We are excited to share that professional accreditation for Berlin Circus Festival is now open.
The Berlin Circus Festival will be larger than ever and showcases international emerging and established artists with 51 shows of 19 different companies. The artistic program is accompanied by a curated program for professionals for which you can now register.
Get a sneak preview of our artistic program HERE
The professionals days feature pitching sessions of new projects in creation and ready to tour, an international panel, an artistic panel and meeting artists and colleagues in a casual atmosphere and warm hospitality.
As a registered professional, you will be granted a free entry to the festival site, reduced prices at our partner hotel, as well as tickets at the professionals rate.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Berlin Circus Festival 2025 and sharing inspiring summer days with you!
The Berlin Circus Festival will be larger than ever and showcases international emerging and established artists with 51 shows of 19 different companies. The artistic program is accompanied by a curated program for professionals for which you can now register.
Get a sneak preview of our artistic program HERE
The professionals days feature pitching sessions of new projects in creation and ready to tour, an international panel, an artistic panel and meeting artists and colleagues in a casual atmosphere and warm hospitality.
As a registered professional, you will be granted a free entry to the festival site, reduced prices at our partner hotel, as well as tickets at the professionals rate.
We look forward to welcoming you to the Berlin Circus Festival 2025 and sharing inspiring summer days with you!
1.8.2025 I berlin circus festival
For this artist panel we invite four artists participating in the festival to reflect together on a topic yet to be confirmed.
More information will be published soon.
More information will be published soon.
2.8.2025 I ufafabrik
international panel10.00 – 12.00
The International Panel is designed as a platform for exchange, enrichment, and encouragement, welcoming emerging and established artists as well as professionals of the performing arts, but specifically of the circus scene. Our goal is to create an inclusive environment that fosters meaningful dialogue and mutual learning.
Alba Sarraute – Artistic Director of Fira Trapezi, Director and Artist Lina B. Frank – Head of Circus Syd, Baltic Nordic Circus Network and New Horizon Leadership Māra Pāvula – Head of Riga Cirks Sophia Chang – International Affairs Coordinator of FOCASA Circus, Taiwan |
pitching session13.00 – 15.00
During the pitching session we welcome 10 companies to present their ready to tour productions or projects which are still in the creation process.
The Open Call is running and we're looking forward to publish the artists here soon. Every company will pitch their creation during five minutes. |
our invited guests
international panel – alba sarraute (CAT)
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Alba Sarraute is the artistic director of Fira Trapezi, the most important circus fair in Catalonia and one of the strategic events on the circus scene in Spain. With a career spanning more than 20 years as an artist, director and creator, she has developed her own stage language that fuses circus with physical theatre and live music. Her vision is committed to the circus as a tool for poetic and critical expression and as director of Trapezi she promotes contemporary creation, internationalisation and the visibility of the sector. |
international panel – lina b. frank (SWE)
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Lina is a producer, programmer/curator and strategic arts consultant from Sweden based in Europe with offices in Lund, SE and Bristol, UK. She works mostly with Contemporary Circus, Cross-disciplinary Arts and Live Art – with bold and brave people, explorers and visionaries at heart. Lina is interested in how art can be used to facilitate democratic participation to challenge the status quo. Currently she is Director of Cirkus Syd (SE), Festival Director of Southern Sweden Circus Festival (SSCF) and member of Circostrada, Culture Action Europe and Future by Lund, as well as, board member of Cirkuscentrum Sweden, and steering committee member of Baltic Nordic Circus Network. |
international panel – māra pāvula (LTU)
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Māra Pāvula is the CEO of Rīgas cirks, where she previously served as Head of Strategic Development and Director of the Riga Circus School. She has been involved in the transformation of Rīgas cirks since 2016, driven by a strong commitment to developing contemporary circus in Latvia. Māra regularly produces, writes, and lectures on circus across the Baltics and internationally. Passionate about the social impact of circus, she actively engages in projects promoting international collaboration, inclusion, and sustainability, and has served on the boards of the Baltic Nordic Circus Network and Circostrada. |