Poza horyzont!
Past the Horizon!

Summary/Abstract: Joanna Braun begins her description of the 10th International “A Puppet Is a Person Too” Festival (Warsaw 12-20.10.2015) by quoting a statement by festival director Marek Chodaczyński: because of the diversity of the plays presented, this year there was be no Grand Prix awarded. In describing the festival the author follows this verdict. She outlines the performances awarded in the Puppet Expression category, including: Count to One by Zahra Sabri, Gobo, A Digital Dictionary by Maksim Isayev and Pavel Semchenko, The Cinnamon Shops by Robert Drobniuch (awarded for set design), The Love of P and the Desire of B by Monika Kováčova, and the Audience-Award winners, Silver Hooves by Svetlana Doroshko and Saint Alexy's Puppet – winner of the “Marvelous Moment” Award and the Honorary Diploma of the Polish POLUNIMA Puppeteers' Center. In conclusion, she states: “The standard of the festival can be measured by the attendance and the temperature of the spontaneous disputes which, it turned out, were matched by the jurors' disputes.”

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