Theme of the edition #9: Symbiosis/Symbiosis
October 10-12, 2025
The theme of the 2025 edition of the Spotlight Festival, SYMBIOSIS/SYMBIOSIS, proposes a change of perspective: from competition to collaboration, from immediate results to living processes. The festival becomes a laboratory where artists, curators, brands and communities unite their energies to experiment and generate new forms of expression, in a dialogue between art, technology and ecology. Spotlight invites a reflection on how we can build sustainable cities and communities, where creativity, empathy and resources translate into a shared intelligence capable of regenerating not only urban space, but also the relationships between people.
Curator: Adrian Damian
Scenographer, President of the Romanian Centre OISTAT
Adrian Damian is a scenographer, creator of stage spaces and multimedia installations with a predilection for the use of technology as a means of artistic expression. After graduating from acting at the Faculty of Theatre and Film, UBB, Cluj-Napoca, he studied scenography at UNATC Bucharest and since graduating from the faculty in 2010 until now he has signed more than sixty scenographers in important theatres in Romania and abroad.

Installations
The full list of installations will be available soon.
Program
The Spotlight 2025 program starts, every day of the festival, from 19:00 and ends at 23:00.
The full schedule will be announced soon.
Ziua 1 - Vineri, 11.10
Deschiderea oficială
Traseul începe la Cercul Militar
Eveniment Special
Traseul incepe la Cercul Militar
Festivitate de Inchidere
Traseul incepe la Cercul Militar
Deschiderea Oficiala
Traseul incepe la Cercul Militar
Ziua 2 - Sambata, 12.10
Deschiderea Oficiala
Traseul incepe la Cercul Militar
Eveniment Special
Traseul incepe la Cercul Militar
Festivitate de Inchidere
Traseul incepe la Cercul Militar
Deschiderea Oficiala
Traseul incepe la Cercul Militar
Ziua 2 - Duminica, 13.10
Deschiderea Oficiala
Traseul incepe la Cercul Militar
Eveniment Special
Traseul incepe la Cercul Militar
Festivitate de Inchidere
Traseul incepe la Cercul Militar
Deschiderea Oficiala
Traseul incepe la Cercul Militar
Partners
Main partner: Raiffeisen Bank Romania
International Partner: Video mapping Festival Lille (France)
Partners: NEPI Rockcastle, Mega Mall and Promenada Mall, PPC, Peroni
With the support of: Apa Nova București, Directorate General of Public Services of Bucharest City Hall, Municipal Public Lighting Company Bucharest
Event recommended by: Kiss FM, Magic FM, Rock FM
Media partners: Radio România Actual, Radio Romania Cultural, Bucharest FM, Radio Romania Muzical, Agerpres.ro, Happ.ro, Daily Magazine, Bucharest Transport Company — STB SA, Getica, Media Advertising
We would like to thank our institutional partners: Hotel InterContinental Athénée Palace Bucharest, Corinthia Grand Hotel du Boulevard Bucharest, Odeon Theatre, Palace of Telephones, Novotel Hotel, Music Store, Central University Library, National Museum of Art of Romania.
