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UNMASC! at FEMART 13: Venera Ismaili Presents Project Highlights and Upcoming Premiere

By 22/06/2025July 9th, 2025No Comments

During the 13th edition of the FEMART Festival, held in Prishtina, project manager at Artpolis and the UNMASC! Project, Venera Ismaili, presented a flyer introducing the audience to the core objectives and achievements of the UNMASC! initiative. This presentation, delivered on June 21, 2025, was aimed at local and international artists, activists, NGOs, and institutional representatives who were part of the festival.

UNMASC! is a two-year international artistic research and theatre project conducted across Kosovo, Serbia, and Austria. In collaboration with partner organizations—Kulturhaus Brotfabrik (Austria) and Kulturanova (Serbia)—the project promotes gender justice by challenging patriarchal narratives and amplifying marginalized voices through socially engaged art.

The flyer highlighted the project’s key components: transnational artistic research, gender justice advocacy through theatre, and capacity-building efforts. It also presented the two main theatre productions so far: Dream On, directed by Danilo Jovanović (Vienna: April 24–26, 2025; Prishtina: April 28, 2025), and There are no trains today, directed by Uroš Mladenović (Novi Sad: April 30, May 30, and June 22, 2025; Vienna: June 7, 2025).

 

 

 

Additionally, Ismaili announced the upcoming premiere of a third theatre production within the UNMASC! project, directed by Zana Hoxha, scheduled to debut in July in Prishtina and Novi Sad. This performance will culminate the creative journey of the UNMASC! project, which continues to serve as a powerful platform for cross-border solidarity, artistic expression, and social transformation.

The project was promoted throughout the festival via flyers distributed among more than 150 people, including artists, activists, local and international guests, and institutional stakeholders. This outreach contributed to raising awareness and engaging a diverse audience in the project’s mission and values.

This activity is part of the Creative Europe project “UNMASC! Promoting Gender Justice through Theatre.”