For the festival’s 30th anniversary, this year we are bringing back the “PUF’s Theatrical Sky” and it’s awards! The best performances will be chosen by an expert jury consisting of Nataša Govedić, Luka Mihovilović and Tanja Vrvilo.
The Cloud (Oblak) – an award for stage reflection, completeness and roundness which remains the central and prestigious decoration of the “PUF’s Theatrical Sky”;
The Wind (Vjetar) – an award for research achievements that anticipate change and bring freshness to the “PUF’s Theatrical Sky”.
The Drop (Kaplja) – an award for individual or collective achievement that, within its contribution, represents a hint of refreshment and a mark in the “PUF’s Theatrical Sky”;
The Lighting (Munja) is given for a special contribution and exceptional results in different components of the theatre (music, scenography, costume design…).
The jury:
Nataša Govedić is a writer, critic, theater researcher, educator and a member of the Croatian Society of Writers and PEN. She received her doctorate in comparative literature and theater studies at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zagreb, and is permanently employed at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. She also works as a theater critic for Novi list, as a regular literary critic for the Kritika HDP portal and is the editor-in-chief of a feminist magazine Treća of the Center for Women’s Studies.
Luka Mihovilović finished his studies at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in the class of prof. Boris Isaković and Tomija Janežič, earning the title of Master of Audio-Visual Arts. Since 2016, he has been working and performing at the Istrian National Theater as an actor and director, and since 2023 as a drama pedagogue at the INK Drama and Dance Studio, from which he originated.
Tanja Vrvilo is a performance artist, filmologist and film curator whose work connects radical artistic practices and education. For the last 20 years she has been a co-author and performer in numerous multimedia performances with the performance artist Damir Bartol Indoš and the House of Extreme Music Theater. She is the initiator of Film Mutations: Festival of Invisible Cinema, an international festival on the politics of film curatorship, which has been taking place in Zagreb since 2007.
The award’s author is Iva Višković, with a little bit of help from Branko Gulin..
