Preparing for World Puppetry Day 2026
UNIMA INTERNATIONAL Preparing for World Puppetry Day 2026: March 21st World Puppetry Day · 21 March 2026 · Worldwide 21…
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Call for Contributions: Issue 60 — “Flashback to 1966” – Puppetry International
UNIMA-USA PUPPETRY INTERNATIONAL Call for Contributions: Issue 60 — “Flashback to 1966” Call for Proposals · Open to practitioners, scholars,…
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Preparing for World Puppetry Day 2026
UNIMA INTERNATIONAL Preparing for World Puppetry Day 2026: March 21st World Puppetry Day · 21 March 2026 · Worldwide 21…
Call for Contributions: Issue 60 — “Flashback to 1966” – Puppetry International
UNIMA-USA PUPPETRY INTERNATIONAL Call for Contributions: Issue 60 — "Flashback to 1966" Call for Proposals · Open to practitioners, scholars,…
Call for Presentations: Webinar Series – Conserving – Archiving- Exhibiting Puppets
📢 Call for Presentations 🎭 Organized by: Heritage Commission 💻 Format: Online (Zoom) UNIMA International Heritage Commission cordially invites archivists,…
Online session: Audience development methods in the context of international puppet theatre festivals
📅 21 April 2026 🕐 Time: 14:30 CET 🌐 Language: English ⏱️ Duration: Approx. 120 minutes The UNIMA International Festivals…
Open Call to Puppet Festivals: Join UNIMA PASSPORT Program
📢 Open Call for Festivals 🎭 Organized by: UNIMA International Festival Commission The PASSPORT program invites festivals to support young…
Open Call: Puppet Museums & Collections – Heritage Commission Questionnaire
Questionnaire for the Directory of Puppet Museums and Puppet Collections 📢 Open Call for Museums & Collections 🎭 Organized by:…
Virtual Canada-USA Puppeteers Get Together!
Join UNIMA-Canada, UNIMA-USA, Puppeteers of America and the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center on Zoom for a first ever virtual gathering…
Best Wishes for the Holidays and the New Year!
– Letter from the President and the General Secretary of UNIMA Dear Colleagues, These first seven months at the helm…
End-of-Year Giving: Support Puppeteers in Crisis
UNIMA's Emergency Aid Program As we approach the final days of 2025, this is a wonderful moment to reflect on…
UNIMANORDIC PUPPET SATURDAY: Puppets in Dialog with Opera
Date and Time: 29th November, 14 CET Short introduction about Dockteatern Tittut - Stockholm, Sweden When Ing-Marie Tirén and Eva…
UNIMA Nordic: Puppet Saturdays: Scenography of Ukrainian Contemporary Puppet Theatre
Puppet Saturday 12 – Scenography of Ukrainian Contemporary Puppet Theatre Date: 22nd November 2025Time: 14:00 CET Registration for the digital…
Biennale CINARS 26: Open Call / Canada
The Montreal International Performing Arts Conference is a unique opportunity to present your work to programmers from around the world!…
Call for applications AVIAMA 2026 GRANTS Puppets and Mobility
The International Association of Puppetry-Friendly Cities (AVIAMA), founded in 2012, unites cities and local governments from around the world that…
UNIMANORDIC PUPPET SATURDAY 25.10.2025 at 14.00 CET
UNIMANORDIC PUPPET SATURDAY 25.10.2025 at 14.00 CET Ukrainian puppet Theatre in times of war "Live a normal life in non-normal…
Artists of Hope: Supporting Gaza’s Puppeteers
In Gaza, a small group of puppeteers continues to create art among the ruins, keeping alive the hope and memory…
5th COLLOQUIUM ON PUPPET THERAPY WITHOUT BORDERS: “PUPPETS, NEURODIVERSITY, AND CAREGIVERS”
5th COLLOQUIUM ON PUPPET THERAPY WITHOUT BORDERS: “PUPPETS, NEURODIVERSITY, AND CAREGIVERS” “A Different Way of Perceiving the World” Saturday, November…
ERASMUS exchange at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette (ESNAM in Charleville-Mézières)
Applications for an ERASMUS exchange at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette (ESNAM in Charleville-Mézières, France) for…
Open Call: A Song for UNIMA!
