PRIX MARULIĆ - OLD TEXTS REVISITED is a festival organized by the Drama Department of Croatian Radio with a help of European Broadcasting Union (EBU). The contest is open to all radio authors regardless of whether they come from radio stations, broadcasting or similar organizations or are freelancers and it is divided into three categories - Drama, Documentary and Short forms. The intentions are i
mplied in the Festival's motto - old texts revisited, where old text is considered to be any text originally written before 1921, which is the year of a first ever radio play. The first important characteristic of the Hvar festival are the places in which the festival presentations are held. In the historic sites where it took place the festival became an ambiental radio festival where the fullness of the experience was enhanced by the links and bonds between sound, text, and the atmosphere of the setting in which they were presented. Festival is organized in the way to have morning and afternoon listening sessions at the places with a long history - like the cloister and refectory of the Franciscan monastery, the town fortress, the medieval palaces and gardens. In the evening participants are talking about the presented broadcasts and discussing various aspects of contemporary radio.
