, Pécs
• Inversedance - Zoltan Fodor Company, Budapest
• Griff Puppet Theatre, Zalaegerszeg

• Vinod Bhatt & Party, Jaipur, Rajasthan
• The Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust, New Delhi

• Apple Tree Group, Tehran
• Ariya Theatre, Tehran
• Deemak Theatre, Tehran

• "Koom-Koom" Theatre, Jerusalem
• The Galilee Multicultural Theatre, DN Merom Hagalil
• The Orna Porat Theatre for Children and Youth, Tel Aviv

• Piccoli Di Podrecca, Trieste
• Di Pietro – Colombaioni, Rome
• Teatro Dei Piedi, Rome
• Tieffeu – Teatro Figura Umbro, Perugia
• Giullare Little Theatre, Bologna
• Figli D'arte Cuticchio, Palermo
• Zaches Theatre, Scandicci
• Teatro Verde Company, Rome
• La Capra Ballerina, Acquapendente

• Nori Sawa’s Art Theatre, Sapporo / Prague

• Yuki☆Puppet Works, Kamakura
• Theatre Genre : Gray = Grotesque by Egoistic Objects and Servantlike Bodies, Tokyo

• Alakay Puppet Theatre, Aktobe

• Latvian State Puppet Theatre, Riga

• Puppet Theatre, Kaunas
• Vilnius Theatre "Lele", Vilnius

• Children And Youth Theatre, Skopje

• Muf Theatre, Mexico City
• La Cucaracha Puppet Theatre, Jalisco

• Marionette Theatre, Chişinău
• Republican Puppet Theatre "Licurici", Chişinău

• Children's Theatre, Podgorica
• Podgorica City Theatre, Podgorica
• Theatre Of Nikšic, Nikšic

• The Puppet Theatre of the Cat, Tønsberg

• Jose Navarro, Lima / London

• "Guliwer" Puppet Theatre, Warsaw
• "Rabcio" State Puppet Theatre, Rabka
• Opole Puppet Theatre, Opole
• Actor And Puppet Theatre, Łomża
• Conieco Puppet Theatre, Białystok
• Tecza Puppet Theatre, Słupsk
• Animation Theatre, Poznań
• Maska Theatre, Rzeszów
• K3 Theatre, Białystok
• Olsztyn Puppet Theatre, Olsztyn
• The Puppet and Actor Theatre of Walbrzych
• Bialystok Puppet Theatre, Bialystok
• "Baj" Theatre, Warsaw

• Puppet Theatre "Colibri", Craiova
• National Theatre Craiova
• "Tândărica" Puppet Theatre, Bucharest
• Ariel Theatre, Târgu Mureş
• Gong Theatre, Sibiu
• "Vasilache" Puppet Theatre, Botoşani
• Csiky Gergely State Theatre, Timișoara
• Baia Mare Puppet Theatre, Baia Mare
• Puck Puppet Theatre, Cluj-Napoca
• Arlechino Children's Theater, Braşov
• Hungarian Theatre - Lilliput Troupe, Oradea
• Prichindel Puppet Theatre, Alba Iulia
• Ilona Hrestic, Bucharest
• Ioan Slavici Classical Theatre, Arad
• Ion Creanga Theatre, Bucharest

