# Belgrade International Theatre Festival

The Belgrade International Theatre Festival (abbr. BITEF) is a theatre festival that takes place every September annually in Belgrade, Serbia.

## History

Founded in 1967, BITEF has continually followed and supported the latest theatre trends. It has become one of the most significant culture festivals of Serbia.
During the 1960s, the founders of this festival (Mira Trailović, Jovan Ćirilov and their associates) courageously followed tumultuous events in global theatre teeming with avant-garde explorations. In the 1980s, BITEF showed Belgrade the highest reaches of the art of theatre, thus becoming one of the few festivals comprising both experimental forms and significant classic achievements. In spite of political-economic crisis and embargo, in the final decade of the 20th century, BITEF, thanks to the help of international culture centres, government and non-government organizations, managed to keep abreast with the rest of world, through promotion of new theatre trends and ultimate theatre values.
In 2000, BITEF was awarded a Special Prize by the Jury of the Europe Theatre Prize, in Taormina. BITEF was the first international theatre festival to receive an award from Premio Europa per il Teatro.

## Jury

Important part of every edition of the BITEF festival is the jury. Since the beginning, BITEF has a competitive character, which is why the role of the jury is very important. Members of the jury are important theater creators from former Yugoslavia and the rest of the world.
List of jury members for each edition of BITEF:
1st BITEF: Predrag Bajčetić, Dejan Čavić, Jovan Ćirilov, Ljubomir Draškić Boro Drašković, Borislav Mihajlović - Mihiz, Slobodan Selenić, Mira Trailović, Mlađa Veselinović
2nd BITEF: Predrag Bajčetić, Dejan Čavić, Jovan Ćirilov, Borislav Mihajlović - Mihiz, Muharem Pervić, Mira Trailović, Milan Žmukić
3rd BITEF: Ljubomir Draškić, Hugo Klajn, Borislav Mihajlović - Mihiz, Borka Pavićević, Miodrag Pavlović, Branko Pleša, Slobodan Selenić, Pavle Stefanović, Mira Trailović, Stojan Čelić, Jovan Ćirilov, Jovan Hristić
4th BITEF: Stanislav Bajić, Predrag Bajčetić, Borislav Mihajlović - Mihiz, Slobodan Selenić, Muharem Pervić, Mira Trailović, Jovan Ćirilov, Jovan Hristić
5th BITEF: Milenko Maričić, Vasko Popa, Zoran Ratković, Pavle Stefanović, Ljuba Tadić, Milorad Vučelić
6th BITEF: Jovan Hristić, Dušan Makavejev, Miodrag Pavlović, Zoran Radmilović, Vladimir Stamenković, Ljuba Tadić, Milorad Vučelić
7th BITEF: Muharem Pervić, Milosav Buca Mirković, Petar Volk, Vladimir Stamenković, Feliks Pašić, Lojze Smasek, Božidar Božović, Žarko Komanin, Ognjen Lakićević, Dejan Penčić-Poljanski
8th BITEF: Predrag Bajčetić, Miroslav Belović, Ljubomir Draškić, Boro Drašković, Tatjana Lukjanova, Ljiljana Krstić, Jelisaveta Sablić, Petar Slovenski, Ružica Sokić, Stevo Žigon
9th BITEF: Mirjana Miočinović, Milosav Buca Mirković, Borka Pavićević, Branko Pleša, Slobodan Selenić, Vladimir Stamenković, Jovan Hristić
10th BITEF: Eli Finci, Muharem Pervić, Dejan Penčić-Poljanski, Slobodan Selenić, Vladimir Stamenković
11th BITEF: Jovan Hristić, Dalibor Foretić, Milosav Buca Mirković, Feliks Pašić, Veno Taufer
12th BITEF: France Jamnik, Jovan Hristić, Dalibor Foretić, Feliks Pašić, Mirjana Miočinović
13th BITEF: Petar Salem, Lojze Smasek, Milorad Vučelić, Slobodan Selenić, Dragan Klaić
14th BITEF: Branko Pleša, Boro Drašković, Olga Jevrić, Dragan Klaić, Dejan Mijač, Ksenija Šukuljević
15th BITEF: Aleksandar Saša Petrović, Filip David, Ljiljana Krstić, Vladan Radosavljević
16th BITEF: Milka Podrug-Kokotović, Miroslava Otašević, Arsenije Jovanović, Slobodan Stojanović, Goran Stefanovski
17th BITEF: Mira Banjac, Borka Pavićević, Nenad Prokić, Slobodan Selenić, László Végel
18th BITEF: Slobodan Glumac, Dubravka Knežević, Branka Krilović, Paolo Magelli, Vladimir Stamenković
19th BITEF: Velimir Lukić, Lada Martinec, Aleksandar Popović, Ivica Kunčević, Zlatko Sviben
20th BITEF: Vladimir Jevtović, Dejan Mijač, Miodrag Pavlović, Nenad Prokić, Jelisaveta Sablić
21st BITEF: Petar Banićević, Petar Brečić, Nenad Ilić, Ljubomir Simović
22nd BITEF: Predrag Ejdus, Anatolij Kudrajcev, Slobodan Mašić, Haris Pašović, Dragoslav Srejović
23rd BITEF: Slobodan Blagojević, Dubravka Knežević, Egon Savin, Ivana Vujić, Dalibor Foretić
