Founded in 2019, the TRIGGER Showcase Festival is dedicated to promoting Slovenian independent performing arts and strengthening their position both locally and internationally. The festival presents a selection of the most relevant productions by independent Slovenian artists and producers with strong international potential, alongside a programme of talks, lectures, and workshops featuring guest curators from international festivals, agents, and experts in distribution and international collaboration.
The successor of the Fairy Tale Marathon, which was conceived by writer and storyteller Anja Štefan and held for the first time in 1998, the Storytelling Festival hosts a wide array of Slovene and foreign storytellers who deliver tales hailing from the folklore of various peoples and regions. In doing so, the festival forefronts the ancestral oral tradition and fosters the art of narration. It encompasses storytelling performances for children, storytelling evenings for adults, and accompanying events.
