The International Theatre Festival PUF is delighted to announce the open call for artists and
companies for its 30 th edition which will be held in Pula from the 2 nd to the 6 th of October 2024.
PUF is a low-budget festival that promotes contemporary non-institutional, engaged,
progressive and research theatre, with emphasis on interdisciplinarity and experimentation. It presents the latest Croatian and foreign performances that deal with current issues and merge different theatrical poetics, aesthetics and worldviews. Except in Pula’s theatres, it is also held in various city locations thus reviving them: quarries, forts, squares, markets, side streets, parks, former production facilities, former military zones, shipyards…
The PUF festival lasts five days and it contains an interesting, fresh and provocative program.
It includes 10 performances of mostly non-verbal and street theatre, contemporary dance and performance, as well as a rich additional program. Thus, it becomes a place for meeting and exchange of knowledge, experiences and contacts between performers, audience, theatre experts, critics and journalists.
About PUF
PUF was created in 1995 as a meeting point for artists who are alternative in terms of their
worldview and inner need, and possess a pronounced ability for strong theatrical communication and observation of the contemporary world and Croatian theatrical moment. It was founded by the directors of four of the best non-institutional Croatian theatres: Branko Sušac from Theatre Dr. Inat (Pula), Davor Mojaš from Lero (Dubrovnik), Nebojša Borojevič from Daska (Sisak) and Romano Bogdan from Pinklec (Čakovec). In those war years, they decided to hold it in Pula, a city spared from direct destruction. It was created as a commentary on the Croatian theatrical and non-theatrical reality, and became a place of dialogue and polemic; that is, a communication channel that offers the world from a new angle – not a monologue and passive communication, but a space for exchange, openness, recognition and participation.
Who can apply?
The open call is intended for Croatian and foreign artists and companies that work primarily
within the field of non-verbal and experimental theatre, contemporary dance and performances.
The organizer, SAKUD Pula, provides technical support and covers the costs of
accommodation, travel and local transport. For additional information, you can contact us at: puf.sakud@gmail.com
How to apply?
To apply, you have to fill out the form until February 28 th 2024 at 11:59 p.m. Additional
documents (photographs, complete technical list and lighting plan) can be sent on the e-mail: puf.sakud@gmail.com .
Selected artists and companies will be notified of the outcome by e-mail by April 30 th 2023.
https://www.kazaliste-dr-inat.hr/puf-festival/