Bitef

CONTENT

ON BITEF

3 ON BITEF 4 IMPRESSUM 5 JURY AND AWARDS

56 BITEF ON FILM: THE RETURN TO REASON 60 BITEF POLYPHONY: TOO HARD OR NOT TO HARD 72 HARD TO 8E... WITHIN THE TIME

Founded in 1967, through the initiative of Mira Traiiović and Jovan Ćirilov, Bitef (Belgrade International Theater Festival) has continually followed and supported the latest theatre trends, thus becoming one of the biggest and the most important European festivals. Transcending all political and cultural borders, Bitef has in more than four decades managed to keep its pace with a tumultuous evolution of performing arts. Therefore, the history of Bitef could be identified as a history of contemporary theatre. Through the revolutionary Sixties and Seventies, Bitef spectators could see some of the most courageous stage experiments pursuing the destruction of dramatic forms, but also some significant classical achievements, as well as the examples of the traditional Oriental theatre, in the Eighties and Nineties, Bitef presented highest reaches of the post-modern theatre and dance. Even in the conditions of political-economic crisis and embargo the festival succeeded to promote the ultimate cultural values, bringing to Belgrade some of the biggest names in the world of performance scene. In the first decade of the 21st century, Bitef presents the original and innovative productions of the world mainstream theatre, the performances of post-dramatic, non verbal expression, as well as those realised with the help of new technologies, thus opening its doors to the virtual reality of cyber theatre, in the course of all these years, Bitef has preserved its place in the family of major international festivals. For its continuity and quality, in 1999 Bitef was awarded the Special Prize by “Premio Europa per il teatro". The Bitef was founded by the Belgrade City Hall, whereas Bitef theatre is in charge of the production and organization. The theatre was founded in 1989, with the chief purpose of discovering and supporting new theatre tendencies in the local context.

MAIN PROGRAMME

6 HARD TO BE/IS IT EASIER NOT TO BE? 8 BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES 12 EUROPEANA 16 BELGRADE 20 POSTSCRIPTUM 24 55+ 28 MANDIĆMACHINE 32 THE STORM 36 WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT 40 ZORAN ĐINĐIČ 44 TO KILL ZORANA ĐINĐIČA 48 THE SEAGULL 52 HARD TO BE A GOD

SIDE PROGRAMME

90

HARD TO BE

47 BITEF 13