International Student Theater Festival “Danail Chirpansky”

International Student Theater Festival “Danail Chirpansky” is the first event in Bulgaria made only for student performences of the theater academies from Europe and the world. The festival is dedicated to the beloved friend and talented young actor Danail Chirpansky, who passed away in 2016. The team of ISTF received funding from International Fund for the Promotion of Culture, UNESCO. The festival is one of the eight other projects, which was chosen from the total 814 participants worldwide. Jury of the first edition of the festival were the world famous artists: the director Kama Ginkas, the dramatist Deyan Dukovsky and Maya Pramatarova, who is translator, director and dramatist. The first edition of the festival was in Stara Zagora from 1st to 7th of October. The city became a host of 7 academies from Russia, England, Spain, Georgia, Greece and Bulgaria, which performed their spectacles, participated in the workshops and the accompanying events and by the end of the festival the main purpose was achieved - creating a society between young actors from different theater schools, who continue the communication and their united project.