Children’s jury composed of Boris Bajutti, Dorian Kotarski and Iskra Uršić declare HANGING BY A THREAD presented by Di Filippo Marionette, Italy as the best performance.
Proffessional jury composed by Mario Drmać, Nina Malikovà and Olga Vujović on September 18th 2025 desided on the award of the following prizes:
1. Pavla Mano and Csaba Raduly in the play WOODS for collective performance and animation, Puzzle Theatre, Canada
2. Veronika Khomová, Jakub Müller, Pavel Pfeifer, Petr Štěpánek in the play THE RED BALLOON for collective performance, The Naive Theater Liberec, Czech Republic
3. Camilo Yáñez, Consuelo Miranda, Camila Pérez, Marco Reyes, Rodolfo Armijo in the play ANTUCO for collective performance and animation, Silencio Blanco, Chile
4. Tamara Kučinović in the play HANDS THE SIZE OF A WALLNUT for the role of the Grandmother, Karol Spišák’s Old Theatre in Nitra, Slovakia
5. Irena Bausović Tomljanović in the play THE PLACE WHERE LAVANDULILILI GROWS, for the role of the Mother, Zadar Puppet Theatre, Croatia
6. Aleksandar Milković in the play CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, for the role of Raskolnikov, Youth Theatre Novi Sad, Serbia
7. Tamara Kučinović in the play HANDS THE SIZE OF A WALLNUT, for the best script, Karol Spišák’s Old Theatre in Nitra, Slovakia
8. Berta Doubková in the play THE RED BALLOON, for best set design, The Naive Theater Liberec, Czech Republic
9. Mario Tomašević in the play UTOPIA, for visual identity of play, Puppet Theatre Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
10. Lukasz Batko in the play NAMELESS/UNKNOWN, for sound design and music creation, Borders Foundation, Poland
11. Mateja Starič in the play TRANSPORT: CARGO, for sound design, Maribor Puppet Theatre, Slovenia
12. special commendation for a play inspired by tradition is given to the play KUTHI by Tricktrek Theatre, Estonia
13. Santiago Tobar for the play ANTUCO, for best directing, Silencio Blanco, Chile
THE “TIBOR SEKELJ” PRIZE for selecting the programme of 58th International Puppet Theatre Festival PIF is awarded to LIVIJA KROFLIN, official programme editor.
THE “MILAN ČEČUK” GRAND PRIX for best overall production is awarded to Trukitrek, Spain for the play CLICK.
Grand Prix is a work by sculptor Iva Mihanović.
Zagreb September 18th, 2025.
Photo by Ivan Špoljarec.