The official programme includes a selection of 15 performances and gives a cross-section of the best European, world and regional puppet theatre works covering a wide range of themes, such as growing up, tolerance, love, friendship, freedom, happiness and courage.
The festival will open at the Scena Travno Theatre with a performance of "A Girl from Leningrad" by the Sergey Obraztsov Puppet Theatre from Moscow.
Also on show will be performances by the Chinese theatre troupe Guangxi, the Tyatr Theatre from Slovakia, the Skromlehjulet theatre company from Norway and a solo performance by American Eric Bass.