Awards
International Theater Festival Joakimfest was organized for the 20th time. The Princely-Serbian Theater hosted troops from Italy, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia.
After the six performances in the competition program, the expert jury of the 20th Joakimfest made up of Tara Manić, theater director, Dragana Purković Macan, scenographer and Ivana Vuković, actress, made the following decisions:
for the best overall performance
„My Theatre“ directed by Boris Liješević, production Atelje 212
This gentle and brave performance reminds us of the necessity of taking responsibility for how we use the theater space. “My Theater” is not only a play about theater, but a vulnerable encounter with oneself. Special sensitivity and attentiveness to the importance of the story are the reason for its creation. The transfer of the director’s own experience served as the starting point of a vulnerable collective act that opens up space for individual re-examination of all of us. The play is devoid of conclusions about what motivates the theatrical encounter and the creation of the play in general. The character of Dar, embodied by the director of the younger generation, Nina Rajić Kranjac, indicates a new sensibility within the framework of the theater, recognizing the need for new voices and giving space to young artists.
To the ensemble of the play „My Theatre“:
Branka Šelić, Ana Mandić, Nebojša Ilić, Bojan Žirović, Vojin Ćetković and Boris Liješević.
The value of their performance is that they do not imitate or interpret the characters, but put themselves at the service of the story, through the unpretentious solidarity of the performers. The ensemble of this performance, of which the director is also a part, establishes an atmosphere of light storytelling. Together, they build an authentic atmosphere with a strong stage presence, with which the performers relieved themselves of the pressures of interpreting characters and relationships, and with attention to the real personalities that motivated the creation of this play.