A Song for UNIMA! The Happiness Commission is delighted to launch a competition for a song or anthem to celebrate…
EFFEA Call for Applications
Since the beginning of September, the fourth call of the supported project European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists (EFFEA) has…
UNIMA International at the World Festival of Puppet Theatres in Charleville-Mézières
UNIMA International at the World Festival of Puppet Theatres in Charleville-Mézièresfrom 21 to 27 September Happy Apero! UNIMA's international…
24th UNIMA Congress Report | Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
THANK YOU, UNIMA KOREA! A Global Celebration of Puppetry From May 26th to 30th, 2025, in Chuncheon, South Korea, the…
UNIMA 2029: 100 Years – 25th Congress to be Held in Prague, Czech Republic
UNIMA 2029: 100 Years – 25th Congress to be Held in Prague, Czech Republic We are proud to announce that…
UNIMA Nordic Puppet Saturdays: A Talk and Performance with Rolf Søborg Hansen
A work method in devised puppetry : A Talk and Show with Danish Puppetry Artist Rolf Søborg Hansen Puppet Saturdays…
La Hoja Titiritera: Fourth Edition Available for Download (Spanish/Portuguese)
La Hoja Titiritera Magazine: Fourth Edition La Hoja Titiritera, now in its fourth edition, is a free, bilingual (Spanish/Portuguese) international…
UNIMA Celebrates 96th Anniversary with Special Launch
UNIMA Humanitas Commission Launches a New Video Series https://youtu.be/9cy8kvPYpQw?si=WEOrG3aEYjeIFKdu In celebration of UNIMA International’s 96th anniversary, the UNIMA Humanitas Commission…
RESEARCH RESIDENCIES 2025/2026: Pôle International de la Marionnette, Charleville-Mézières (France)
RESEARCH RESIDENCIES 2025/2026 📍Pôle International de la Marionnette, Charleville-Mézières (France) ⏰The call for applications is open until 25 May 2025.…
Puppet Power 2025: A Call for Stories – Share Your Roots Through Puppetry!
Puppet Power 2025: A Call for Stories – Share Your Roots Through Puppetry! 18th-19th October 2025. Puppetry is more than…
Fishing Fresh: Fishing for Fresh Ideas
Fishing Fresh: Fishing for Fresh Ideas Part of the 24th UNIMA Congress & Chuncheon Puppet Festival Do you have a…
The Pôle International de la Marionnette: Call for Applications for the 2025/2026 Residencies
The call for applications for the 2025/2026 residencies is open! Applications are open from 14 April to 25 May 2025…
Puppet Saturdays Lecture Series: Kids, Cameras, and Puppets
Kids, Cameras, and Puppets: How to Communicate with Puppets Through the Lens Puppet Saturdays Lecture Series Saturday, April 26 at…
Official Poster Release: The 24th UNIMA Congress & Chuncheon World Puppet Festival
The 24th UNIMA Congress & Chuncheon World Puppet Festival Official Poster Release ✨[button link="https://www.unima.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1.-Chuncheon-Puppet-Festival-Poster_ENEN.png" type="small" newwindow="yes"] Poster Download[/button] It all…
International Conference in Lübeck: “Puppets, a Heritage in Danger?”
International Conference on Puppetry Heritage Protection in Critical Situations KOLK 17 Puppet Theatre & Museum in Lübeck, April 25–26, 2025…
International message of Linda Blanchet, Stefan Kaegi, Zaven Pare – 21st March 2025.
LINDA BLANCHET - Click on the name to access the bio. Crying Over the Death of a Robot In 2017,…
CALL FOR PAPERS/ Theatralia: Journal of Theatre Studies, 2026/1
CALL FOR PAPERS Theatralia: Journal of Theatre Studies, 2026/1, Issue topic: Puppetry with(out) Classics Issue Editors: Kateřina Dolenská…
CALL FOR PASSPORTS – International Festivals Commission
CALL FOR PASSPORTS Dear Festival Directors, The INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS COMMISSION is calling for new PASSPORTS for 2025 and 2026. The PASSPORT…
BUY AN ADVERTISING SPACE IN THE UNIMA MAGAZINE!
