VISEGRAD KITE CUP_LANDKITE CUP HOLEŠOV

The Visegrad Landkite Cup in Holešov will be an exciting event that promotes land kiting as a fun outdoor sport and helps boost tourism in the V4 region. The main event will be a land kiting competition where participants from the V4 countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia) can compete in different skill levels like beginner, intermediate, and advanced. We will offer workshops led by experienced instructors who will teach beginners and advanced riders about land kiting techniques, safety, and more. These workshops will help attract new people to land kiting and make the sport more accessible to everyone, especially families and kids. We will offer rich accompanying program - family-friendly activities, like kite-making for children and lots of fun games with mascots. The one part of accompanying program will be running race that welcomes participants of all ages and fitness levels. It is a fantastic opportunity for runners to enjoy the beautiful landscape. By offering competitions, workshops, a running race, and family activities, the event will help raise awareness about outdoor sports and environmental protection. With diverse target groups involved, we aim to create a lively atmosphere that highlights the beauty of the region and inspired people to get active outdoors. https://www.facebook.com/kiteboardingholesov

Performance Crippletrek and a discussion (in cooperation with Markús Zínhás Puppet Theater)

Performance Crippletrek with partner Markús Zínhás Puppet Theatre for the festival. The Líšeň Theater will present the Crippletrek performance, and the partner will provide dramaturgy and implement the discussion after the performance. The talk can open topics: exclusion, poverty, support of marginalized groups in society, and the last things in life. However, the specific choice of topic is a matter for the dramaturg on the partner's side and will be based on the current social context in Hungary. The goal is to offer the most lively and up-to-date topic. The implementation of the event will be beneficial in two areas. In the sphere of theater, it will inspire an original theatrical form to develop a debate about the possibilities of engaged theater. In the social/civic area, it will contribute to the debate on a chosen, socially significant topic. Presenting the event at a major festival will contribute to the expansion of the target group - the topics covered will also reach viewers who are only interested in puppet theater in general, not directly specifically in political topics. https://www.divadlolisen.cz/provokujici-divadlo-ve-visegradu/

OFF ACADEMY V4

Group exhibitions of art universities V4. Part of the event is the installation week, during which photographic universities will come to Slovakia and participate in the preparation of the festival. They prepare proposals for their own exhibitions, which they then install. The installation week ends with the ceremonial opening of the festival, at which an expert jury will select the winner of the V4 prize – one student who will receive an award and a financial contribution for his own solo exhibition. This year, OFF Bratislava will present an exhibition by an artist who won the prize last year. In addition, the ON AWARD winner is selected from among all students, and the winner has the opportunity to exhibit their own project at the OFF Bratislava festival next year. The opening of the festival is followed by a weekend full of workshops and discussions (online streams), where students talk about their projects in front of the public, participate in the presentation of the artistic work of photographers who already have separate exhibitions for the festival. The photography workshop offers them a broadening of their horizons, skills and experience. https://offbratislava.sk/v4/