Exhibition
Alfa Theatre
Compagnia Walter Broggini
MarkusZinhaz
Compania Banyan de Marionetas
Compania Banyan de Marionetas
Karakalpakstan Government Puppet Theatre
Trule
Nebo Theatre
Aytek Önal
Cengiz Özek Shadow Theatre
Cengiz Özek Shadow Theatre
Çağrı Yılmaz
Naif Bey Kumpanyası
Tiyatro Gülgeç
Tiyatro Gülgeç
EventsWorkshops, Films and Exhibitions
Workshop for hand puppets for children
In Anna Karayorgi’s puppet making workshop, we will develop ideas together to think about how we can make puppets even with simple materials in daily life
read moreWorkshop for the children Cengiz Özek
Through using papers, scissors, colored gelatin, cardboards, various feathers we make a creature out of the children’s imagination and turn it into a shadow puppet in an hour.
read moreCengiz Özek Karagöz Making Workshop with Traditional Method
How can one make a Karagöz figure? Are you curious about how a Karagöz puppet is made of leather?
read moreWorkshop for shadow puppets for children Anna Karayorgi
In this workshop where basic geometric shapes are discussed, we will also discuss the concepts of transparent, translucent and opaque for children and play games with light.
read moreCzechia “Špalíček” / “Czech Year”
“Czech Year” (“Spalicek”), the first film shot using the stop-motion technique by the world-famous Czech illustrator and filmmaker Jiří Trnka, is known as one of the best films made in this field in the world.
read moreCzechia “Fimfarum Jana Wericha”
A farmer who starts drinking and meets the devil; a young boy forced to spend the night in a haunted bar; A man who grows horns overnight…
read moreTurkey “The World of Karagöz”
“Karagöz’s World”, shot by Sabahhattin Eyüboğlu and Aziz Albek in 1972, is known as one of the most effective documentaries about Karagöz in our cinema, despite its short duration.
read moreTurkey “Karagöz Of Republic Exhibiton by Cengiz Özek”
Karagöz Figures, compiled from Cengiz Özek’s own collection and each made by Cengiz Özek, will be open to visitors in Feshane during the festival.
read moreInternational Istanbul Puppet Festival
In its 25th year
Let’s see what surprises we will bring to you in the 26th year. Until then, keep loving the puppets