It is in the combination of these gestures that we find ourselves at the starting line of yet another edition of the Porto International Puppet Festival. In this competition, where you can only lose by not showing up, the prizes are quite tempting. Let’s see: the revelation of the way things work and of the mysteries of the body, the desire to show what norms seek to hide, the return to the places we came from, and the aspiration to imagine possible alternatives. On top of that... there is so much to see and experience in this year’s fimp! We have invited artists from distant lands: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, the Philippines, Lebanon, Ger