24th BITEF: Dragan Klaić, Boro Drašković, Branislav Lečić, Jovan Ristić Rica, Dubravka Ugrešić
25th BITEF: Vida Ognjenović, Mario Maskareli, Predrag Perović, Lidija Pilipenko, Gorčin Stojanović
26th BITEF: Slobodan Novaković, Dara Džokić, Jagoš Marković
27th BITEF: Cvijeta Mesić, Goran Marković, Irfan Mensur, Aleksandar Milosavljević, Mileta Prodanović
28th BITEF: Tanja Bošković, Jerko Denegri, Mladen Popović, Ivana Stefanović, Alisa Stojanović
29th BITEF: Dejan Mijač, Nebojša Dugalić, Srđan Hofman, Vladimir Kopicl, Ognjenka Milićević
30th BITEF: Roman Grigorijevič-Viktjuk, Isidora Minić, Boro Drašković, Nenad Prokić, Hermann Theissenn
31st BITEF: Milorad Pavić, Nikolay Kolyada, Arthur D. Skelton, Biljana Srbljanović, Goran Stefanovski
32nd BITEF: Heinz Klunker, Mira Erceg, Branislava Liješević, Svetlana Vragova, Ivan Medenica
33rd BITEF: Mario Mattia Giorgetti, Natalija Vagapova, Jelena Šantić, Dijana Milošević, Svetislav Jovanov
34th BITEF: Renate Klett, Marina Davydova, Nina Kiraly, Sonja Vukićević, Anja Suša
35th BITEF: Ivica Buljan, Tomaž Toporišič, Roman Dolžanski, Milena Marković, Miško Šuvaković
36th BITEF: Milorad Mišković, Annie Dorsen, Rudy Engelander, Nikita Milivojević, Isidora Stanišić
37th BITEF: Pamela Howard, Milena Bogavac, Igor Bojović, Audronis Liuga, Elie Malka, Alisa Stojanović, Johanna Tomek
38th BITEF: Michael Coveney, Predrag Miki Manojlović, Marija Janković, Milica Konstantinović, Suzanne Osten
39th BITEF: Ian Herbert, Đurđija Cvetić, Ksenija Viktorovna Dragunska, Dušan Makavejev, Uglješa Šajtinac
40th BITEF: Dino Mustafić, Miloš Sofrenović, Daša Kovačević, Igor Đorđević, Egon Savin
41st BITEF: Tomi Janežič, Miloš Lolić, Olga Stanislavovna Mukhina, Milica Tomić, Kristian Seltun, Laszlo Upor
42nd BITEF: Hans-Thies Lehmann, Mia David, Marija Karaklajić, Constanza Macras, Katarina Pejović
43rd BITEF: Patrice Pavis, Roland Schimmelpfennig, Vladimir Aleksić, Oliver Frljić, Maja Pelević
44th BITEF: Nataša Rajković, Bojan Đorđev, Elena Kovalskaya, Damjan Kecojević, Gianina Carbunariu
45th BITEF: Arthur Sonnen, Anna Lengyel, Alja Predan, Vladica Milosavljević, Nikola Zavišić
46th BITEF: Goran Injac, Jean Pierre Thibodeau, Elizabeth Schak, Đurđa Tešić, Maja Mirković
47th BITEF: Christian Holtzhauer, Yana Ross, Igor Ružić, András Urbán, Filip Vujošević
48th BITEF: Ana Tomović, Lilach Dekel-Avner, Periša Perišić, Ulla Kasius, Witold Mrozek
49th BITEF: Mirjana Karanović, Žarko Laušević, Agnieszka Jakimiak, Stefan Blaeske
50th BITEF: Yun-Cheol Kim, Femi Osofisan, Aleksandra Jovićević, Aleksandar Denić, Tomas Irmer
51st BITEF: Marija Ševcova, Margareta Sorensen, Ivana Sajko, Igor Koruga, Draško Adžić
52nd BITEF: Judit Csaki, Bryce Leace, Bojana Mladenović, Aleksandra Janković, Radmila Vojvodić
53rd BITEF: Christine Hamon-Sirejols, Dorothy Chansky, Sanja Mitrović, Olga Dimitrijević, Ersan Mondtag
54th & 55th BITEF: Şermin Langhoff, Lucia Van Heteren, Agata Juniku, Cecilia Djurberg, Jovana Tomić
56th BITEF: Stefanie Carp, Christine Doessel, Selma Spahić, Vanja Ejdus, Dino Pešut

## List of award-winning performances

| | Performance | Author | Theatre | Town, Country | Awards |
| 1st Bitef 1967 | The Constant Prince | Jerzy Grotowski | Teatar Laboratorium | Wrocław, Poland | Grand Prix |
| 1st Bitef 1967 | Troilus and Cressida | David Esrig | Teatrul de comedie | Bucharest, Romania | Grand Prix |
| 1st Bitef 1967 | Three sisters | Otomar Krejča | Divadlo za branou | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Grand Prix |
| 2nd Bitef 1968 | Car Cemetery | Víctor García | Compagnie Víctor García | Paris, France | Grand Prix and Audience Award |
| 2nd Bitef 1968 | The Smug Citizens | Georgij Tovstonogov | Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater | Leningrad, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Grand Prix |
| 2nd Bitef 1968 | The Daughter-in-Law | Peter Gill | The English Stage Company in The Royal Court | London, United Kingdom | Grand Prix |
| 3rd Bitef 1969 | Dionysus in '69 | Richard Schechner | The Performance Group | New York, United States of America | Special Award |
| 3rd Bitef 1969 | The Frenzy of Orlando | Luca Ronconi | Teatro libero | Rome, Italy | Grand Prix and Audience Award |
| 3rd Bitef 1969 | The Cry of the People for Meat | Peter Schumann | Bread and Puppet Theater | Vermont, United States of America | Special Award |
