Bitolino Explained

International children theater festival Bitolino
Location:	Bitola, North Macedonia
Founded:	2011
Frequency:	Annually
Activity:	Grand Prix for best performance
People:	Vasko Mavrovski
Venue:	Babec Theater
Dates:	5–7 August
Area:	International

Bitolino is an annual children theater festival held in August in organization of the Babec Theater, every year professional children theaters from all over the world participate in the festival. The main prize is the Grand Prix for best performance. The attendance for this festival has exceeded 10,000.

Participating theaters

Tiyatrotem Theater (Istanbul, Turkey) 2011,2012^[1] Theatre for children at Narva Gates (Saint Petersburg, Russia) 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019 Key Theater (Tel Aviv, Israel) 2014^[2] Youth Theater Sarajevo (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina) 2013 Telling tales (West Yorkshire, England) 2012^[3] Anton Panov Theater (Strumica, North Macedonia) 2012 Babec Theater (Bitola, North Macedonia) 2011^[4] Theater Pan (Lugano, Switzerland) 2012 Dodona Theater (Pristina, Kosovo) 2012,2013 David Zuazola Puppets Company (Santiago, Chile) 2013, 2022 Artropos (Chubut, Argentina) 2013^[5] Mini Theater (Ljubljana, Slovenia) 2011 Mala Scena Theater (Zagreb, Croatia) 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015 Bereze Theater (Istanbul, Turkey) 2013 Ariel Theater (Sofia, Bulgaria) 2013 Puppet Theatre Shilo (Sofia, Bulgaria) 2011 Drama and Puppet Theatre (Vratsa, Bulgaria) 2012 Children's Cultural Centre (Belgrade, Serbia) 2014^[6] Tăndărică Animation Theater (Bucharest, Romania) 2014 Shadow Theater (Marzelo, Italy) 2014^[7] Teater Sagohuset (Lund, Sweden) 2015 La Bazooka (Le Havre, France) ^[8] Ruti Tamir Mime and Puppet Theater (Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel)^[9] Theater Feurblau (Graz, Austria) ^[10] Masque Theatere (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States) ^[11] Centre ACA Theatre (Tirana, Albania 2016 ^[12] Compagnie alleRetour (Cannes, France) 2016 ^[13] Small Delights Company (Brussels, Belgium 2016 ^[14] Mimos Marionette Theater (Yerevan, Armenia) 2016 Marian Baćev and Arcadia Fusion Art (Sofia, Bulgaria) 2017, 2019 Nada theater (Ruma, Serbia) 2017 Tarla Faresi Theater (Izmir, Turkey) 2018 ^[15] El Mahrousa Group (Giza, Egypt) 2019 Art School Jana Stursy (Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic) 2022 ^[16] Domovoi Theatre Company (Ticino, Switzerland) 2022 ^[17] Cemal Fatih Polat Shadow Theater (Istanbul, Turkey) 2022 ^[18] Beer Sheva Children and Youth Theater (Beersheba, Israel) 2022 ^[19]

Jury members

• Valentina Gramosli (Actress) 2016 ^[20]
• Yavor Zehirov (Puppet master) 2016 ^[20]
• Nikola Projchevski (Actor) 2016 ^[20]
• Jovan Ristovski (director) 2015
• Valentina Lutts (Director/Manager of Theatre "At Narva Gates") 2015^[21]
• Sonja Mihajlovska (Actor) 2015
• Bojana Artinovska-Trpcheska (Artist) 2014
• Valdet Rama (Director/Manager of Dodona Theater) 2014
• Boris Chorevski (Actor)-2014
• Sunchica Unevska (Journalist)-2013
• Şehsuvar Aktaş (Actor) – 2013
• Jasmina Vasileva (Actor)-2013
• Nada Kokotovich (Director) – 2012
• Petar Mirchevski (Actor) – 2012
• Aneta Blazevska (Journalist) – 2012

Grand Prix for the Best Performance

Grand Prix for Best Performance is the only award of the festival and is awarded to the best performance from the official competition. The award is decided by three-member international jury chosen from among world-renowned theatre artist and theoreticians.Laureates:

