Tartu international literary festival Prima Vista

Tartu international literary festival Prima Vista takes place from 8th to 13th May 2023; the festival's theme is The Impossible Dream. That choice of theme invites us to think, among other things, of the role of imagination and the ability to imagine and picture things seemingly behind the horizon of familiarity and feasibility, especially in our present crisis and conflict. Wishing for only the possible and the feasible, wanting only what is within reach will not enrich our imagination; nothing new will be born into the world. The genuine place of wishing, thinking of the impossible, and imagining the impossible is literature. The impossible may appear here in uncountable and different forms – starting from a thorough glimpse of a better world and finishing with quaintness hidden in the smallest shape, refreshing the mind and enriching the spirit. The patron of Prima Vista 2023 is Mehis Heinsaar, and its partner town is Paide. The festival features poets, authors, critics and translators from all over Estonia and other countries; the programme offers events for children, the young, and the adults, partly in forms we are already familiar with, partly searching, experimenting and wishing for the impossible.