| 3rd Bitef 1969 | Saved | William Gaskill | English Stage Company in The Royal Court | London, United Kingdom | Special Award |
| 3rd Bitef 1969 | The Maids | Víctor García | La Compania Nuria Espert | Barcelona, Spain | Special Award |
| 4th Bitef 1970 | Zodiac, Three Duets, Cell | William Louther, Paul Taylor, Robert Cohan | London Contemporary Dance Theatre | London, United Kingdom | Audience Award |
| 4th Bitef 1970 | Ivanov | Otomar Krejča | Divadlo za Branou | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Grand Prix |
| 4th Bitef 1970 | Philoktet | Hans Lietzau | Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg | Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix |
| 4th Bitef 1970 | A Dream Play | Ingmar Bergman | Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern | Stockholm, Sweden | Grand Prix |
| 5th Bitef 1971 | Mutations | Joseph Chaikin | The Open Teatre | New York, United States of America | Grand Prix |
| 5th Bitef 1971 | Terminal | Joseph Chaikin, | The Open Teatre | New York, United States of America | Grand Prix |
| 5th Bitef 1971 | Real Reel | Jean-Paul Ferbus, Frederic Flamand | Théâtre Laboratoire Vicinal | Brusells, Belgium | Grand Prix |
| 5th Bitef 1971 | Performance of Hamlet in the Village Mrduša Donja Municipality Blatuša | Božidar Violić | Teatar ITD | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Audience Award |
| 5th Bitef 1971 | 1789 | Ariane Mnouchkine | Théâtre du Soleil | Paris, France | Grand Prix |
| 5th Bitef 1971 | Jashumon | Shuji Terayama | Tenjo Sajiki | Tokyo, Japan | Grand Prix |
| 6th Bitef 1972 | Rain Forest, Signals, TV Rerun | Merce Cunningham | Merce Cunningham & Dance Co. | New York, United States of America | Grand Prix |
| 6th Bitef 1972 | The Monument G | Dušan Jovanović | Eksperimentalno gledališće Glej | Ljubljana, Yugoslavia | Special Award |
| 6th Bitef 1972 | Orestea | Luca Ronconi | Teatro Cooperativa Tuscolano | Rome, Italy | Grand Prix |
| 6th Bitef 1972 | Torquato Tasso | Peter Stein | Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer | West Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix |
| 6th Bitef 1972 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Peter Brook | The Royal Shakespeare Company | Stratford, United Kingdom | Audience Award |
| 7th Bitef 1973 | Three Venetian Twins | David Esrig | Teatrul National | Bucharest, Romania | Special Award |
| 7th Bitef 1973 | Lear | Hans Lietzau | Schiller Teater | West Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix and Audience Award |
| 7th Bitef 1973 | My Father’s House | Eugenio Barba | Odin Teatret | Holstebro, Denmark | Grand Prix |
| 7th Bitef 1973 | Fracasse | Marcel Maréchal | Compagnie du Cothurne | Lyon, France | Special Award |
| 7th Bitef 1973 | Stallerhof | Ulrich Helsing, Karl Kneidel | Deutsches Schauspielhaus | Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix |
| 8th Bitef 1974 | Happy Days or Tarkelin’s Death | Branko Pleša | The Yugoslav Drama Theatre | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Grand Prix |
| 8th Bitef 1974 | Don Juan | Anatoly Efros | Moscow Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya | Moscow, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Grand Prix and Audience Award |
| 8th Bitef 1974 | Liberation | Konrad Swinarski | Stary Theatre | Krakow, Poland | Grand Prix |
| 8th Bitef 1974 | Till Damascus | Ingmar Bergman | Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern | Stockholm, Sweden | Grand Prix |
| 9th Bitef 1975 | Le Tartuffe | Roger Planchon | Théâtre National Populaire | Villeurbanne, France | Grand Prix |
| 9th Bitef 1975 | The Trojan Women, Electra | Andrei Serban | La Mama Repertory Company | New York, United States of America | Grand Prix and Audience Award |
| 9th Bitef 1975 | I | Anne West | Théâtre Laboratoire | Brusells, Belgium | Special Award |
| 9th Bitef 1975 | Summerfolk | Peter Stein | Schaubühne Am Halleschen Ufer | West Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix |
| 10th Bitef 1976 | Hamlet | Yuri Lyubimov | Taganka Theatre | Moscow, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Grand Prix |
| 10th Bitef 1976 | The Ik | Peter Brook | Le Centre International de Créations Théâtrales | Paris, France | Grand Prix |
