The Belgrade International Theatre Festival (abbr. BITEF) is a

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that takes place every September annually in Belgrade, Serbia.

History

Founded in 1967, BITEF has continually followed and supported the latest theatre trends. It has become one of the most significant culture festivals of Serbia. During the 1960s, the founders of this festival ( Mira Trailović,

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and their associates) courageously followed tumultuous events in global theatre teeming with

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explorations. In the 1980s, BITEF showed Belgrade the highest reaches of the art of theatre, thus becoming one of the few festivals comprising both experimental forms and significant classic achievements. In spite of political-economic crisis and embargo, in the final decade of the 20th century, BITEF, thanks to the help of international culture centres, government and non-government organizations, managed to keep abreast with the rest of world, through promotion of new theatre trends and ultimate theatre values. In 2000, BITEF was awarded a Special Prize by the Jury of the

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, in

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. BITEF was the first international theatre festival to receive an award from ''Premio Europa per il Teatro''.

Jury

Important part of every edition of the BITEF festival is the jury. Since the beginning, BITEF has a competitive character, which is why the role of the jury is very important. Members of the jury are important theater creators from former Yugoslavia and the rest of the world. List of jury members for each edition of BITEF: 1^st BITEF
Predrag BajčetićDejan Čavić

Ljubomir Draškić
Boro Drašković, Borislav Mihajlović - Mihiz, Slobodan Selenić, Mira Trailović, Mlađa Veselinović 2^nd BITEF: Predrag Bajčetić, Dejan Čavić, Jovan Ćirilov, Borislav Mihajlović - Mihiz
Muharem Pervić
Mira Trailović
Milan Žmukić
3^rd BITEF: Ljubomir Draškić
Hugo Klajn
Borislav Mihajlović - Mihiz,

Borka Pavićević Borka Pavićević (5 June 1947 – 30 June 2019) was a Yugoslav-Serbian dramaturge, newspaper columnist, and cultural activist. She was also described as a "dramatist, Belgrade liberal and pacifist intellectual". She founded the Centre for Cult ...

, Miodrag Pavlović,

Branko Pleša Branko Pleša ( sr-cyr, Бранко Плеша; 6 March 1926 – 9 June 2001) was a Serbian actor and theatre director. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1949 to 1998. Filmography References External links * 1926 births 2001 ...

, Slobodan Selenić, Pavle Stefanović, Mira Trailović
Stojan Čelić
Jovan Ćirilov, Jovan Hristić 4^th BITEF
Stanislav Bajić
Predrag Bajčetić, Borislav Mihajlović - Mihiz, Slobodan Selenić, Muharem Pervić, Mira Trailović, Jovan Ćirilov, Jovan Hristić 5^th BITEF: Milenko Maričić,

Vasko Popa Vasile "Vasko" Popa ( sr-Cyrl, Васко Попа; 29 June 1922 – 5 January 1991) was a Serbian poet. Biography Popa was born in the village of Grebenac ( ro, Grebenaț), Vojvodina, Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia). After finishing hig ...

Zoran Ratković
Pavle Stefanović, Ljuba Tadić,

Milorad Vučelić Milorad Vučelić ( sr-Cyrl, Милорад Вучелић; born 17 June 1948) is a Serbian journalist and businessman. He is the president of FK Partizan, editor-in-chief of '' Večernje novosti'', president of the Partizan Sports Society and ...

6^th BITEF: Jovan Hristić,

Dušan Makavejev Dušan Makavejev ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Макавејев, ; 13 October 1932 – 25 January 2019) was a Serbian film director and screenwriter, famous for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s—many of wh ...

, Miodrag Pavlović,

Zoran Radmilović Zoran Radmilović ( sr-cyr, Зоран Радмиловић; 11 May 1933 – 21 July 1985) was a Serbian actor who had some of the most memorable roles in the history of former Yugoslav cinema. He studied law, architecture and philology at the ...

, Vladimir Stamenković, Ljuba Tadić, Milorad Vučelić 7^th BITEF: Muharem Pervić
Milosav Buca MirkovićPetar Volk
Vladimir Stamenković,

Feliks Pašić Feliks Pašić ( sr-Cyrl, Феликс Пашић; 19 February 1939 – 31 July 2010) was a Serbian theatre and literary critic, publicist, journalist and translator. He won two Sterija Award for Best Theatre Review (1983, 1992) and Sterija Award f ...

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Žarko Komanin

Ognjen Lakićević Ognjen ( sr-Cyrl, Огњен, ) is a Slavic given name derived from word ''oganj'' meaning "fire" and may refer to: * Ognjen Amidžić, Serbian TV host * Ognjen Aškrabić (born 1979), Serbian professional basketball player * Ognjen Cvitan (born 1 ...

Dejan Penčić-Poljanski
8^th BITEF: Predrag Bajčetić
Miroslav Belović
Ljubomir Draškić, Boro Drašković
Tatjana Lukjanova

Ljiljana Krstić Ljiljana Krstić ( sr-cyr, Љиљана Крстић; 31 October 1919 – 12 April 2001) was a Serbian actress who mostly worked in theater. Krstić initially studied law, before transferring to the Theatre Department of the Musical Academy in B ...

