The second Academic Theatre Festival – PAF 2023 was held from June 30th to July 3rd 2023 at the National Theatre of the Republic of Srpska and was organized by the Center for Visual Arts and the Academy of Arts of the University of Banja Luka. It hosted over a hundred participants, from six different academies and faculties of performing arts from the region.

The festival’s audience had the opportunity to watch the following theatre plays: “Staklena menažerija” (Faculty of Dramatic Arts Cetinje), “Nora – Lutkina kuća” (Academy of Arts Banja Luka), “Seks, laži i divlje guske” (Faculty of Dramatic Arts Belgrade), “Ljubav i krivica” (Faculty of Contemporary Arts Belgrade), “Zeko, zeko” (Academy of Arts Belgrade) and “Prljava” / “Szutyok” (Academy of Arts Novi Sad).

 

In addition to the exceptional competition program, as in the previous year, an interesting accompanying program was also held within the festival: public reading of dramas written by students of the Dramaturgy Department of the Academy of Arts in Banja Luka, a lecture “Theatre in the Modern Times” held by theater director and professor Božidar Đurović, theatre play “Marso” by actor Nikola Milaković and the PAFterparty, at which DJ Dušan Radusinović performed.

The entry to all festival activities was free. The festival was supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Srpska and the City of Banja Luka. The partner of the festival was the National Theatre of the Republic of Srpska. The sponsor of the festival was the company M:TEL, while the sponsors of the theatre plays were MF Bank, Novomatic company, Drina Insurance and Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva.

The members of the jury of the second Theatre Academic Festival were: Božidar Đurović (theatre director), Miljka Brđanin (actress of the National Theatre of the Republic of Srpska) and Božana Bijelić (actress of the Children’s Theatre of the Republic of Srpska). By the decisions of the jury and the audience, the following performances, actors and actresses were awarded:

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AUDIENCE AWARD

Theatre play “Prljava” / “Szutyok”

Academy of Arts Novi Sad

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SPECIAL ACTING AWARD

Tamara Stanisavljev

Faculty of Contemporary Arts Belgrade

Szabo Regina

Academy of Arts Novi Sad

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SPECIAL ACTING AWARD

Mezei Gresak Lea, Agyas Adam

Academy of Arts Novi Sad

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SPECIAL COLLECTIVE PLAY AWARD

Ensemble of the play “Seks, laži i divlje guske”

Faculty of Dramatic Arts Belgrade

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS AWARD

Natalija Stepanović

Faculty of Dramatic Arts Belgrade

Anđela Tasić

Academy of Arts Banja Luka

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NAJBOLJI SPOREDNI GLUMAC

Matija Memedović

Faculty of Dramatic Arts Cetinje

Marko Šukalo

Academy of Arts Banja Luka

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BEST LEADING ACTRESS AWARD

Ana Tomić

Academy of Arts Belgrade

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BEST LEADING ACTOR AWARD

Đorđe Jovičić

Faculty of Contemporary Arts Belgrade

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BEST THEATRE PLAY AWARD

Theatre play “PRLJAVA” / “SZUTYOK”

Academy of Arts Novi Sad

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Gallery

PAF 2023 – Team

Director and selector: Dragana Purković Macan

Producer: Sonja Đurić

Project coordinator: Jelena Jandrić

Marketing manager: Natalija Trivić

Graphic design: Anđela Savić

Animation: Igor Đurić

Logistic support: Mia Ivančević, Borjana Mrđa, Aleksandar Ilić

Festival roundtable host: Aleksandar Vasiljević

Photos: Janja Bijelić, Dejan Desnica

Student volunteers: Katarina Lazić, Ivona Bijelić, Jelena Dakić, Matea Zrnić, Kolja Vasić, Andrija Lazić, Milica Vujasin, Mila Prosan, Branko Jović, Lazar Gajić, Tina Šipka, Aleksa Trkulja, Ognjen Babić, Ivana Nikolić, Aleksandar Kalajdžić, Miloš Ćebić, Pavle Pavić, Milica Vokić, Nikola Stanković, Andrea Novaković, Tara Jovanić, Anđela Rakočević