Program 22nd Istanbul International Puppet Festival

Theater Turkey - Mr Naif and his Aide Gökhan Yılmazer

Mr. Naif, a grumpy puppet, retired after working with various puppeteers and is now living a peaceful life. He meets Gökhan who wishes to become a comedian one day.

Theater Çek Cumhuriyeti - Swinging Marionnettes

The puppets that came to our minds immediately, showing thousands of skills on the ropes. Here is a perfect puppet show from Pavel Vangeli.

Theater Italy - Under The Strings

Nadia İmperio, an important figure in the spinning puppet actor, blends small stories with dance and music, taking the audience on a poetic journey.

Theater Mexico - Kathputli

An excellent example of a North Indian traditional marionette show. The puppets dance and move to Rajastani music in the most vivid ways.

Theater Mexico - Nos Volvimos Búfalos (We became buffaloes)

Water, source of all life, takes form in a river where a lakota community enjoys equilibrium. When this harmony is broken a girl will find in her own nightmares the strength to search for a vision that shows her a different path.

Theater Turkey - Turunç’s Garden

The performance aims to encourage children to wonder about their potentials and to create and play in stead of being bored, which is something often encountered today.

Theater Spain - Eror 404

Steve gets involved in a strange incident that will force him to make the biggest mistake of his life. Or maybe not.

Theater Game Of Time

It's one performance, composed by 7 stories, 7 minutes each, directed by 7 directors from 7 diferent countries around the world.

Theater Magic Lamp

The performance can show us ‘’how to play Karagoz today’. You can see all the adventures of small Karagöz. Karagöz meets with mouse, snake, stork, crow and jin. He wants to tell his problems to them.

Theater History Of Circulation

A burglar while robbing a house, sees a strange book and decides to take a look at it. Opening the book impacts the burglar. In the book he faces different people attacked by outsiders and....

Theater The Only Bird Not Afraid From The Cold

Riki lives coldest and longest winter in his life. That year winter didn’t finish, spring, summer, event autumn did not come. At the end exhausted Rikki wakes up one morning and decides to find the winter and talk to him and persuade him to leave.