City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts

Contact

Mesto žensk, Mednarodni festival sodobnih umetnosti

Kersnikova 4 (Office: Metelkova 6), SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.cityofwomen.org

info@cityofwomen.org

Phone386 (0) 1 438 1585

Organised byCity of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture

Frequencyannual

Festival dates4.10.2024 - 13.10.2024

Events

Past events

• 28 Mar 2025

  CroatiaZagrebKunst Teatar
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  "this is my truth, tell me yours", an original project of dramaturge and writer Jasna Žmak, dealing with her relationship with the artistic field, questioning her own and others’ authorial positions and the responsibility and anxiety these imply. Produced by the Center for Dramatic Arts, Zagreb, Via Negativa and City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, Ljubljana.

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• 10 Mar 2025

  CroatiaZagrebKunst Teatar
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  "this is my truth, tell me yours" is an original project of dramaturge and writer Jasna Žmak, which deals with her relationship with the artistic field, questioning her own and others’ authorial positions and the responsibility and anxiety these imply. Produced by Center for Dramatic Arts, Zagreb & Via Negativa and City of Women, Ljubljana.

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• 10 Mar 2025

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  10 Mar 2025

  CroatiaZagrebKunst Teater
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  "this is my truth, tell me yours" is an original project of dramaturge and writer Jasna Žmak, which deals with her relationship with the artistic field, questioning her own and others’ authorial positions and the responsibility and anxiety these imply. Produced by Via Negativa, Center for Drama Art in Zagreb and the City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts.

• 23 Nov 2024

  Czech RepublicPrague
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  Dramaturge Jasna Žmak will be joining the festival with her solo project "this is my truth, tell me yours". Produced by Via Negativa, Center for Drama Art Zagreb, and City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts. At the Zero Point International Festival

• 30 Sep 2024

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  1 Oct 2024

  SerbiaBelgradeBitef Theatre
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  Two solo theatre lecture-performances titled "This is my truth, tell me yours" by playwright and writer Jasna Žmak. Produced by Via Negativa, Center for Drama Art and City of Women. At the Bitef Festival

• 27 Sep 2024

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  28 Sep 2024

  SerbiaBelgradeBitef Theatre
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  A series of lecture-peformances about sexual pleasure of women titled "Sex Education II - Struggle". The fifth and last part reconstructs the struggle for reproductive rights in Yugoslavia. Written by Tjaša Črnigoj, Sendi Bakotić, Vanda Velagić, Tijana Todorović and Lene Lekše. Co-produced by Mladinsko Theatre, Maska Institute and City of Women. At the Bitef Festival

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• 19 Sep 2024

  CroatiaŠibenikArsen House of Art
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  A solo theatre performance "This is my truth, tell me yours" by playwright and writer Jasna Žmak. Produced by Via Negativa, Center for Drama Art and City of Women.

• 25 May 2024

  CroatiaZagrebGavran Theatre
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  A solo performance of "this is my truth, tell me yours" by Jasna Jasna Žmak. Produced by Via Negativa, City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, and Center for Drama Art Zagreb. At the Festival of Monodrama Zagreb

• 25 May 2024

  CroatiaRijekaExportdrvo
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  "Sex Education II: Fight - Spolna vzgoja II: Borba" is a lecture-performance about the fight for reproductive rights in Yugoslavia. Directed by Tjaša Črnigoj and coproduced by Mladinsko Theatre, Maska Institute, and City of Women. At the ZOOM festival

• 24 May 2024

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  25 May 2024

  NetherlandsEindhovenOnomatopee
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  "DREAM HOSTEL" is a 23-hour interactive performance by Mala Kline where you are invited to spend the night and the next day at Onomatopee. The performance is part of exhibition and public program "Dreams of dreams of dreams". "DREAM HOSTEL" was first performed as part of the City of Women festival.

• 14 May 2024

  CroatiaDubrovnik
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  A solo performance of "this is my truth, tell me yours" by Jasna Jasna Žmak. Produced by Via Negativa, City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, and Center for Drama Art Zagreb.

