NXTSTP, The Second Generation
The Culture Programme of the European Union renews its support for NXTSTP by attributing a second term 5 year funding to NXTSTP, The Second Generation

NXTSTP is a network European performing arts festivals that came into being in 2007 to provide an extra shot of energy to the co-production and circulation of the performing arts in Europe. Over a period of four years, NXTSTP supported 31 projects from 27 companies of individual artists from 12 European countries, representing hundreds of performance dates. In 2012, the first term of NXTSTP concludes, but another is already under construction.

NXTSTP, the Second Generation was awarded a 5 year funding (2012-2016) under the Strand 1.1 'Multi-annual cooperation projects' from the Culture Programme of the European Union.

Partners: alkantara festival (Lisbon), Baltoscandal Festival (Rakvere), Göteborgs Dans & Teater Festival, Noorderzon (Groningen), Dublin Theatre Festival, steirischer herbst festival (Graz), Théâtre National de Bordeaux en Aquitaine, Kunstenfestivaldesarts (project leader)

Kornél Mundruczó Budapest

Hard To Be A God

Kornél Mundruczó was born in Hungary in 1975. He studied at the Hungarian University of Film and Drama and is now a renowned European film-director, whose films premier at the most prestigious festivals all over the world. After a short film (AFTA), he directed four features films (Pleasant days, Johanna, Delta, The Frankenstein-Project) and won various awards in famous festivals. His latest film The Frankenstein-Project premiered in the Official Selection of Cannes 2010. Since 2003, he has also been working for the stage with Krétakör Theatre,Thalia Theater Hamburg and Schauspiel Hannover among others. He has four performances running in theater at the moment : THE ICE from Sorokin in the National Theatre of Hungary, THE FRANKENSTEIN-PROJECT, and the international coproduction HARD TO BE A GOD touring on theatre festivals worldwide and his latest theatre work ESZTER SOLYMOSI OF TISZAESZLAR in Schauspiel Hannover.  

With his anything but charming characters performing in a hyper-realistic and intimate setting, the young Hungarian film and theatre director knew how to unsettle his audience. His explosive mix of professional and amateur actors triggers compassion, even though they play tough, shocking characters. Utter defencelessness is the basis of Mundruczó's latest production, which has premiered at the festival. The plot is borrowed from the Strugatsky brothers' sci-fi novel Hard To Be A God. This is also where the uncompromising director got his idea of a God who watches his creation from a distance, just as we avert our eyes from society's darker sides, such as human trafficking. By creating a staged reality show featuring real people on a real stage in a real van, Mundruczó raises a mirror to the audience: will they, god-like, keep watching from the sidelines? Or will they be moved to act?

NXTSTP partners: Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels), Alkantara Festival (Lisbon), Théâtre National de Bordeaux, De Internationale Keuze van de Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Baltoscandal Festival (Rakvere)

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