| 10th Bitef 1976 | Einstein On the Beach | Robert Wilson | Byrd Hoffman Fondation | New York, United States of America | Grand Prix |
| 10th Bitef 1976 | Opera White Horse | Peter Schumann | Bread And Puppet Theatre | Vermont, United States of America | Audience Award |
| 11th Bitef 1977 | The Dead Class | Tadeusz Kantor | Teatr Cricot 2 | Krakow, Poland | Grand Prix |
| 11th Bitef 1977 | Hedda Gabler | Niels Peter Rudolph | Schiller Theater | West Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix |
| 11th Bitef 1977 | Salomé | Lindsay Kemp | The Lindsay Kemp Company | London, United Kingdom | Audience Award |
| 11th Bitef 1977 | Bluebeard | Pina Bausch | Wupperthaler Bühnen | Wuppertal, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix and Politika Award |
| 12th Bitef 1978 | The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke | Benno Besson | Volksbühne | East Berlin, German Democratic Republic | Grand Prix |
| 12th Bitef 1978 | The Father | Günter Krämer | Schiller Theater | West Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix; Politika Award and Audience Award |
| 12th Bitef 1978 | Soft ships | The joint work of members | Kugla glumište | Zagreb, Yugoslavia | Special Award |
| 12th Bitef 1978 | The Miraculous mandarin | Kató Szönyi | Bábszinház | Budapest, Hungary | Grand Prix |
| 13th Bitef 1979 | Cyclop | Roberto Ciuili | Schauspielhaus | Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix and Politika Award |
| 13th Bitef 1979 | Cruel Garden | Lindsay Kemp | The Ballet Rambert | London, United Kingdom | Audience Award |
| 13th Bitef 1979 | Andy Warhol's Last Love | The joint work of members of the Squat Theatre | Squat Theatre | New York, United States of America | Grand Prix |
| 13th Bitef 1979 | You've got to Live with It | The joint work of members of the Werkteater | Werkteater | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Grand Prix |
| 14th Bitef 1980 | Aus dem Fremde | Ellen Hammer | Schaubühne Am Halleschen Ufer | West Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix |
| 14th Bitef 1980 | Sumrak | Jerzy Jarocki | The Yugoslav Drama Theatre | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Politika Award |
| 14th Bitef 1980 | Aboriginal Australians | Djoli Laiwanga | Aboriginal Dance of Arnhem Land | Australia | Special Award |
| 15th Bitef 1981 | Missa in A Minor | Ljubiša Ristić | Slovensko Mladinsko Gledališče | Ljubljana, Yugoslavia | Grand Prix and Politika Award |
| 15th Bitef 1981 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Lindsay Kemp | Lindsay Kemp Company | London, United Kingdom | Special Award |
| 15th Bitef 1981 | Pieszo | Jerzy Jarocki | Teatr Dramaticzny | Warsaw, Poland | Special Award |
| 16th Bitef 1982 | Kinkan Shonen | Ushio Amagatsu | Sankai Juku | Tokyo, Japan | Special Award |
| 16th Bitef 1982 | Dantons Tod | Alexander Lang | Deutsches Theater | East Berlin, German Democratic Republic | Grand Prix |
| 16th Bitef 1982 | Marat-Sade | Janos Asc | Csiky Gergely Szinhàz | Kapošvar, Hungary | Grand Prix; Politika Award and Audience Award |
| 17th Bitef 1983 | End of Europe | Janusz Wiśniewski | Teatr Nowy | Poznan, Poland | Grand Prix |
| 17th Bitef 1983 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Roberto Ciulli | Theater an der Ruhr | Mülheim, Federal Republic of Germany | Special Award |
| 17th Bitef 1983 | Big and Small | Helmuth Schäfer, Roberto Ciulli | Theater an der Ruhr | Mülheim, Federal Republic of Germany | Special Award |
| 18th Bitef 1984 | Le Pouvoir de Folies Théâtrales | Jan Fabre | Projekt 3 | Antwerp, Belgium | Special Award and Politika Award |
| 19th Bitef 1985 | Sylvia Plath | Johann Kresnik | Theater der Stadt Heidelberg | Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix |
| 19th Bitef 1985 | The Lower Depths | Anatoly Efros | Taganka Theatre | Moscow, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Grand Prix and Politika Award |
| 19th Bitef 1985 | The Cherry Orchard | Anatoly Efros | Taganka Theatre | Moscow, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Grand Prix |
| 20th Bitef 1986 | Macbeth | Makoto Sato | Youki-Za | Tokyo, Japan | Special Award |
| 20th Bitef 1986 | Miss Julie | Ingmar Bergman | Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern | Stockholm, Sweden | Grand Prix and Politika Award |
| 20th Bitef 1986 | Oxyrhynchus Evangeliet | Eugenio Barba | Odin teatret | Holstebro, Denmark | Grand Prix |
