Open Call: 19th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin, Bulgaria
Open Call for Applications for participation in the competition programme of the 19th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin which…
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UNIMA International Celebrates Historic Success at UNESCOโs 2024 International Conference of NGOs
Paris, December 18, 2024 โ UNIMA International proudly announces a landmark achievement at the 2024 International Conference of NGOs in…
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UNIMA International Celebrates Historic Success at UNESCOโs 2024 International Conference of NGOs
Paris, December 18, 2024 โ UNIMA International proudly announces a landmark achievement at the 2024 International Conference of NGOs in…
Letter of the General Secretary โ December 2024: Magic Lanterns, Physicality of the Doll, and Capacity
Photo of the geometric puppet built by Buckmeister Fรผller for Bill Baird in 1958, which disappeared in 1987, thanks to…
Nanchong Symposium – China, December 13th and 14th
Jointly organized by UNIMA Asia-Pacific Commission, UNIMA Professional Training Commission, UNIMA China, and Nanchong Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcast, TV,…
OPEN CALL: 38 International Theatrical Festival VALISE, Poland
Dates: 29 May โ 1 June 2025 Location: Puppet and Actor Theatre, ลomลผa, Poland Application Deadline: 31 January 2025 38th…
Join the Puppet Love Bomb at IFTR 2025!
Dear friends, We (Alissa Mello and Cariad Astles) are calling all thinkers, artists and scholars who research and write about…
Call for applications AVIAMA 2025 GRANTS Puppets and Mobility
The International Association of Puppet Friendly Cities (AVIAMA) brings together cities and local governments from all over the world around…
UNIMA PC & 20th Tehran-Mobarak International Puppet Festival: Shadows on the Silk Road
"Shadows on the Silk Road" 20th Tehran-Mobarak International Puppet Festival & UNIMA PCย Online Webinar 23-27 November 2024 Meetings and…
Support Representation at the 24th UNIMA Congress in South Korea!
As we prepare for the 24th UNIMA Congress from May 26โ30, 2025, in Chuncheon, South Korea, UNIMA International invites you…
Second Call for Contributions to UNIMA International Magazine – Deadline: 30 November
Call addressed to National Centres of UNIMA that do not have a magazine dedicated to puppetry arts in their country.…
Opportunity for Graphic Designer – Open Call (Deadline: November 22)
UNIMA Internationale (Internationale Union of Puppetry Art) is calling for applications from a talented and experienced graphic designer, capable of…
Puppet Saturdays Lecture Series โ Visit to Puppet Master Karin รrum’s Studio
Sculpt-Pattern and Material: A Visit in Puppet Master Karin รrumยดs Studio Curated by Rolf Sรธborg Hansen 2. November: 14:00 CET…
Open Call for UNIMA Symposium: Borders – Puppetry Unborders
Borders - Puppetry Unborders Dates: May 22-23, 2025 Location: Chuncheon, Korea Submission Deadline: January 1, 2025 The UNIMA Symposium on…
Congratulations! Announcement of the UNIMA Heritage Awards 2024/2025
The UNion Internationale de la MArionnette (UNIMA) is pleased to announce the UNIMA Heritage Awards 2024/2025, recognizing exceptional contributions to…
FLUM & UNIMA PC – MOSTAR 2024
Celebrating International Peace Day - 21st September 2024 There are no words to describe the events that took place this…
12th INTERNATIONAL ONLINE COURSE IN PUPPET THERAPY 2025
Puppet Therapy Barcelona calls for applications to theย 12th edition of its International Online Course in Puppet Therapy. - English Version…
Puppet Saturdays Lecture Series – Uses of Puppetry in Situations of Trauma
Uses of puppetry in situations of trauma with: Coby Omvlee, Antje Wegener & Karim Dakhroub 12. October, 14:00 CET UNIMA…
Research and Documentary residencies 2025
The Institut International de la Marionnette (IIM) is to join forces with the Festival Mondial des Thรฉรขtres de Marionnettes to…
World Puppetry Day 2025 : Robots, AI and the dream of the puppet?
