Bitef from September 23 to October 2

The Belgrade International Theater Festival (Bitef) will be held from September 23 to October 2 under the slogan “Us – Heroes of Our Labor”, the organizers announced on Thursday.

For this year’s Bitef, the City of Belgrade set aside RSD 35 million, pointed out the city secretary for culture, Ivan Karl, who reminded that Bitef had also received RSD 12 million from the Ministry of Culture.

Karl pointed out that this year’s Bitef dealt with the issue of labor in the modern society and the consequences of the post-pandemic time in the segment of social and economic topics.

– Also, as a consequence of the war in Ukraine, Bitef is sending a message of peace in the world. I believe that all international festivals should send such a message – Karl said and congratulated the organizers of Bitef, because, as he pointed out, they have been organizing the festival in its best tradition for several years now, honoring the life work and legacy of Jovan Cirilov.

He reminded that a double edition of Bitef had been held the year before due to the postponement during the year of the pandemic 2020 and concluded that the continuity of the festival, as well as of all other events of importance to the city of Belgrade, had been maintained.

The art director of the Bitef, Ivan Medenica, thanked the Secretariat for Culture of the City of Belgrade and the Ministry for Culture and Information for supporting the festival. He pointed out that that year’s Bitef dealt with the economic and social consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, but that the most recent events in Ukraine produced those same consequences.

He pointed out that, within the main program of the 56th Bitef, nine plays from Germany, Belgium, France, Mexico, England, Slovenia and Serbia would be performed.

Grad Beograd

Ministarstvo kulture Republike Srbije

City of Belgrade

Ministry of Culture

Bitef 2022

Ivan Karl

Jovan Ćirilov

Ivan Medenica

Belgrade International Theater Festival