Attention during the International Children's Festival in Šibenik. Photos from www.mdf-si.org

Program of 49th International Children's Festival in Šibenik, Croatia, 2009 Sunday 21th June Theatre foyer at 10 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE Opening of the exhibitions at 12.00 Croatian art competition for primary school children on the subject of THE BOAT OF MY CHILDHOOD Studio of St.Krševan Gallery Silvester Plotajs Sicoe, Ljubljana St.Krševan Gallery GROUP EXHIBITION Nevenka Arbanas, Zagreb Dora Kovačević, Zagreb Dragana Nuić-Vučković City Museum of Šibenik The exhibitions can be viewed from 10 a.m to 1 p.m and from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Summer stage at 9 p.m. CHILDREN'S CULTURAL CENTRE KARPOŠ Skopje, FYR Macedonia THE EVENING OF FOLKLORE Monday 22th June Theatre foyer at 11 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE City theatre at 7 p.m. THE CITY THEATRE ŽAR PTICA ZAGREB Waldemar Bonsels: MAYA THE BEE Dramatized by: Ana Tonković Dolenčić directed by: Ivan Leo Lemo Summer stage at 9 p.m. THEATRE OF YOUTH, Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina ALADDIN Author of the project: Kaća Dorić (setting/text) Tuesday 23th June Theatre foyer at 11 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE City theatre at 7 p.m. THE CITY THEATRE TREŠNJA, Zagreb Charles Dickens Oliver Twist Directed byj: Rene Medvešek Summer stage at 9 p.m. THEATRE AND CONCERT HALL IVANA BRLIĆ MAŽURANIĆ Workshop- In the World of the fairy tales Slavonski Brod Fisherman Plunk and His Wife MUSICAL AND STAGE MAGIC Directed and dramatized by: Dubravka Zrnčić-Kulenović Wednesday 24th June Theatre foyer at 11 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE City theatre at 7 p.m. YOUNG MUSIC TALENTS CONCERT Performers: Vanja Sedlak-saxophone Emilija Minić- solo singer Vasilije Gagović-double bass Marija Barjaktarević-piano Borna Erceg-piano Bruna Bilać-cello Adrea Radović-cello In cooperation with: The Kotor Festival of Children's Theatres, Kotor, Montenegro ŠOSMO Vida Matjan, Kotor, Montenegro Music school Ivan Lukačić, Šibenik, Croatia Summer stage at 9 p.m. db PROJEKTAI, Vilnius, Lithuania WHAT'S THAT? „O KAS ČIA?“ Thursday 25th June Theatre foyer at 11 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE City theatre at 7 p.m. CHILDREN'S THEATRE BRANKO MIHALJEVIĆ, OSIJEK GOLDEN DAYS Jagoda Truhelka Dramatized by: Dubravka Crnojević-Carić Directed by: Dubravka Crnojević-Carić Summer stage at 9 p.m. STATE PUPPET THEATRE ULGER, Buryat Republic, Russian Federation THE SINGING ARROW Director: Erdeni Zhaltsanov Friday 26th June Theatre foyer at 11 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE City theatre at 7 p.m. CITY PUPPET THEATRE, Split LITTLE FAIRY Directed by: Slavčo Malenov author: Slavčo Malenov, based on a traditional story Summer stage at 9 p.m. EVENING OF STREET PROGRAMMES Saturday 27th June Theatre foyer at 11 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE City theatre at 7 p.m. ZAGREB PUPPET THEATRE, Zagreb Carlo Collodi - Miro Gavran PINOCCHIO Directed by: Georgij Paro Summer stage at 9 p.m. CHILDREN'S FOLKLORE GROUP KABLUCHOK, Moscow, Russian Federation EVENING OF FOLKLORE Sunday 28th June Theatre foyer at 11 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE City theatre at 7 p.m. PUPPET THEATRE, Zadar Lyman Frank Baum: THE WIZARD OF OZ Dramatized by: Dražen Ferenčina, Davor Grzunov Directed by: Dražen Ferenčina Summer stage at 9 p.m. I LOVE YOU, ISLAND KUD Natko Nodilo Babino Polje, island of Mljet Dances of the island of Mljet: Škampa Boško and Mljetska poskočica with Ťlijericať accompaniment Guided by: Anko Dabelić FD Poljica, Poljica, island of Krk Dances of the island of Krk: Naokolo, Tanac po staru, Kuntra and Polka with sopela accompaniment Guided by: Marina Brozić Primary school Vela Luka Vela Luka, island of Korčula School folklore group Mala kumpanija Guided by: Marita Hrboka, Mirela Maričić and Milan Oreb Monday 29th June Theatre foyer at 11 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE City theatre at 7 p.m. Theatre MALA SCENA, Zagreb Silvija Šesto Stipaničić THE FAT GIRL Choice of music, dramatized and directed by:   Snježana Banović Summer stage at 9 p.m. The COMIC OPERA FOR CHILDREN, Bucharest, Romania Bernard Shaw: PYGMALION Choreographer: Mihai Babuska Tuesday 30th June Theatre foyer at 11 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE Presentation of Poljska čitanka – collection of drama texts for children and youth Publisher: Theatre Epicentre and HC ASSITEJ City theatre at 7 p.m. PUPPET GROUP VIRKO, Šibenik VESELA polLUTKA (on occasion of the picture book presentation), publisher: ICF Directed by: Sergej Mioč Dobrić Square at 8 p.m. WRITERS AT THE FESTIVAL Sanja Polak, Zagreb Summer stage at 9 p.m. TEATR LALEK, Banialuka, Poland Liliana Bardijewska: GREEN PASSENGER Directed by: Paweł Aigner Wednesday 1st July Theatre foyer at 11 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE Presentation of MONTE LIBRIĆ- Association Sa(n)jam knjige u Istri, Pula MONTE LIBRIĆ City theatre at 7 p.m. CITY PUPPET THEATRE, Rijeka Tahir Mujičić MORČIĆ Directed by: Zoran Mužić City library Juraj Šižgorić at 8 p.m. WRITERS AT THE FESTIVAL Mladen Kušec, Zagreb Thursday 2nd July Theatre foyer at 11 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE City theatre at 7 p.m. POETS AT THE FESTIVAL Mladen Bjažić, Zagreb Friday 3rd July Theatre foyer at 11 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE City theatre at 7 p.m. WORKSHOP FILM PRODUCTION Convent of St Lovre – garden at 8 p.m. KC Vodice Amateur drama group Vodice King's cherries fairy tale Directed and dramatized by: Pave Čala Summer stage at 9 p.m. CIRCUS STUDIO ARLEKINO, Ukraine, Ilyičevsk CIRCUS BALAGANCHIK Director: Nadežda Volyk Saturday 5th July Theatre foyer at 11 a.m. PRESS CONFERENCE Summer stage at 9 p.m. ***CLOSING CEREMONY*** Programme of celebrating the anniversary of CVRČAK (CRICKET) Children's choir RUKA SLUŽI DA SE DRUŽI Participants: CRICKET CHILDREN'S CHOIR, Šibenik Guided by: Sonja Bator CHILDREN FROM THE DRAMA WORKSHOPS, ŠIBENIK HELLO KIDS CHILDREN'S CHOIR, Šibenik DANCE ENSEMBLE SJENE (SHADOWS), Šibenik Idea: Zdenka Kekelić Script and directed by: Sergej Mioč Source www.mdf-si.org

