Bitolino is an annual children theater festival held in August in organization of the Babec Theater, every year professional children theaters from all over the world participate in the festival. The main prize is the Grand Prix for best performance. The attendance for this festival has exceeded 10,000. Participating theaters Jury members Valentina Gramosli (Actress) 2016 Yavor Zehirov (Puppet master) 2016 Nikola Projchevski (Actor) 2016 Jovan Ristovski (director) 2015 Valentina Lutts (Director/Manager of Theatre "At Narva Gates") 2015 Sonja Mihajlovska (Actor) 2015 Bojana Artinovska-Trpcheska (Artist) 2014 Valdet Rama (Director/Manager of Dodona Theater) 2014 Boris Chorevski (Actor)-2014 Sunchica Unevska (Journalist)-2013 Şehsuvar Aktaş (Actor) – 2013 Jasmina Vasileva (Actor)-2013 Nada Kokotovich (Director) – 2012 Petar Mirchevski (Actor) – 2012 Aneta Blazevska (Journalist) – 2012 Grand Prix for the Best Performance Grand Prix for Best Performance is the only award of the festival and is awarded to the best performance from the official competition. The award is decided by three-member international jury chosen from among world-renowned theatre artist and theoreticians. Laureates: 2012 – Tiyatrotem Theater (Istanbul, Turkey) for the performance We can't go on like this 2013 – David Zuazola Puppets Company (Santiago, Chile) for the performance Dirty Wing 2014 – Mala Scena Theater (Zagreb, Croatia) for the performance Funny Monster 2015- Ruti Tamir Mime and Puppet Theater (Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel) for the performance Four Fables and Queen 2016- Theatre for children at Narva Gates (Saint Petersburg, Russia) for the performance The Little Prince The Grand Prix was not awarded in 2017 and 2018. References Children's festivals in North Macedonia Tourist attractions in Bitola Summer events in North Macedonia