| 21st Bitef 1987 | Three Sisters | Tamás Ascher | Katona József Szinház | Budapest, Hungary | Grand Prix |
| 21st Bitef 1987 | Crime and Punishment | Andrzej Wajda | Stary Theatre | Krakow, Poland | Grand Prix and Audience Award |
| 21st Bitef 1987 | The Awakening of the Spring | Haris Pašović | The Yugoslav Drama Theatre | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Special Award |
| 22nd Bitef 1988 | Uncle Vanya | Eimuntas Nekrošius | Valstybinis jaunimo teatras | Vilnius, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Special Award and Politika Award |
| 22nd Bitef 1988 | Suz(O)Suz | Collective | La Fura Dels Baus | Barcelona, Spain | Grand Prix and Politika Award |
| 23rd Bitef 1989 | Šeherezada | Tomaž Pandur, Maja Milenković Workman | Slovensko Mladinsko Gledališče | Ljubljana, Yugoslavia | Special Award |
| 23rd Bitef 1989 | Revizor | Zsámbéki Gábor | Katona Józef Szinház | Budapest, Hungary | Grand Prix |
| 23rd Bitef 1989 | Caspar | Roberto Ciulli | Theater an der Ruhr | Mülheim, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix; Politika Award and Audience Award |
| 24th Bitef 1990 | The Fall of Icarus | Frédéric Flamand | Plan K | Brusells, Belgium | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 24th Bitef 1990 | Faust | Tomaž Pandur, Maja Milenković Workman | Drama SNG | Maribor, Yugoslavia | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 24th Bitef 1990 | The Maids | Roman Viktyuk | Satyricon Theatre | Moscow, The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | Audience Award and Special Award |
| 25th Bitef 1991 | Immer dasselbe Gelogen | Wim Vandekeybus | Ultima Vez | Brusells, Belgium | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 25th Bitef 1991 | Theatrical Illusion | Slobodan Unkovski | The Yugoslav Drama Theatre | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Grand Prix "Mira Trailović"; Politika Award and Audience Award |
| 26th Bitef 1992 | Richard III | Ljubiša Ristić | National Theatre, KPGT | Subotica, Yugoslavia | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 26th Bitef 1992 | Ubu Roi (Ubu the King) | Haris Pašović | National Theatre, KPGT | Subotica, Yugoslavia | Audience Award |
| 26th Bitef 1992 | Woyzek | András Urban | National Theatre, KPGT | Subotica, Yugoslavia | Special Award |
| 27th Bitef 1993 | Rider | Anton Adasinsky | Teatr Derevo | Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation | Grand Prix "Mira Trailović" and Politika Award |
| 27th Bitef 1993 | Lažni car Šćepan Mali | Dejan Mijač | The Yugoslav Drama Theatre, ATL, Budva - City Theatre | Belgrade, Budva, Yugoslavia | Special Award |
| 28th Bitef 1994 | Angels Ex Machina | Sue-Ellen Kohler, William McClure | Stalker Stilt Theatre | Sydney, Australia | Special Award |
| 28th Bitef 1994 | In Concert | Joan Grau | Companya Semola teatro | Barcelona, Spain | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 28th Bitef 1994 | Titanick | José van Tuijl | Theater Titanick | Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 28th Bitef 1994 | Hybrid | Joan Grau | Companya Semola teatro | Barcelona, Spain | Audience Award and Politika Award |
| 29th Bitef 1995 | Claustrophobia | Lev Dodin | Maly Theatre | Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation | Grand Prix "Mira Trailović" and Politika Award |
| 29th Bitef 1995 | Assimil | Ljubiša Ristić, Threes Shreurs | KPGT | Amsterdam, Netherlands, Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Special Award |
| 29th Bitef 1995 | L'Anatomie du Fauve | József Nagy | Centre de Productiuon Choréographique | Orleans, France | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 29th Bitef 1995 | How To Live | Nigel Charnock | Volcano theatre | Cardiff, United Kingdom | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 30th Bitef 1996 | Pension Schöller: Die Schlacht | Frank Castorf | Volksbühne | Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 30th Bitef 1996 | Villa, Villa | - | De la Guarda | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 30th Bitef 1996 | The Three Lives of Lucie Cabrol | Simon McBurney | Théâtre de Complicité | London, United Kingdom | Grand Prix "Mira Trailović"; Politika Award and Audience Award |
| 30th Bitef 1996 | Silence Silence Silence | Vito Taufer | Slovensko Mladinsko Gledališče | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Special Award |