• 2 May 2024

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  5 May 2024

  GermanyBerlinSophiensæle
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  Slovene choreovocalist Irena Z. Tomažin and German vocal dancer (TonTanz) Jule Flierl will be honoring the avantgarde poet and performer Katalin Ladik with "U.F.O. - Hommage to Katalin Ladik". After the performance, there will be a talk with the artists and with Slovene philosopher and dramaturg Bojana Kunst, joined by dramaturg and crator Mateusz Szymanówka. Produced by Irena Z. Tomažin and Jule Flierl in coproduction with Sophiensæle, Sploh Institute, CharleroiDanse, PACT Zollverein, and City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts. Supported by Creative Europe, Hauptstadtkulturfonds and HKF-Wiederaufnahmefonds, and SKICA Berlin, Slovenian Cultural Centre, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Berlin.

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• 14 Apr 2024

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  16 Apr 2024

  GermanyBerlinHAU3 Hebbel am Ufer
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  A performance of "Sex Education II: FIGHT - Spolna vzgoja II: Borba", a final part of a cycle of performative lectures on women's sexual pleasure, reconstructing the struggle for reproductive freedom in Yugoslavia. Directed by Tjaša Črnigoj and coproduced by Mladinsko Theatre, Maska Institute, and City of Women.

• 23 Nov 2023

  CroatiaPulaIstarsko narodno kazalište Pula
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  "this is my truth tell me yours" - a solo performance by Jasna Žmak, co-produced by Via Negativa, Center for Drama Art and City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts.

• 8 Jan 2021

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  31 Jan 2021

  United KingdomIpswich
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  Sine, performance by Nataša Živković, produced by City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts and Bunker Institute, presented at the SPILL Open named January Blues online programme At the SPILL Performance Festival

• 8 Mar 2020

  SerbiaBelgrade
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  A performance Sonny by Nataša Živković, produced by City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts and supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Belgrade, in the frame of BeFem - Bring The Noize event,

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The City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts presents women artists from Slovenia and abroad working in different disciplines and contexts. Held annually in Ljubljana over a period of 10 to 14 days in October, the festival presents some 40 events – including theatre, visual arts, performance art, dance, film, video, literature, and multimedia – which relate or reflect the selected theme of each year’s festival.

In 2017, the festival was awarded the EFFE Label 2017–2018, marking it as one of the "remarkable festivals" in Europe.

CITY OF WOMEN, MESTO ZENSK by Aljoša Abrahamsberg on Vimeo

Background

The festival was first organised in 1995 in Ljubljana as an initiative of the Governmental Women's Policy Office (later renamed as the Equal Opportunities Office) in order to draw attention to the relative lack of participation and presentation of women in the arts. Since 1996, it has been organised as an annual international festival of contemporary arts by the City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture.

Programme

The City of Women celebrates diversity. The festival is a platform for a variety of opinions and perspectives of artists and theorists from all around the world. It aims to articulate the position of women in contemporary society through marginalised perspectives as well as attempts to bring different political and social emphases to the established conceptions of modernity. The festival offers an increasing number of its own productions and co-productions in the fields of performing arts, dance as well as film and music.

Venues and locations

Events are held at various sites around Ljubljana and in recent years also other Slovenian cities, such as Maribor, ranging from established cultural institutions to alternative spaces. Apart from films, performances and exhibitions, the festival features round-table debates, lectures, and workshops, focusing on themes dealing with key problems of modern women and highlighting other marginalised social phenomena.

Other activities

Furthermore, the City of Woman is also active throughout the year, organising lectures, public discussions, civic initiatives, and so on. Its important programme activities are also international collaborations, networking and the promotion of Slovenian artists abroad within partnerships and/or international co-productions.

See also

• City of Women Association for Promotion of Women in Culture

External links

• City of Women website
• Humour Works project at Women, Technology, and Networks in Eastern Europe
• International cooperation projects list at City of Women website

Gallery

Drage drage (Expensive Darlings), choreographed by Maja Delak, premiering at Dance Theatre Ljubljana co-produced by Emanat Institute and City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, 2007.

Drage drage [Expensive darlings], choreographed by Maja Delak, premiering at Dance Theatre Ljubljana during City of Women International Festival of Contemporary Arts, 2007

My Body, My Territory, a street performance by the ACT Women group at the October special festival edition Red Dawn above the City of Women in 2013

Ana Čigon's performance Thank you, dear Ladies at the October special festival edition Red Dawn above the City of Women in 2013