OPEN CALL for Artists – Celluloid Golem Puppet Art Festival 2nd Celluloid Golem Puppet Art Festival Düsseldorf, Germany | May 7-10, 2026 including a group exhibition May 3 – June 28, 2026 The Celluloid Golem Puppet Art Festival is thrilled to invite filmmakers, visual artists, and theater makers to submit their innovative work!We’re celebrating the […]
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Dear participants, dear puppetry professionals and enthusiasts, We’re happy to share that the talks from the HERITAGE Commission Conference are now available to watch online!You can access them via the following link:🎥 https://vimeo.com/showcase/11717246 Please note: Some talks and the round table discussions are still being processed, but we’re working to make them available as soon […]
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International Conference on Puppetry Heritage Protection in Critical Situations KOLK 17 Puppet Theatre & Museum in Lübeck, April 25–26, 2025 Puppetry has a long and rich cultural history, yet its heritage remains under constant threat from disasters such as war, earthquakes, floods, and social upheaval. Recognizing the urgency of preserving this unique art form, the […]
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Dear friends, We (Alissa Mello and Cariad Astles) are calling all thinkers, artists and scholars who research and write about puppetry, object and material performance! The 2025 International Federation of Theatre Research conference is in Cologne, Germany, between 9th and 13th June 2025. The theme is Carnival. We are proposing a wave of puppetry scholarship/intervention […]
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The successor to Annette Dabs has been decided: from July 1, 2025, Helene Ewert as Managing Director and Christofer Schmidt as Artistic Director will jointly manage the Deutsches Forum für Figurentheater und Puppenspielkunst e. V. (dfp) in Bochum. The new dual leadership is well known and networked both in the Ruhr metropolitan region and in […]
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The documentation from the remarkable SYMPOSIUM “CHANGE”, held this past May in Bochum, is now available! This event, organized by FIDENA in collaboration with the International Festivals Commission, brought together visionary ideas, discussions, and performances centered around transformation in the arts. You can now access in-depth information and videos from the symposium via the link […]
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