| 31st Bitef 1997 | 7 for a Secret Never to be Told | Wim Vandekeybus | Ultima Vez | Brusells, Belgium | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 31st Bitef 1997 | Who The Fuck Started All This | Aleksandar Popovski | Makedonski Naroden Teatar | Skopje, Republic of Macedonia | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 31st Bitef 1997 | Adventure (Casanova) | Ivan Popovski | Atelier Fomenko | Moscow, Russian Federation | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 31st Bitef 1997 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Nikita Milivojević | National Theatre, Budva -City Theatre | Belgrade, Budva, Yugoslavia | Politika Award |
| 31st Bitef 1997 | Dimonis | Joan Font | Comediants | Barcelona, Spain | Special Award |
| 32nd Bitef 1998 | Die Verwandlung | Valery Fokin | Satyricion Theatre) | Moscow, Russian Federation | Special Award |
| 32nd Bitef 1998 | Murx den Europäer! Murx ihn! Murx ihn! Murx ihn! Murx ihn ab! | Christoph Marthaler | Volksbühne am Rosa Luxemburg-Platz | Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 32nd Bitef 1998 | Woyzeck | József Nagy | Centre Choreographique National | Orleans, France | Audience Award |
| 33rd Bitef 1999 | Mythos | Eugenio Barba | Odin theatre | Holstebro, Denmark | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 33rd Bitef 1999 | The Tempest | Genrietta Yanovskaya | Moskovskiy Teatr Yunogo Zritelya | Moscow, Russian Federation | Special Award |
| 33rd Bitef 1999 | Fragile | Borut Šeparević | Montažstroj, Intercult | Zagreb, Croatia; Stockholm, Sweden | Audience Award |
| 34th Bitef 2000 | Bodies | Sasha Waltz | Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz | Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 34th Bitef 2000 | Crime and Punishment | Kama Ginkas | Moskovskiy Teatr Yunogo Zritelya | Moscow, Russian Federation | Special Award |
| 34th Bitef 2000 | Three Sisters | Andrej Žoldák | Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater | Kyiv, Ukraine | Politika Award |
| 34th Bitef 2000 | GOPF | Gregor Metzger, Martin Zimmermann | Metzger, Zimmerman, de Perrot | Zurich, Switzerland | Audience Award |
| 35th Bitef 2001 | Rien de Rien | Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui | Les Ballets C. de la B. | Ghent, Belgium | Special Award and Politika Award |
| 35th Bitef 2001 | Messiah | Steven Berkoff | S. Berkoff Co. | London, United Kingdom | Audience Award |
| 35th Bitef 2001 | School for Fools | Andrey Moguchy | Baltiskiy dom, Formalny Theatre | Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 36th Bitef 2002 | Woyzeck | Robert Wilson | Betty Nansen Teatret | Copenhagen, Denmark | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 36th Bitef 2002 | Requiem | Luigi de Angelis | Fanny & Alexander, Kulturfabrik Kampnagel; Ravenna Festival, Ravenna Teatro, CRT Milano | Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany; Ravenna; Milano, Italy | Special Award |
| 37th Bitef 2003 | Extinction | Krystian Lupa | Teatr Dramatyczny | Warsaw, Poland | Grand Prix "Mira Trailović" and Audience Award |
| 37th Bitef 2003 | Nora | Thomas Ostermeier | Schaubuehne am Lehniner Platz | Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany | Politika Award |
| 37th Bitef 2003 | W-workers Circus | Arpád Schilling | Kretakor Szinhaz | Budapest, Hungary | Special Award |
| 38th Bitef 2004 | Eden | József Nagy | Bitef Theatre, Umetnička radionica “Kanjiški krug” | Belgrade, Kanjiža, Serbia and Montenegro | Politika Award |
| 38th Bitef 2004 | Romeo and Juliet | Oskaras Koršunovas | Oskaras Koršunovas Teatar | Vilnius, Lithuania | Special Award |
| 38th Bitef 2004 | War and Peace | Pyotr Fomenko | Pyotr Fomenko | Moscow, Russian Federation | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 38th Bitef 2004 | The battle of Stalingrad | Revaz Gabriadze | Marionette Theatre | Tbilisi, Georgia | Audience Award |
| 39th Bitef 2005 | (Musee des phrases) | Heiner Goebbels | Theatre Vidy - Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland | Grand Prix "Mira Trailović" and Politika Award |
| 39th Bitef 2005 | Long Life | Alvis Hermanis | The New Riga Theatre | Riga, Latvia | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 39th Bitef 2005 | Just for show | Lloyd Newson | DV8 Physical Theatre | London, United Kingdom | Special Award and Audience Award |