• "N.P. Akimov" State Academic Comedy Theatre, Saint Petersburg
• "V. F. Kommissarzhevskaya" Drama Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Saint-Petersburg State Children's Drama Theatre "On the Neva", Saint Petersburg
• "Kukolny Dom" Puppet Theatre, Saint Petersburg
• St. Petersburg "Sobachka" Puppet Theatre, St. Petersburg
• Astrahan State Puppet Theatre, Astrahan
• "Kolobok" Puppet Theatre, Volgograd
• Murmansk Regional Puppet Theatre, Murmansk
• Puppet Theatre "Puppets And People", Moscow
• Kamchatka Regional Puppet Theatre, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
• The Omsk State Theatre of Puppet, Actor and Mask "Arlekin", Omsk
• Saint-Petersburg State Theatre of Musical Comedy, Saint Petersburg
• Penza Regional Puppet Theatre "Kukolny Dom", Penza
• Khakassian National Puppet Theatre "Skazka", Abakan
• Ekaterinburg Puppet Theatre, Ekaterinburg
• Sakhalin Puppet Theatre, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
• The Kalmyk Republic Theatre for Youth "Dzhangar", Elista
• Irkutsk Regional Puppet Theatre "Aistenok", Irkutsk
• Krasnoyarsk Puppet Theatre, Krasnoyarsk
• Belgorod State Puppet Theatre, Belgorod
• Kostroma Puppet Theatre, Kostroma
• Kursk State Puppet Theatre, Kursk
• Drama Theatre "On the Left Bank", Novosibirsk
• Theatre for the Young Audience of the Sakha Republic, Yakutsk
• Tomsk Puppet and Actor Theatre "Skomorokh", Tomsk
• Vologda Regional Puppet Theatre "Teremok", Vologda
• State Puppet Theatre "Ulger", Ulan-Ude
• Ivanovo Puppet Theatre, Ivanovo
• The Northern Stage Theatre, Novy Urengoy
• Samara Puppet Theatre, Samara
• "Karabaska" Theatre, Perm
• "Folding Giraffe" Theatre, Saint Petersburg
• The Tula State Puppet Theatre, Tula

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• The Puppet Theatre, Nitra
• Old Theatre, Nitra
• Trnava Theatre, Trnava
• Bratislava Puppet Theatre, Bratislava
• Piki Theatre, Pezinok
• Theatre In A Suitcase, Košice
• Puppet Theatre, Košice
• Maškrta Theatre, Košice
• The Puppet Theatre At The Crossroads, Banská Bystrica
• Žilina Puppet Theatre, Žilina

• Woodshed Puppet Studio, Ljubljana
• Mini Theatre, Ljubljana
• Puppet Theatre, Maribor
• Konj Puppet Theatre, Ljubljana
• Matita Theatre, Koper
• Ljubljana Puppet Theatre
• Zavod Federacija Ljubljana
• Forum Ljubljana
• Glej Theatre, Ljubljana

• Puppet Theatre "El Retablo", Madrid
• Fernan Cardama's Company, Alcalá la Real, Andalucia
• Cia. Jordi Bertran, Barcelona
• Dejabu Panpin Laborategia, Pasaia
• El Teatre de L'Home Dibuixat, Castellon de la Plana

• Spektaklet Theatre, Uppsala
• Staffan Björklund's Theatre, Kävlinge

• Pannalal's Puppets, Vessey / Geneve

• Traditional Turkish Shadow Puppet Theatre "Karagoz", Bursa
• Istanbul Shadow Theatre, Istanbul
• Flying Hands Puppet Theatre, Lüleburgaz

• Kiev State Young Spectator’S Theatre "On Lipki", Kiev
• Transcarpathian Regional Puppet Theatre "Bavka", Uzhgorod
• Uzhgorod Puppet Theatre, Uzhgorod
• Rovno Regional Puppet Theatre, Rovno
• Puppet Theatre Donetsk
• Poltava Regional Puppet Theatre, Poltava

• Traditional English Theatre "Mr Punch", Konrad Fredericks, London
• String Theatre Marionettes, London

• Jim Gamble Puppet Productions, Los Angeles
• Masque Theater, Bethlehem, Connecticut
• Drama Of Works, Brooklyn, New York City

