Festival program: 

November 5

•  15:00 BIPTF 2025 – Festival Opening
  Theater courtyard – open space
• 15:30 I screening of the play – "Plato"
  Director – Armen Hovhannesyan
  Recommended age: 8+
  Duration: 38 min.
  Chamber performance
  Audience max. 40
• 17:00 II screening of the play – "Plato"
  Georgia – Batumi Puppet and Young Audience Professional State Theater
  Address: Memed Abashidze Street N49
• 20:00 Performance – "Gildo – Artist in Dreams"
  Director – Angel Navarro
  Recommended age: 6+
  Duration: 25 min.
  France – Teatro Saco De Huesos
  Address: Memed Abashidze Street No. 49

November 6

• 12:00 Performance – "The Flea and the Ant"
  Directors: Dimitri Khvtisiashvili
  Gia Margania
  Recommended age: 4+
  Duration: 44 min.
  Georgia – Nodar Dumbadze State Professional Theater for Young Spectators
  Address: Memed Abashidze Street No. 49
• 15:00 Master Class – “How to Make a Simple Doll with Styrofoam Balls”
  Speaker – Vakhtang Koridze
  Duration: 90 minutes
  Theater courtyard – open space
  Address: Memed Abashidze Street No. 49
• 18:00 Performance – "The Last Night of Socrates"
  Director – Petar Todorov
  Recommended age: 16+
  Duration: 60 min
  Turkey – Tempo Theater
  Address: Memed Abashidze Street No. 49

November 7

• 12:00 Performance "The Princess with the Nail Polish"
  Director – Niku Preskura
  Recommended age 5+
  Duration: 40 min
  Moldova – The puppet theatre "Izvorașul Vessel"
  Address: Memed Abashidze Street No. 49
• 15:00 Workshop – Speaking Exercises
  Speaker: Manana Berikashvili
  Georgia
  Duration: 90 minutes
  Address: Batumi State University of Arts, 2nd floor
  Z. Gorgiladze/Vazha-Pshavela N 19/32
• 18:00 Performance – Masterclass – "The Legend of Happiness" OFF
  Director – Evgeni Ibragimov
  Duration: 90 minutes
  Czech Republic – Teatrum Genesius – Art et Schola
  Address: Memed Abashidze Street No. 49

November 8

• 12:00 Performance – "Musical Tea House"
  Director – Sergey Sedukhin
  Recommended age: 7+
  Duration: 55 min
  Uzbekistan – Fergana Regional Puppet Theater
  Address: Small Stage of the Ilia Chavchavadze Batumi Professional State Drama Theater.
  A. Melashvili 32
• 15:00 Masterclass – "Introduction to the Principles of Puppet Manipulation"
  Speaker – Angel Navarro
  France Duration: 90 min
  Address: Batumi State University of Arts, 1st floor
  Z. Gorgiladze/Vazha-Pshavela N 19/32
• 18:00 Performance – "Pirosmani"
  Director – Nika Luarsabishvili
  Recommended age: 10+
  Duration: 90 minutes
  Georgia – Wandering Moon Theater
  Address: Memed Abashidze Street No. 49

November 9

• 18:00 Performance – "Jaco's Strangers" OFF
  Director - Nikoloz Sabashvili
  Recommended age: 18+
  Duration: 100 min.
  Two acts
  Georgia – Association of Professional State Puppet Theatres of Georgia
  Tbilisi Giorgi Mikeladze Professional State Puppet Theatre
  Address: Memed Abashidze Street No. 49

November 10

• 12:00 Performance: "O-Jakhi" OFF
  Directors: Nikoloz Sabashvili, Irakli Kikvadze
  Recommended age: 10+
  Duration: 60 min
  Georgia – Batumi Puppet and Young Audience Professional State Theater
  Address: Memed Abashidze Street No. 49
• 18:00 Festival Awards Ceremony
  Address: Sherif Khimshiashvili #14