| 40th Bitef 2006 | I Only Appear to be Dead | Kristen Dehlholm | Hotel Pro Forma | Copenhagen, Denmark | Special Award |
| 40th Bitef 2006 | The Segual | Arpád Schilling | Kretakor Szinhaz | Budapest, Hungary | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 40th Bitef 2006 | The Language of Walls | Guy Weizman, Roni Haver | Serbian National Theatre | Novi Sad, Serbia | Audience Award |
| 40th Bitef 2006 | Ballet for life | Maurice Bejart | Bejrt Ballet Lausanne | Lausanne, Switzerland | Politika Award |
| 41st Bitef 2007 | Brussels #04 | Romeo Castellucci | Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio | Cesena, Italy | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 41st Bitef 2007 | Puilija, Papa Pupilio and the Pupilceks - Reconstruction | Janez Janša | Maska | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Special Award |
| 41st Bitef 2007 | Ex-Position (Process _City02) | Boris Bakal | Shadow Casters | Zagreb, Croatia | Special Award |
| 41st Bitef 2007 | Macbeth | Jurgen Gosch | Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf | Düsseldorf, Federal Republic of Germany | Politika Award |
| 41st Bitef 2007 | Drunken Night in 1918 | Lenka Udovički | Kazalište Ulysses | Brijuni, Croatia | Audience Award |
| 42nd Bitef 2008 | Platz mangel | Christoph Marthaler | Rote fabrik & die Produktion GmbH | Zurich; Basel, Switzerland | Politika Award |
| 42nd Bitef 2008 | Maybe forever | Meg Stuart, Philipp Gehmacher | Damaged Goods & Mumbling Fish | Brusells, Belgium; Vienna, Austria | Special Award |
| 42nd Bitef 2008 | Babydrama | Suzanne Osten | Unga Klara | Stockholm, Sweden | Audience Award |
| 42nd Bitef 2008 | Stifter’s Things (Stifter’s dinge) | Heiner Goebbels | Theatre Vidy | Lausanne, Switzerland | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 43rd Bitef 2009 | The Blue Dragon | Robert Lepage | Ex Machina | Quebec, Canada | Politika Award |
| 43rd Bitef 2009 | The Enthusiasts | Miloš Lolić | The Yugoslav Drama Theatre | Belgrade, Serbia | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 43rd Bitef 2009 | Vacation from history, (process_city, part 01) | Boris Bakal, Katarina Pejović | Shadow Casters | Zagreb, Croatia | Special Award |
| 43rd Bitef 2009 | Writer | Jo Strømgren | Urlike Quade | Bergen, Norway | Audience Award |
| 44th Bitef 2010 | Isabella’s Room and The Deer House | Jan Lauwers | Needcompany | Brusells, Belgium | Politika Award |
| 44th Bitef 2010 | Frankenstein -Project | Kornél Mundruczó | Kornél Mundruczó - Yvette Bíró | Budapest, Hungary | Special Award |
| 44th Bitef 2010 | Uncle Vanya | Jurgen Gosch | Deutsches Theater | Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany | Grand Prix "Mira Trailović" and Audience Award |
| 45th Bitef 2011 | Elijah’s chair | Boris Liješević | The Yugoslav Drama Theatre | Belgrade, Serbia | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 45th Bitef 2011 | Untitled | Josef Nadj | RKA “Josef Nadj” | Belgrade, Serbia | Politika Award |
| 45th Bitef 2011 | To Moscow! To Moscow! | Frank Castorf | Volksbuhne | Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany | Audience Award |
| 45th Bitef 2011 | I went to the house but did not enter | Heiner Goebbels | Theatre Vidy | Lausanne, Switzerland | Special Award |
| 46th Bitef 2012 | I hate the truth | Oliver Frljić | Teatar &TD | Zagreb, Croatia | Special Award and Audience Award |
| 46th Bitef 2012 | Blood Wedding | Miloš Lolić | Münchner Volkstheater | Munich, Federal Republic of Germany | Politika Award |
| 46th Bitef 2012 | Children of the Sun | Ivo Van Hove | Toneelgroep | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 47th Bitef 2013 | 55+ | Borut Šeparović | Montažstroj | Zagreb, Croatia | Special Award |
| 47th Bitef 2013 | The Storm | Jernej Lorenci | Mestno gledalište Ljubljansko | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Politika Award |
| 47th Bitef 2013 | Zoran Đinđić | Oliver Frljić | Atelje 212 | Belgrade, Serbia | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 47th Bitef 2013 | The Segual | Tomi Janežić | Serbian National Theatre | Novi Sad, Serbia | Audience Award |
| 48th Bitef 2014 | Where's the Revolution, Scum? | Borut Šeparović, Nataša Mihoci | Montažstroj | Zagreb, Croatia | Special Award |
