Joakimfest

Joakimfest je međunarodni pozorišni festival koji se održava svake jeseni u Kragujevcu, druge sedmice u oktobru (do 2019. Joakim Inter Fest). Festival je 2006. godine pokrenuo pozorišni reditelj Dragan Jakovljević, tadašnji direktor Knjaževsko-srpskog teatra. Od tada do danas, Festival je prolazio kroz različita razdoblja uspona i padova, u potrazi za čvrsto utemeljenim konceptom. Početkom 2019. godine, izborom Slobodana Savića, uglednog pozorišnog kritičara iz Beograda, na mesto selektora i umetničkog direkora, izvršene su korenite promene u strukturi i koncepciji Joakimfesta. Danas je to Festival savremenog, modernog, društveno, estetski i poetički referentnog pozorišta koji izborom predstava nastoji da bude vidljiv i prepoznatljiv ne samo za lokalnu zajednicu, nego u zemlji i širem regionu. Njegov koncept je evro-regionalni i temelji se na izboru predstava koje su u punom saglasju sa modernim izvođačkim pozorišnim praksama. Joakimfest slavi i neguje estetski sofisticirano, društveno odgovorno, subverzivno i emancipatorsko pozorište koje se hvata u koštac s gorućim problemima i fenomenima vremena i sveta u kojem živimo.

Od osnivanja Festivala do danas, na Joakimfestu je izvedeno preko 140 predstava iz 25 zemalja sveta u kojima je učesvovalo više od 700 pozorišnih stvaralaca.

Međunarodni žiri dodeljuje dve nagrade na Festivlu: Gran pri „Joakim Vujić“ za najbolju predstavu u celini i Specijalnu nagradu grada Kragujevca.

Festival je dobio ime po „ ocu srpskog pozorišta“ Joakimu Vujiću, upravniku prvog srpskog pozorišta osnovanog u Kragujevcu, tadašnjoj prestonici Srbije, 1835. godine.

Domaćin i organizator Festivala je Кnjaževsko-srpski teatar, a glavni pokrovitelj grad Кragujevac.

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ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

Joakimfest is an international theatre festival held every fall in Kragujevac, during the second week of October (till 2019 Joakim Inter Fest). The festival was established in 2006 by a theatre director Dragan Jakovljević, who was back then the managing director of Knjaževsko-srpski teatar. Since then, the festival has been going through various periods of ups and downs, seeking a solid concept. At the beginning of 2019, when Slobodan Savić, an esteemed theatre critic from Belgrade was elected the curator and artistic director, radical changes have been made in the structure and concept of Joakimfest. Today, this is a festival of contemporary, modern, socially, aesthetically, and poetically relevant theatre which with its selection of plays strives for visibility and recognition not only in its local community but in the entire country and the wider region. It has a Euro-regional concept, based on a selection of plays in full accord with modern performance and theatre-related practices. Joakimfest celebrates and fosters aesthetically sophisticated, socially responsible, subversive, and emancipatory theatre which grapples with burning issues and phenomena of the world and the times we live in.

Since the founding of the Festival to date, over 140 performances from 25 countries with the participation of over 700 theatre authors have been performed at the Joakimfest.

An international jury bestows two awards: Grand prix “Joakim Vujić,” for the best overall performance, and Special Award of the City of Kragujevac.

The festival is named after “the father of Serbian theatre,” Joakim Vujić, the managing director of the first Serbian theatre founded in Kragujevac, the capitol of Serbia back then, in 1835.

The host and organizer of the festival is Кnjaževsko-srpski teatar, and the main benefactor is the City of Кragujevac.