The Call of the Forest is upon us!
World Puppetry Day 2023 is here to celebrate the history and evolution of puppetry from around the world. This year, we are giving the spotlight to our forests and wildlife, and the impact of mankind’s relationship with nature. UNIMA had invited you, our esteemed members and cherished artists, to send us your passionate works over the last few months.
Now, we are pleased to debut your art here in this montage created by UNIMA Singapore.
Transcript of the World Puppetry Day speech by Dimitri Jageneau:
“Dear puppeteers around the world, dear members of UNIMA: This year is very special because we are celebrating 20 years of World Puppetry Day; I am very thankful to all its contributors. For twenty years you have shared and created projects and contributed parts of your work for this day to promote puppetry from all corners of the world.
This year, the topic (of this video montage) is “The Call of the Forest” and I am very thankful to all contributors. Let’s share this huge event. Let’s enjoy this moment together with puppetry, for creativity, and believe the world will be a better place with puppetry. That’s the message of the General Secretary – Dimitri Jageneau. All my greetings to all UNIMA members and puppeteers from around the world.”
The full editions of each individual collaborating countries’ video submissions can be found here (in alphabetical order):
Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Cameroon
Canada
China
Costa Rica
Croatia
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
India
Ireland
Japan
Kenya
Korea
Netherlands
Norway
Peru
South Africa
Spain
Turkey
Uruguay
United States of America
UNIMA sends our fondest gratitude to all participating nations for your submissions. We look forward to collaborating with everyone again next year!
Enjoyed the Call of the Forest videos. So many strong and entertaining messages. My favorites include the Greek chaotic natural sources string puppets on paper; the cute South African frogs; Uruguayan deforestation tree rebellion; and most powerful Korean shadow show with guillotine as metaphor for cities killing the natural environment. Thanks to all.
very good and inspiring videos from all sources. happy to have participated this year with the Kenyan video