| 48th Bitef 2014 | Aleksandra Zec | Oliver Frljić | HDK Teatar | Zagreb, Croatia | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 48th Bitef 2014 | Neoplanta | András Urbán | Novosadsko pozorište / Újvidéki Színház | Novi Sad, Serbia | Audience award and Politika award |
| 49th Bitef 2015 | The Iliad | Jernej Lorenci | Slovenian National Theatre Drama Ljubljana, Ljubljana City Theatre and Cankar Hall | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Audience award and Politika award |
| 49th Bitef 2015 | We Are Kings, Not Humans | Мatija Ferlin | Croatian National Theatre | Zagreb, Croatia | Special Award |
| 49th Bitef 2015 | Adieu | Jonathan Capdevielle | Bureau Cassiopée | Paris, France | Grand Prix Мira Trailović |
| 50th Bitef 2016 | The Ridiculous Darkness | Dušan David Pařízek | Burgtheater | Vienna, Austria | Grand Prix "Mira Trailović" and Politika Award |
| 50th Bitef 2016 | Suite Nº 2 | Joris Lacoste | Encyclopédie de la Parole collective and Joris Lacoste | Paris, France | Special Award "Jovan Ćirilov" and Audience Award |
| 50th Bitef 2016 | Riding on a Cloud | Rabih Мroué | Rabih Мroué | Beirut, Lebanon | Special Award Jovan Ćirilov* |
| 51st Bitef 2017 | Mount Olympus to Glorify the Cult of Tragedy – A 24h Performance, | Jan Fabre | Troubleyn/Jan Fabre | Antwerp, Belgium | Grand Prix "Mira Trailović"; Politika Award and Audience Award |
| 51st Bitef 2017 | Hearing | Amir Reza Koohestani / امیر رضا کوهستانی: | Mehr Theatre Group / گروه تئاتر مهر | Tehran, Iran | Special Award Jovan Ćirilov |
| 52nd Bitef 2018 | Nachlass, pièces sans personnes | Rimini Protokoll (Stefan Kaegi, Dominic Huber) | Theatre Vidy | Lausanne, Switzerland | Grand Prix "Mira Trailović" and Politika Award |
| 52nd Bitef 2018 | Eternal Russia | Marina Davydova Vera Martynov | HAU Hebbel am Ufer | Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany | Special Award Jovan Ćirilov |
| 52nd Bitef 2018 | Requiem for L. | Fabrizio Cassol Alain Platel | Les ballets C de la B | Ghent, Belgium | Special Award Jovan Ćirilov |
| 52nd Bitef 2018 | Suite N°3 ‘Europe’ | Collective “Encyclopédie de la parole” Joris Lacoste Pierre-Yves Macé | Échelle 1:1, | Paris, France | Audience Award |
| 53rd Bitef 2019 | Ali: Fear Eats Your Soul | Sebastijan Horvat | Slovenian National Theatre Drama | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Grand Prix "Mira Trailović"; Politika Award and Audience Award |
| 53rd Bitef 2019 | Immoral Tales – Part 1: Mother House | Phia Menard and Jean-Luc Beaujault | Company Non Nova, | Nantes, France | Special Award Jovan Ćirilov * |
| 54th & 55th Bitef 2021 | Cement Belgrade | Milan Ramšak Marković and Sebastijan Horvat | Belgrade Drama Theatre | Belgrade, Serbia | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 54th & 55th Bitef 2021 | Traces | Wim Vandekeybus | Ultima Vez | Brussels, Belgium | Politika Award |
| 54th & 55th Bitef 2021 | Farm Fatale | Philippe Quesne | Vivarium studio; Münchner Kammerspiele | Paris, France; Munich, Germany | Special Award Jovan Ćirilov |
| 54th & 55th Bitef 2021 | I Put a Spell on You | Ehsan Hemat and Roeland Luyten | 2nd to the right | Brussels, Belgium Tehran, Iran | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 54th & 55th Bitef 2021 | The Cherry Orchard in the Cherry Orchard | Bobo Jelčić | de facto theatre company | Zagreb, Croatia | Special Award "Jovan Ćirilov" and Politika Award |
| 54th & 55th Bitef 2021 | As if the End Were Not Quite Near, | Maja Pelević and Nikola Zavišić | Bitef Theatre | Belgrade, Serbia | Audience Award |
| 56th Bitef 2022 | Solo | Nina Rajić Kranjac, Nataša Keser, Benjamin Krnetić, Marko Mandić | Mladinsko Theatre and Maska | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Grand Prix Mira Trailović |
| 56th Bitef 2022 | Any attempt will end in crushed bodies and shattered bones | Jan Martens | Jan Martens / GRIP and Dance On Ensemble | Antwerp, Belgium | Grand Prix "Mira Trailović" and Politika Award |
| 56th Bitef 2022 | Love | Alexander Zeldin | Alexander Zeldin Company; Odéon-Théâtre de l’Europe, | London, United Kingdom; Paris, France | Special Award Jovan Ćirilov |
| 56th Bitef 2022 | World without Women | Maja Pelević and Olga Dimitrijević | Bitef Theatre and Centre for Cultural Decontamination | Belgrade, Serbia | Audience Award |