FAKI Festival – International Festival of Alternative Theatrical Expression is calling for artists, activists, researchers and theatre critics to participate in its next edition happening in Zagreb, Croatia from 25 to 31 May 2025. The theme of the festival is ‘Poetics and politics of failure’.
The festival calls upon all creators to reflect on failure – its meaning in a world obsessed with success, its power as a tool of imagination, the political charge of mistakes, and how art can celebrate what is usually hidden. To embrace failure in capitalism is to resist its rules.
The FAKI Festival will pay all reasonable costs for the presentation of accepted works:
- Travel costs up to 200 EUR for individuals and up to 500 EUR for groups, with preference given to sustainable means of transport (bus, train, shared car)
- Shared accommodation on-site at AKC Medika and healthy vegan lunches and dinners during the festival
- Basic technical support (light, sound, and other wonders)
- Photo and video documentation of the performances
- Public relations and media presence via the festival network
- Rehearsal space/residency (if needed)
- Dramaturgy support and/or feedback (if needed)