, Jelisaveta Sablić
Petar Slovenski

Ružica Sokić Ružica Sokić ( sr-cyr, Ружица Сокић; 14 December 1934 – 19 December 2013) was a Serbian actress and writer. Born in Belgrade, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Sokić began her acting career in 1957 and was credited in over 40 films a ...

, Stevo Žigon 9^th BITEF
Mirjana Miočinović
Milosav Buca Mirković, Borka Pavićević, Branko Pleša, Slobodan Selenić, Vladimir Stamenković, Jovan Hristić 10^th BITEF: Eli Finci, Muharem Pervić, Dejan Penčić-Poljanski, Slobodan Selenić, Vladimir Stamenković 11^th BITEF: Jovan Hristić, Dalibor Foretić, Milosav Buca Mirković, Feliks Pašić, Veno Taufer 12^th BITEF: France Jamnik, Jovan Hristić, Dalibor Foretić, Feliks Pašić, Mirjana Miočinović 13^th BITEF: Petar Salem, Lojze Smasek, Milorad Vučelić, Slobodan Selenić, Dragan Klaić 14^th BITEF: Branko Pleša, Boro Drašković, Olga Jevrić, Dragan Klaić
Dejan Mijač
Ksenija Šukuljević 15^th BITEF: Aleksandar Saša Petrović, Filip David, Ljiljana Krstić, Vladan Radosavljević 16^th BITEF
Milka Podrug-Kokotović
Miroslava Otašević, Arsenije Jovanović
Slobodan Stojanović

Goran Stefanovski Goran Stefanovski ( mk, Горан Стефановски; 27 April 1952 – 27 November 2018) was a leading Macedonian dramatist, screenwriter, essayist, lecturer and public intellectual. He wrote for the theatre, television and film, as well as ...

17^th BITEF:

Mira Banjac Mira Banjac ( sr-Cyrl, Мира Бањац; born 4 November 1929) is a Serbian actress. She won a number of awards, including an award for her work in Mamaroš from Brasil and Golden Medal for Merits of Republic of Serbia. Selected filmograph ...

, Borka Pavićević, Nenad Prokić, Slobodan Selenić, László Végel 18^th BITEF
Slobodan Glumac
Dubravka Knežević, Branka Krilović, Paolo Magelli, Vladimir Stamenković 19^th BITEF
Velimir Lukić
Lada Martinec, Aleksandar Popović
Ivica Kunčević
Zlatko Sviben 20^th BITEF
Vladimir Jevtović
Dejan Mijač, Miodrag Pavlović, Nenad Prokić, Jelisaveta Sablić 21^st BITEF: Petar Banićević, Petar Brečić
Nenad Ilić
Ljubomir Simović 22^nd BITEF: Predrag Ejdus, Anatolij Kudrajcev
Slobodan Mašić
Haris Pašović,

Dragoslav Srejović Dragoslav Srejović ( sr-cyr, Драгослав Срејовић; Kragujevac, 8 October 1931 – 29 November 1996) was a Serbian archaeologist, cultural anthropologist and historian. He was the main contributor to the exploration of the Lepensk ...

23^rd BITEF: Slobodan Blagojević, Dubravka Knežević
Egon SavinIvana Vujić
Dalibor Foretić 24^th BITEF: Dragan Klaić, Boro Drašković,

Branislav Lečić Branislav Lečić ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Лечић; born 25 August 1955) is a Serbian actor, director, academic, writer, politician. Known for his versatile portrayals of emotionally vulnerable characters with strong senses of moral justic ...

Jovan Ristić Rica
Dubravka Ugrešić 25^th BITEF: Vida Ognjenović, Mario Maskareli, Predrag Perović
Lidija PilipenkoGorčin Stojanović
26^th BITEF
Slobodan NovakovićDara DžokićJagoš Marković
27^th BITEF
Cvijeta Mesić

Goran Marković Goran Marković ( sr-cyr, Горан Марковић, ) (born 24 August 1946) is a Serbian film and theatre director, screenwriter, writer, and playwright. He has directed approximately 50 documentaries, 13 feature films, and 3 theatre plays. ...

Irfan Mensur Irfan Mensur ( sr-cyr, Ирфан Менсур; born Irfan Kurić, sr-cyr, Ирфан Курић; 19 January 1952) is a Serbian theatre, television, and film actor of Bosnian descent. Early life Born to father Mensur Kurić from Niš whose fami ...