• 2012 – Tiyatrotem Theater (Istanbul, Turkey) for the performance We can't go on like this
• 2013 – David Zuazola Puppets Company (Santiago, Chile) for the performance Dirty Wing^[22]
• 2014 – Mala Scena Theater (Zagreb, Croatia) for the performance Funny Monster^[23]
• 2015- Ruti Tamir Mime and Puppet Theater (Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel) for the performance Four Fables and Queen ^[9]
• 2016- Theatre for children at Narva Gates (Saint Petersburg, Russia) for the performance The Little Prince ^[24]

The Grand Prix was not awarded in 2017 and 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tiyatrotem / Ayşe Selen – Şehsuvar Aktaş » news. tiyatrotem.com.
2. Web site: Свечено отворен 4-тиот ИДТФ Битолино. time.mk.
3. Web site: Official program BITOLINO 2012 . 26 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626234430/http://www.babecteatar.com/en/pretstavi/bitolino/92-officialprogrambitolino2012.html . 26 June 2015 . dead.
4. Web site: Извештај за Битолино 2011 . 26 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626231358/http://www.babecteatar.com/en/pretstavi/bitolino/51----2011.html . 26 June 2015 . dead.
5. Web site: Official selection BITOLINO 2013 . 26 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626190441/http://www.babecteatar.com/en/pretstavi/bitolino/106-officialprogrambitolino2013.html . 26 June 2015 . dead.
6. Web site: ВТОРНИК 05 АВГУСТ НА БИТ ФЕСТ - Bitola.Info. bitola.info. 26 June 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150626184803/http://bitola.info/mk/things-to-do-see-in-bitola/business-in-bitola/26-zabitola/tekovni-nastani/732-vtornik-05-avgust. 26 June 2015. dead.
7. Web site: Бит Фест 2015 - "Елмеровите соништа" Театар Сенка – Марцело, Италија. bitfest.mk.
8. Web site: Vasko Mavrovski - Vasko Mavrovski added a new photo. - Facebook. facebook.com.
9. Web site: Култура - Шеталиште. setaliste.com.mk . https://web.archive.org/web/20140726211446/http://setaliste.com.mk/kultura/ . 26 July 2014.
10. Web site: Vasko Mavrovski - Vasko Mavrovski added a new photo. - Facebook. facebook.com.
11. Web site: Vasko Mavrovski - Vasko Mavrovski added a new photo. - Facebook. facebook.com.
12. Web site: Почитувани родители и деца, Оваа година... - Бабец Театар Битола - Facebook. facebook.com.
13. Web site: Почитувани родители и деца, Оваа година... - Бабец Театар Битола - Facebook. facebook.com.
14. Web site: Почитувани родители и деца, Оваа година... - Бабец Театар Битола - Facebook. facebook.com.
15. Web site: Започнува "Битолино" . tera.mk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20181003140539/https://tera.mk/%d0%b7%d0%b0%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%87%d0%bd%d1%83%d0%b2%d0%b0-%d0%b1%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%be/ . 2018-10-03.
16. https://mk.tv21.tv/od-3-do-8-avgust-bitola-domakin-na-11-izdanie-na-idtf-bitolino/
17. https://mk.tv21.tv/od-3-do-8-avgust-bitola-domakin-na-11-izdanie-na-idtf-bitolino/
18. https://mk.tv21.tv/od-3-do-8-avgust-bitola-domakin-na-11-izdanie-na-idtf-bitolino/
19. https://mk.tv21.tv/od-3-do-8-avgust-bitola-domakin-na-11-izdanie-na-idtf-bitolino/
20. Web site: Vasko Mavrovski - Vasko Mavrovski with Valentina Gramosli... - Facebook. facebook.com.
21. Web site: Гран При на "Битолино" за израелската претстава "Четири басни и Кралицата" - Reporter.mk . 3 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309195459/http://reporter.mk/2015/08/08/%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bd-%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b8-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d0%b1%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%be-%d0%b7%d0%b0-%d0%b8%d0%b7%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%b5%d0%bb%d1%81%d0%ba%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b0/ . 9 March 2016 . dead .
22. Web site: "Валкано крило" од Чиле победи на "Битолино" . 6 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124254/http://www.utrinski.mk/?ItemID=46357EA2E72AC34AB297B0F2EEA53D91 . 4 March 2016 . dead .
23. Web site: "Smiješno čudovište" na četvrtom Bitolino festivalu. in-portal.hr.
24. Web site: Vasko Mavrovski - Vasko Mavrovski updated his cover photo. - Facebook. facebook.com.