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15th International Puppet Festival Tehran-Mobarak

Notices - 12/05/2014

You are invited to participate in the 15th International Puppet Festival in Tehran (Iran) from 13th to 20th September 2014. Mobarak UNIMA is one of the supporter of this important event. All interested companies have to send the appliccation form before: July 1st 2014. To have more details, you can read the invitation letter and download the application form.

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WEPA is soon to appear in English and Spanish

The WEPA project progresses. Karen Smith, president of the Publication and Communication Commission, announced during the recent UNIMA Council in Cuba that the English translation of the encyclopedia has been completed. To date, approximately 90% of the Spanish translation is done, and the full translation will be completed by September 2014. These two new language […]

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Death of Francis Houtteman

Secretary General - 28/04/2014

It is with great sadness that we have learned the death of Francis Houtteman, founder of Créa-Théâtre in Tournay (Belgium). This extremely dynamic man was not afraid of getting involved in every way possible in order to incite encounters and questions at all artictic, political and social levels. His various creations have succeeded to stimulate and touch thousand of spectators […]

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UNIMA Council 2014

Cuba, Secretary General - 24/04/2014

The UNIMA Council opened on 22 April 2014 in the Congress Center of Plaza America with the following agenda: presentation of projects, reports of commissions and preparation of 22th Congress.   On April 24, the new website was officially presented.   UNIMA gathers its councillors for the first time in Latin America. The president of UNIMA, Dadi Pudemjee thanked for the […]

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Nordic Puppetry Days 2014 in Stockholm

Notices - 16/04/2014

The Nordic Puppetry Days will offer excellent moments for adults and children during three days and are an opportunity to speak about the puppet theatre: future, education, training, status and  proximity with other artistic forms.   These days will take place in the Kulturhuset-Stadsteatern (House of Culture-City Theatre) in Stockholm from 9 to11 May 2014. They were born of the partnership between […]

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Participatory picture library of UNIMA

Unima Projects - 16/04/2014

UNIMA develops a Participatory picture library on the Flickr platform, in order to collect photos, pictures and videos.   This collection has to show as many people as possible the vitality of the puppetry art in the world and  enrich the Worldwide Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts (EMAM/WEPA) and all other projects wich UNIMA is partner (PAM, documentaries, various […]

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Humber College Puppetry Intensive: A la Carte Series

Notices - 14/04/2014

The school of creative and performing arts organizes 3 workshops for its Humber College Puppetry Intensive 2014. The trainings are the following:   “Mouth Puppetry” with Mike Petersen “Shadow Puppetry” with David Powell “Paper Theatres and Kinetic Collage”  with Jamie Shannon > Discover these trainings in the school’s website.

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Call for applications ? 16th Festival The Golden Dolphin

Notices - 11/04/2014

The International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin was founded in 1972. Each three years, in october,it is organized by the NGO The Golden Dolphin (Varna), the Ministry of Culture, the city of Varna, Union of Bulgarian Actors (UBA), UNIMA Bulgaria and the Varna State Puppet Theatre. The Varna State Puppet Theatre has launched a Call for applications to participate in the 16th International […]

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