Buy an Advertising Space in UNIMAGAZINE! Edited by UNIMA thanks to an international editorial committee, the magazine features 42 articles…
20th anniversary of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
In 2025, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity…
Love Puppetry, Love the World – UNIMA GoFundMe Campaign
❤️ Love Puppetry, Love the World! 🌎 Support UNIMA’s Representation Fund at the 24th Congress in Chuncheon, Korea This…
UNIMA Nordic: Puppet Saturdays Lecture Series – Exploring Lambe-Lambe & Miniature Theatre
Puppet Saturdays Lecture Series Going Small: Exploring Lambe-Lambe & Miniature Theatre Join UNIMA Nordic for an engaging online conversation about…
Calling all puppet artists: Eugene O’Neill Theater Center – 2025 National Puppetry Conference
Calling all puppet artists: Our friends at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, CT, are now accepting applications for…
Open Call for UNIMA Symposium: Borders – New Deadline
Borders - Puppetry Unborders Dates: May 23, 2025 Location: Chuncheon, Korea Submission Deadline: February 15th. The UNIMA Symposium on "Borders…
The Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium Series – Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
The Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry Symposium Conversations on Puppetry with the Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival's Ellen Van Volkenburg Puppetry…
Karen Smith, President – December 2024: Celebrating Unity and Progress in UNIMA
Dear National Centres and Representatives, dear friends, I send my warmest greetings, best wishes, and joy to all our fellow…
UNIMA International Celebrates Historic Success at UNESCO’s 2024 International Conference of NGOs
Paris, December 18, 2024 – UNIMA International proudly announces a landmark achievement at the 2024 International Conference of NGOs in…
Letter of the General Secretary – December 2024: Magic Lanterns, Physicality of the Doll, and Capacity
Photo of the geometric puppet built by Buckmeister Füller for Bill Baird in 1958, which disappeared in 1987, thanks to…
Nanchong Symposium – China, December 13th and 14th
Jointly organized by UNIMA Asia-Pacific Commission, UNIMA Professional Training Commission, UNIMA China, and Nanchong Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcast, TV,…
OPEN CALL: 38 International Theatrical Festival VALISE, Poland
Dates: 29 May – 1 June 2025 Location: Puppet and Actor Theatre, Łomża, Poland Application Deadline: 31 January 2025 38th…
Join the Puppet Love Bomb at IFTR 2025!
Dear friends, We (Alissa Mello and Cariad Astles) are calling all thinkers, artists and scholars who research and write about…
Call for applications AVIAMA 2025 GRANTS Puppets and Mobility
The International Association of Puppet Friendly Cities (AVIAMA) brings together cities and local governments from all over the world around…
UNIMA PC & 20th Tehran-Mobarak International Puppet Festival: Shadows on the Silk Road
"Shadows on the Silk Road" 20th Tehran-Mobarak International Puppet Festival & UNIMA PC Online Webinar 23-27 November 2024 Meetings and…
Support Representation at the 24th UNIMA Congress in South Korea!
As we prepare for the 24th UNIMA Congress from May 26–30, 2025, in Chuncheon, South Korea, UNIMA International invites you…
Second Call for Contributions to UNIMA International Magazine – Deadline: 30 November
Second Call for Contributions UNIMA International Magazine Call addressed to National Centres of UNIMA that do not have a magazine…
Opportunity for Graphic Designer – Open Call (Deadline: November 22)
UNIMA Internationale (Internationale Union of Puppetry Art) is calling for applications from a talented and experienced graphic designer, capable of…
Puppet Saturdays Lecture Series – Visit to Puppet Master Karin Ørum’s Studio
Sculpt-Pattern and Material: A Visit in Puppet Master Karin Ørum´s Studio Curated by Rolf Søborg Hansen 2. November: 14:00 CET…
Congratulations! Announcement of the UNIMA Heritage Awards 2024/2025
The UNion Internationale de la MArionnette (UNIMA) is pleased to announce the UNIMA Heritage Awards 2024/2025, recognizing exceptional contributions to…
FLUM & UNIMA PC – MOSTAR 2024
Celebrating International Peace Day - 21st September 2024 There are no words to describe the events that took place this…
12th INTERNATIONAL ONLINE COURSE IN PUPPET THERAPY 2025
Puppet Therapy Barcelona calls for applications to the 12th edition of its International Online Course in Puppet Therapy. - English Version…
Puppet Saturdays Lecture Series – Uses of Puppetry in Situations of Trauma
Uses of puppetry in situations of trauma with: Coby Omvlee, Antje Wegener & Karim Dakhroub 12. October, 14:00 CET UNIMA…
Research and Documentary residencies 2025
The Institut International de la Marionnette (IIM) is to join forces with the Festival Mondial des Théâtres de Marionnettes to…
World Puppetry Day 2025 : Robots, AI and the dream of the puppet?
What are the numbers that encode beauty, the encrypted grip that encloses, transforms, transmits, decodes but, somehow, fails to imprison…
Pro-Vocation Roots and Wings – An International Exchange on Puppetry Arts in Africa
Presented by Professional Training Commission from the UNIMA, in partnership with The Centre for Humanities Research (CHR)/ University of the…
OPEN CALL – Pendientes de un Hilo: Platform for Emerging Puppetry Creators
OPEN CALL FOR PUPPET AND THEATRE OBJECT WORK IN PROGRESS PROJECTS Pendientes de un Hilo festival offers a space for…
FLUM & UNIMA Puppetry Collaboratorium: “Let There Be Light”
“Let There Be Light” Dates: September 21 (World Peace Day) to 25, 2024 Location: Mostar Puppet Theatre, Bosnia and Herzegovina…
Players of the Night: On Contemporary Shadow Theatre with Fabrizio Montecchi
Players of the Night: On Contemporary Shadow Theatre with Fabrizio Montecchi Puppet Saturdays Lecture Series September 14, 14:00 CET UNIMA…
Reminder: UNIMA Executive Committee Elections – Nominate by September 23rd
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Call to Action: UN Summit of the Future!