  Awards made

Festival Grand Prix

• 1994 - Russia. Academic Theatre of Comedy "N.P. Akimov" - St. Petersburg The Humpbacked Horse. Director: I. M. Makarov
• 1995 - Slovakia. Trnava Theatre - Trnava. Winter Tale. Director: Ladislav Kocan
• 1996 - Slovakia. State Puppet Theatre - Bratislava. Love Potion. Director: Jozef Bednarik
• 1997 - Hungary. Budapest Puppet Theatre - Budapest. Petrushka. Director: Kató Szőnyi
• 1998 - Yugoslavia. The Puppet Theatre "Pinokio" - Zemun. The Story of a Horse. Director: Živomir Jokovic
• 1999 - Belarus. Belarusian Theatre "Lialka" - Vitebsk. The Lost Soul, or Torment of a Sinner. Director: Oleg Zhugzhda
• 2000 - Macedonia. Children and Youth Theatre – Skopje. Set, Set . Director: Bonjo Lungov
• 2001 - Bulgaria. State Puppet Theatre – Vidin. Petrushka. Director: Jana Cankova
• 2002 - Germany. Fairy Tale Theatre – Hamburg. The Queen of Colours. Director: Mark Lovic
• 2003 - Slovakia. Bratislava Puppet Theatre – Bratislava. The Nutcracker. Director: Jozef Bednarik
• 2004 - Hungary. The Puppet Theatre "Ciroka" - Kecskemét. Shadows. Director: Laszlo Rumi
• 2005 - Serbia and Montenegro. Children's Theatre – Subotica. The Poor Bootmaker and the Wind King. Director: Hernyak Gyorgy
• 2006 - Estonia. State Puppet Theatre – Tallinn. Troll-Boy. Director: Finn Poulsen
• 2007 - Austria. MOKI - Mobile Theatre for Children – Vienna. Cinderella. Director: Jakub Krofta
• 2008 - Estonia. Estonian State Puppet Theatre - Tallinn. Gamblers. Director: Yevgeny Ibragimov
• 2009 - Bosnia and Herzegovina. Children’s Theatre of Republic of Srpska - Banja Luka. The Folklore Magic. Director: Bonjo Lungov
• 2010 - Hungary. Budapest Puppet Theatre - Budapest. Líra and Epika. Director: Pál Mácsai
• 2011 - France. Cie Jean-Pierre Lescot - Fontenay-sous-Bois. My Pinocchio. Director: Jean-Pierre Lescot
• 2012 - Slovenia. Mini Theatre - Ljubljana. Snow White. Director: Marek Bečka
• 2013 - Russia. Vologda Regional Puppet Theatre "Teremok" - Vologda. Carmen. Director: Boris Konstantinov
• 2014 - Hungary. Budapest Puppet Theatre - Budapest. Boribon and Annipanni. Director: Edina Ellinger
• 2015 - Serbia. Youth Theatre - Novi Sad. How Flying Was Invented. Director: Emilija Mrdaković
• 2016 - Montenegro. City Theatre Podgorica. The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish. Director: Yevgeny Ibragimov
• 2017 - Russia. Vologda Regional Puppet Theatre "Teremok" - Vologda. The Story of Dionysius - The Icon Painter. Director: Oleg Zhugzhda

  "Little Prince" Lifetime Achievement Award

• :pl:Henryk Jurkowski|Henryk Jurkowski – Poland
• Srboljub Lule Stankovic – Yugoslavia

• Margareta Niculescu – Romania
• Milenko Misailovic – Yugoslavia

• Josef Krofta – Czech Republic
• Hártig Sándor – Yugoslavia

• Albrecht Roser – Germany
• Slobodan Markovic – Serbia and Montenegro

• Radoslav Lazic – Serbia and Montenegro
• Meczner János – Hungary

• Atanas Ilkov – Bulgaria
• Milena Jeftic Niceva Kostic - Serbia and Montenegro
• Živomir Jokovic - Serbia and Montenegro

• Ljubivoje Ršumovic - Serbia and Montenegro
• Edi Majaron - Slovenia

• Branko Milicevic - Serbia
• Viktor Klimchuk - Belarus
• Kemény Henrik - Hungary

• Ripcó László - Serbia
• Jim Gamble - United States

• Miroslav Radonjic - Serbia
• Vladimir Predmersky - Slovakia

• Igor Bojović - Serbia
• Nikolay Naumov - Russia

• Eustatiu Gregorian - Romania
• Irena Tot - Serbia

• Luko Paljetak - Croatia
• Donka Špiček - Serbia

• Eva Farkašová - Slovakia
• Predrag Bjelošević - Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Géza Balogh - Hungary
• Timothy John Byford - United Kingdom / Serbia

• Pancho Panchev - Bulgaria
• Minja Subota - Serbia

• Mimmo Cuticchio - Italy
• Zoran Hristić - Serbia

• Boris Goldovsky - Russia
• Ljubica Beljanski-Ristić - Serbia

  Quotes

"It has been written about BITEF in a 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 :pl:Henryk Jurkowski|Henryk Jurkowski