It has been forty-six years of socialising for Šibenik, me and children! The festival of children or for children? This used to be a crucial question! But today, what importance does it have?!? The only important thing is that this is a festival of play, a festival of joy and goodness and above all a festival of infinite fantasy. Children's fantasy, no matter how old you are! Through years I used to leave, to run away to be precise, in order to do some "more serious" jobs. However, I would wait impatiently for June and the first chords of the festival song "Zdravo maleni" (Hello kids). It was a warning. It was an invitation to forget everyday, often unnecessary concerns and to reach a weightless, spaceless and timeless limitation. Thus, for forty-six years I have been witnessing some other children gradually taking over not power and jobs as we tend to think but rather happiness and fun! Some fifteen years ago there was only a puppet show workshop, now there are about twenty different workshops. When I was a child some of the terms such as roller skaters, skateboarders or surfers did not exist, they could not be traced in the most comprehensive dictionaries of the time! The ceremonial theatrical curtain is a work of children's fantasy and children's hands! The motifs of the Krka waterfalls, the cathedral and the islands of Kornati are the subjects of children's graphics or street mosaics! And the festival bulletin tells its own story! Since it was taken over by children, it has had plenty of critical reviews but without malevolent criticising, plenty of exhaustive reports without boring philosophising, countless witty jokes but without insults! These children have done something that Pipi did not manage to do. All this without help of a greater celandine! They have managed to grow up but not get old! To get serious without losing the sense of beauty and imagination! To sum up, they have managed to believe and act according to the saying: "Poetry is not in tea but in making tea." Zvonko Festini member of the Festival committee of ICF and president of UNIMA Croatian centre Source www.mdf-si.org

Renaissance Cathedral of Sv. Jakob in Šibenik, top monument of Croatian culture The St. Jacob's, the cathedral of Šibenik, built for over a century, is a testimony of persistency, sacrifice and belief of the generations of inhabitants of Šibenik. By many things it is unique not only in the Croatian architecture, but in the European as well: it is entirely built of stone, no other material being used; it is unique by the brave structure of stone slabs and ribs, with no binding material; it is also unique among renaissance churches by its trefoil front facade; finally, it is unique by the harmony of its architecture and the row of 71 realistic sculptural portraits around the apses. Renaissance Cathedral of Sv. Jakov in Šibenik, proteced by UNESCO; source hr.wikipedia.7val.com Documents preserved from the time of building of the cathedral evidence contributions from the entire community to its building, but from many individuals as well, including large number of domestic stone-dressers, builders and artisans. The most important among them is Juraj Matejev Dalmatinac, who came from Zadar and who the town of Šibenik commissioned in 1441 to take over the job of the proto-master of the cathedral of Šibenik. The cathedral and the nearby renaissance town hall, other churches, palaces, and the Prince's Palace presently housing the County Museum, make probably the most beautiful town square of the Croatian urban heritage. Source www.sibenik-tourism.hr

A detail from the most beautiful Croatian cathedral, built in 15-16th centuries; source hr.wikipedia.7val.com

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