What are the numbers that encode beauty, the encrypted grip that encloses, transforms, transmits, decodes but, somehow, fails to imprison…
Pro-Vocation Roots and Wings – An International Exchange on Puppetry Arts in Africa
Presented by Professional Training Commission from the UNIMA, in partnership with The Centre for Humanities Research (CHR)/ University of the…
OPEN CALL – Pendientes de un Hilo: Platform for Emerging Puppetry Creators
OPEN CALL FOR PUPPET AND THEATRE OBJECT WORK IN PROGRESS PROJECTS Pendientes de un Hilo festival offers a space for…
FLUM & UNIMA Puppetry Collaboratorium: “Let There Be Light”
โLet There Be Lightโ Dates: September 21 (World Peace Day) to 25, 2024 Location: Mostar Puppet Theatre, Bosnia and Herzegovina…
Players of the Night: On Contemporary Shadow Theatre with Fabrizio Montecchi
Players of the Night: On Contemporary Shadow Theatre with Fabrizio Montecchi Puppet Saturdays Lecture Series September 14, 14:00 CET UNIMA…
Reminder: UNIMA Executive Committee Elections โ Nominate by September 23rd
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Call to Action: UN Summit of the Future!ย
Dear UNIMA International Community, Weโve received an important request to spread the word about an exciting opportunity related to the…
Announcement: 24th UNIMA Congress in South Korea
24th UNIMA Congress, South Korea Dates: May 26 โ 30, 2025 Location: Chuncheon, South Korea We are excited to announce…
A heartfelt video and message from UNIMA Brazil
Dear friends and colleagues, Please find below a link to a video made about the tragedy in southern Brazil. We…
SOS RS – Support Puppeteers of Rio Grande do Sul
All of us at UNIMA are deeply moved by the devastating floods affecting Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Our…
La Hoja Titiritera โ May 2024
La Hoja Titiritera โ May 2024 Language: Spanish Exciting news! The May 2024 issue of La Hoja Titiritera is been…
UNIMA at 95: Words from UNIMA President Karen Smith
95 Years Young and Going Strong! As we all know, the Union Internationale de la Marionnette, or UNIMA, was…
Celebrate UNIMA’s 95th Anniversary at the JEM Festival 2024
Join us on May 20th from 10:00 AM to 12:45 PM CET at the Thรฉรขtre Royal du Peruchet in Brussels…
UNIMA YC Open session: AI&Puppetry, Vol 1. Genie from the Lamp.ย
Merriam Webster Dictionary named โAuthenticityโ the word of the 2023 year in response to concerns over AIโs rapid development. There…
Happy World Puppetry Day – Let There be Light!
UNIMA PUPPET THATRE CINEMA - We are thrilled to announce that the World Puppetry Day 2024 marks the inception of…
Message of World Puppetry Day 2024 by Ines Pasic
"Greetings on behalf of UNIMA worldwide to all puppeteers for the World Puppetry Day. For my dear colleagues, walkers…
UNIMA Internationale Executive Committee 2024 Hybrid Meeting during Casteliers Festival in Montreal
We are pleased to announce that the Casteliers festival in Montreal, scheduled from March 6 to 10, will be the…
WHAT A PUPPET CAN DO โ APPLIED PUPPETRY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
A series of webinars by the Education, Development and Therapy Commission News for 2024:ย A series of webinars on Zoom…
Message from UNIMA
Dear Members and Friends of UNIMA, Our profound sympathies go out to all those impacted by current global conflicts, violence…
UNIMA Puppetry Collaboratorium: Fostering Peace and Understanding through Puppetry
Above: Closing ceremony of the FLUM Festival and UNIMA PC in Mostar, 2023 Introduction In a world often marked by…
Trauma and Puppetry Handout
This compact document from the EDT Commission combines basic information about an emergency reaction to trauma combined with aspects of…
UNIMA International Magazine โ A Research Residency in Charleville-Mรฉziรจres
Alessandra Amicarelli and Franziska Voรซmel were in Charleville-Mรฉziรจres from 17 to 23 September. At the invitation of UNIMA, they carried…
Open Call – 14th Edition of the International Puppet Theatre for Adults Festival “PIERROT”, Bulgaria
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Non-profit organization โPIERROTโ and the State Puppet Theatre โ Stara Zagora are excited to announce the 14th…
Documentation Now Available for the “CHANGE” Symposium in Bochum
The documentation from the remarkable SYMPOSIUM "CHANGE", held this past May in Bochum, is now available! This event, organized by…
Short Stories Project Unveiled: International Collaboration to Propel Innovation in Contemporary Theatre
[Karlovac, Croatia] - The forthcoming collaboration between three esteemed International puppet festivals in Croatia, Serbia, and Italy marks a groundbreaking…
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Open Call: 19th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin, Bulgaria
Open Call for Applications for participation in the competition programme of the 19th International Puppet Festival The Golden Dolphin which…
UNIMA International Celebrates Historic Success at UNESCOโs 2024 International Conference of NGOs
Paris, December 18, 2024 โ UNIMA International proudly announces a landmark achievement at the 2024 International Conference of NGOs in…
Letter of the General Secretary โ December 2024: Magic Lanterns, Physicality of the Doll, and Capacity
Photo of the geometric puppet built by Buckmeister Fรผller for Bill Baird in 1958, which disappeared in 1987, thanks to…
Nanchong Symposium – China, December 13th and 14th
Jointly organized by UNIMA Asia-Pacific Commission, UNIMA Professional Training Commission, UNIMA China, and Nanchong Municipal Bureau of Culture, Broadcast, TV,…