Dear UNIMA International Community, We’ve received an important request to spread the word about an exciting opportunity related to the…
Announcement: 24th UNIMA Congress in South Korea
24th UNIMA Congress, South Korea Dates: May 26 – 30, 2025 Location: Chuncheon, South Korea We are excited to announce…
A heartfelt video and message from UNIMA Brazil
Dear friends and colleagues, Please find below a link to a video made about the tragedy in southern Brazil. We…
SOS RS – Support Puppeteers of Rio Grande do Sul
All of us at UNIMA are deeply moved by the devastating floods affecting Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Our…
La Hoja Titiritera – May 2024
La Hoja Titiritera – May 2024 Language: Spanish Exciting news! The May 2024 issue of La Hoja Titiritera is been…
UNIMA at 95: Words from UNIMA President Karen Smith
95 Years Young and Going Strong! As we all know, the Union Internationale de la Marionnette, or UNIMA, was…
Celebrate UNIMA’s 95th Anniversary at the JEM Festival 2024
Join us on May 20th from 10:00 AM to 12:45 PM CET at the Théâtre Royal du Peruchet in Brussels…
UNIMA YC Open session: AI&Puppetry, Vol 1. Genie from the Lamp.
Merriam Webster Dictionary named ‘Authenticity’ the word of the 2023 year in response to concerns over AI’s rapid development. There…
Happy World Puppetry Day – Let There be Light!
UNIMA PUPPET THATRE CINEMA - We are thrilled to announce that the World Puppetry Day 2024 marks the inception of…
Message of World Puppetry Day 2024 by Ines Pasic
"Greetings on behalf of UNIMA worldwide to all puppeteers for the World Puppetry Day. For my dear colleagues, walkers…
UNIMA Internationale Executive Committee 2024 Hybrid Meeting during Casteliers Festival in Montreal
We are pleased to announce that the Casteliers festival in Montreal, scheduled from March 6 to 10, will be the…
WHAT A PUPPET CAN DO – APPLIED PUPPETRY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
A series of webinars by the Education, Development and Therapy Commission News for 2024: A series of webinars on Zoom…
Message from UNIMA
Dear Members and Friends of UNIMA, Our profound sympathies go out to all those impacted by current global conflicts, violence…
UNIMA Puppetry Collaboratorium: Fostering Peace and Understanding through Puppetry
Above: Closing ceremony of the FLUM Festival and UNIMA PC in Mostar, 2023 Introduction In a world often marked by…
Trauma and Puppetry Handout
This compact document from the EDT Commission combines basic information about an emergency reaction to trauma combined with aspects of…
PEN CALL for PESTA BONEKA #10 : “Holding Hands” – INDONESIA
OPEN CALL for PESTA BONEKA #10 : "Holding Hands" PESTA BONEKA #10 : Holding Hands By Papermoon Puppet Theatre Yogyakarta,…
13th International Puppet Therapy Course – Applications OPEN
Applications OPEN 13th International Puppet Therapy Course Featuring the NeuroPuppetry Method™ Online Classes via Zoom | May – July 2025…
Constitutionality of Mr. Jageneau’s Suspension
To UNIMA Centers and their respective representatives, In response to questions regarding the recent decision concerning the duties of Mr.…
Official Statement from the EC Regarding the General Secretary’s Resignation
March 4, 2025 Dear UNIMA members, On February 14, the UNIMA Executive Committee (EC) agreed that an independent review committee…
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Preparing for World Puppetry Day 2026
UNIMA INTERNATIONAL Preparing for World Puppetry Day 2026: March 21st World Puppetry Day · 21 March 2026 · Worldwide 21…
Call for Contributions: Issue 60 — “Flashback to 1966” – Puppetry International
UNIMA-USA PUPPETRY INTERNATIONAL Call for Contributions: Issue 60 — “Flashback to 1966” Call for Proposals · Open to practitioners, scholars,…
In loving remembrance of Professor Maya Petrova, Bulgaria
It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of one of the most prominent figures in Bulgarian puppet…
In loving remembrance of Cristian Pepino, Romania
With great sadness in our hearts, we announce the passing of Cristian Pepino. An interdisciplinary artist, professor, puppet theater director,…
