In May, FIMFA Lx – International Festival of Puppetry and Animated Forms commemorates 25 years and 25 editions. A quarter of a century showing the best work produced within contemporary puppetry arts, with artists from all over the world, while also displaying ancestral techniques that should not be forgotten, in a programme that has turned FIMFA into one of the most important international festivals.
Teatro São Luiz, one of its main stages, will host puppet and animated form creations for all ages. Images, bodies, shadows, light, sound, poetic machines and all sorts of objects of materials that come to life in various ways. All thanks to the inventiveness and ingenuity applied in combining manipulation techniques with irreverent and unique shows, as well as masterclasses and meetings with the artists.
This is a journey through an artistic domain that was able to bring down borders and capture the attention of all sorts of artistic fields, establishing links with dance, theatre, visual arts, cinema or new technology. Let’s grab our compass: from north to south, east to west, FIMFA invites us to explore the world through different eyes.
Programme
8 and 9 May
LA FRITTATA
Théâtre Gudule (FR)
3+
8 to 10 May
UMA CASA DE BONECAS (A Doll’s House)
Plexus Polaire (FR-NO)
12+
8 May
FIMFA Lx25 SUPER PARTY
with a DJ set by Pedro Ramos
6+
9 to 11 May
L’AMOUR DU RISQUE
Compagnie Bakélite (FR)
6+
15 to 17 May
EPIDERMIS CIRCUS: THE WEIRDEST PUPPET SHOW YOU’VE EVER SEEN
SNAFU – Society of Unexpected Spectacles (CA)
14+
17 and 18 May
ARMAZÉM 88
Teatro de Marionetas do Porto (PT)
14+
20 and 21 May
DRAMAS CURTOS EM MINIATURA (Short Dramas in Miniature)
A Tarumba – Teatro de Marionetas (PT)
12+
23 and 24 May
LA MANÉKINE
La Pendue (FR)
12+
24 and 25 May
ANTICHAMBRE
Stereoptik (FR)
6+
