54th International Puppet Theatre Festival - PIF

PIF is an international puppet festival of largely professional puppet theatre groups. It is also a festival for any puppeteer or theatrician who uses puppetry as a means of artistic expression. Until now more than 460 theatres from all continents have participated. The festival is for both adults and children. PIF has been held each year since 1968, so the festival has a long tradition behind it. It is usually held at the end of August or at the beginning of September. PIF host city is Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.

This year PIF is going to be held from September 17-23, 201. For seven days very different plays are performed - from traditional to completely new modern experimental shows - for children and adults. The plays are performed in numerous theatre halls, as well as in the streets and squares of Zagreb. They are observed by two juries: the children’s which observes all plays for children and chooses the best according to its taste, and an international jury of experts which follows all the performances at the festival and presents the main festival prize for the best play in its entirety, while also giving prizes for individual achievements. Since 1988 the main prize of the PIF has been named after the great man of the Croatian puppet theatre Milan Cecuk - the writer, actor, puppeteer, journalist, theoretician, and historian of the puppet theatre and one of the founders of the PIF.

In case of an unfavorable epidemic situation performances and accompanying programs will be available on YouTube channel as well as Facebook page of the Festival.

More information with a detailed program will be available on www.pif.hr at the end of August.