Balkan Beauty
Andraš Urban directs a vibrant and dynamic production based on the novel by Laslo Vegel at the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad.
Antigone in the Amazon
Swiss director Milo Rau re-enacts Sophocles’ tragedy with members of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (MST)
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Tomi Janežič’s superbly acted and moving family drama is one of the best Serbian shows of recent years.
Cadela Força Trilogy – Chapter I: The Bride and Goodnight Cinderella
Carolina Bianchi impactfully fuses performance art and theatre in the first part of a trilogy about sexual violence.
We Are Going to Make Something about War, Gender and Liberty, It Will Be Titled: What Would Chelsea Say
Participatory installation performance by Irena Ristić and Đorđe Živadinović Grgur asking questions about the US whistleblower, information and identity.
Jasna Žmak wins Grand Prix at this year’s BITEF
Wins for Jasna Jasna Žmak, Tjaša Črnigoj and Carolina Bianchi at the 58th edition of BITEF.
Mellowing
Hypnotic dance piece choreographed by Christos Papadopoulos for Berlin’s Dance On Ensemble and featuring performers over the age of 40.
Hecuba, Not Hecuba
Tiago Rodrigues’ new play for the Comédie-Française weaves together an ancient Greek tragedy with a play about contemporary social issues.
No One is Forgotten and We Remember Nothing
Bojana Lazić directs an atmospheric and female-led staging of Mirjana Drljević‘s filmic novel about memory and the trauma of the past.
BITEF’s curatorial team: “We want to amplify voices that might not otherwise be heard”
BITEF artistic director Nikita Milivojević and festival co-curators Ksenija Đurović and Tijana Grumić on the festival’s curatorial model and the themes and trends in this year’s programme.
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