A press conference and the ceremonial opening of the 18th KROKODIL Festival 2026, held under the slogan “Literature as Disobedience / DISOBEDIENCE”, took place at the European House in Belgrade. The invitation-only event brought together media representatives, festival participants, and members of the diplomatic corps. Speakers...
On Saturday, July 4th at 6:30 PM, the Studio Stage of the KROKODIL Festival will host a dynamic literary and musical program that, through readings and short conversations, will present some of the most compelling voices of the contemporary local literary scene. Guiding us through the...
As part of this year's Film Zone, we present three powerful regional documentaries that deal with silenced histories, personal losses, and the search for home in a world that is constantly changing. Through screenings and conversations with the directors, we explore how film becomes a...
On Saturday, July 4, at 2:45 PM, the Studio Stage of the KROKODIL Festival welcomes Hate Poetry—a program that proves humor is the most powerful shield against hatred and aggression. What happens when we read the most toxic comments, insults, and threats out loud in...
We will conclude the program of the first festival day, on Friday, July 3rd on the Main Stage, with a unique blend of socially engaged theater and powerful electronic sound. 10:45 PM | The play FUN FACTS This musical performance by author Marko Grubić unfolds through...
On Saturday, July 4, starting at 1 PM, the KROKODIL Festival will host Katarina Peović—a true "powerhouse" figure of the regional scene—a theorist, professor, author, and musician, a member of the Workers' Front (Radnička fronta), and a former energetic representative in the Croatian Parliament. The...
Our beloved friend and participant of the eleventh KROKODIL festival in 2019, Hungarian author Laslo Krasnahorkai, is this year’s Nobel laureate in Literature. Laslo Krasnahorkai is the second Nobel laureate we have had the pleasure of hosting. We remind that the Nobel laureate Herta Müller participated...