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The French Minister of Culture receives a World Encyclopedia

France - 6/02/2017

The French Minister of culture, Mrs Audrey Azoulay, visiting Charleville-Mézières, received from the UNIMA Treasurer, a World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts. The Minister visited the premises of the new Superior National School. On this occasion, she presented a plan of new measures for the sector of the puppetry arts.

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Welcome to the new UNIMA website

Secretary General - 3/02/2017

The UNIMA website is changing. It becomes accessible to mobiles and tablets and easier to maintain and update. The directory section of the puppet is enriched with the directory of festivals (thanks to the data of the Topic) and is ready to welcome easily the data concerning your activities in the world of puppetry. It […]

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Grants holders 2017 of the Training Commission

Professional Training - 21/12/2016

This year, the Training Commission has been receiving a great number of applications; more than about forty ones meeting the selection criterias. After a difficult election due the good level of the applications, the members of the Training Commission decided to award, for 2017, 2 grants for students. The recipients 2017 are: Diana Tuneva (Russia) […]

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Festival Douma Tanja in Tangiers – Morocco

From 27 to 29 December 2016, the first edition of the puppet festival “Douma Tanja: des arts de marionnettes et de performances” is held in Tangiers, Morocco. This festival, which includes shows, exhibitions and moments of training, is strongly wished and directed by Professor Rachid Amahjour, president of the association ”Tanger, Porte de l’Afrique”. It’s […]

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