Aleksandar MilosavljevićMileta Prodanović
28^th BITEF: Tanja Bošković, Jerko Denegri, Mladen Popović, Ivana Stefanović
Alisa Stojanović
29^th BITEF: Dejan Mijač, Nebojša Dugalić
Srđan HofmanVladimir Kopicl
Ognjenka Milićević 30^th BITEF: Roman Grigorijevič-Viktjuk
Isidora Minić
Boro Drašković, Nenad Prokić, Hermann Theissenn 31^st BITEF: Milorad Pavić, Nikolay Kolyada
Arthur D. Skelton
Biljana Srbljanović,

32^nd BITEF: Heinz Klunker, Mira Erceg
Branislava Liješević
Svetlana Vragova
Ivan Medenica
33^rd BITEF: Mario Mattia Giorgetti, Natalija Vagapova
Jelena ŠantićDijana Milošević
Svetislav Jovanov 34^th BITEF: Renate Klett
Marina Davydova
Nina Kiraly
Sonja VukićevićAnja Suša
35^th BITEF:

Ivica Buljan Ivica Buljan (born 29 March 1965) is a Croatian theater director, playwright, theater critic, and educator whose work is widely known in Croatia and performed around the globe. Career Buljan studied political science, French, and comparative lite ...

, Tomaž Toporišič, Roman Dolžanski
Milena Marković
Miško Šuvaković 36^th BITEF: Milorad Mišković, Annie Dorsen, Rudy Engelander
Nikita Milivojević
Isidora Stanišić 37^th BITEF
Pamela HowardMilena BogavacIgor Bojović
Audronis Liuga
Elie Malka
Alisa Stojanović, Johanna Tomek 38^th BITEF:

Michael Coveney Michael Coveney (born 24 July 1948) is a British theatre critic. Education and career Coveney was born in London and educated at St Ignatius’ College, Stamford Hill, and Worcester College, Oxford. After graduation, he worked as a script re ...

, Predrag Miki Manojlović, Marija Janković, Milica Konstantinović,

Suzanne Osten Carlota Suzanne Osten (born 20 June 1944) is a Swedish film director stage director and screenwriter. She won the award for Best Director at the 22nd Guldbagge Awards for the film '' The Mozart Brothers''. Biography Suzanne Osten was born i ...

39^th BITEF: Ian Herbert
Đurđija Cvetić
Ksenija Viktorovna Dragunska, Dušan Makavejev, Uglješa Šajtinac 40^th BITEF: Dino Mustafić, Miloš Sofrenović, Daša Kovačević
Igor Đorđević
Egon Savin 41^st BITEF: Tomi Janežič, Miloš Lolić, Olga Stanislavovna Mukhina, Milica Tomić, Kristian Seltun, Laszlo Upor 42^nd BITEF: Hans-Thies Lehmann, Mia David
Marija Karaklajić
Constanza Macras, Katarina Pejović 43^rd BITEF: Patrice Pavis, Roland Schimmelpfennig
Vladimir Aleksić
Oliver Frljić
Maja Pelević
44^th BITEF: Nataša Rajković, Bojan Đorđev, Elena Kovalskaya
Damjan Kecojević
Gianina Carbunariu 45^th BITEF
Arthur Sonnen
Anna Lengyel, Alja Predan, Vladica Milosavljević, Nikola Zavišić 46^th BITEF: Goran Injac, Jean Pierre Thibodeau, Elizabeth Schak, Đurđa Tešić, Maja Mirković 47^th BITEF: Christian Holtzhauer, Yana Ross, Igor Ružić, András Urbán, Filip Vujošević 48^th BITEF: Ana Tomović, Lilach Dekel-Avner, Periša Perišić, Ulla Kasius, Witold Mrozek 49^th BITEF:

Mirjana Karanović Mirjana Karanović ( sr-cyr, Мирјана Карановић; born 28 January 1957) is a Serbian actress, film director and screenwriter. Considered one of the best Serbian and Yugoslavian actresses of all time, she is probably the best known f ...

Žarko Laušević Žarko Laušević ( sr-cyr, Жарко Лаушевић; ) (born 19 January 1960) is a Serbian actor. He became a leading actor early in his career. By the age of 33, he was a major star across the former Yugoslavia on both stage and screen. Ear ...

, Agnieszka Jakimiak, Stefan Blaeske 50^th BITEF: Yun-Cheol Kim, Femi Osofisan, Aleksandra Jovićević, Aleksandar Denić, Tomas Irmer 51^st BITEF: Marija Ševcova, Margareta Sorensen, Ivana Sajko, Igor Koruga, Draško Adžić 52^nd BITEF: Judit Csaki, Bryce Leace, Bojana Mladenović, Aleksandra Janković, Radmila Vojvodić 53^rd BITEF: Christine Hamon-Sirejols, Dorothy Chansky, Sanja Mitrović, Olga Dimitrijević, Ersan Mondtag 54^th & 55^th BITEF: Şermin Langhoff, Lucia Van Heteren, Agata Juniku, Cecilia Djurberg, Jovana Tomić 56^th BITEF: Stefanie Carp, Christine Doessel, Selma Spahić,

Vanja Ejdus Vanja Ejdus (Serbian Cyrillic: Вања Ејдус; born 1 November 1976)Slavko Trošelj"Не осећам припадност ни вери ни нацији" ''Политика'', 13 November 2010 . is a Serbian actress. Early life and educa ...

, Dino Pešut

List of award-winning performance

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History

Jury

List of award-winning performance

See also

References

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