• To create an annual event with visitors of all ages, backgrounds, professions, for the purpose of appreciating nature, cultural heritage, music, art, crafts, outdoor activities, in an attempt to raise awareness about the importance of protecting the global environment.
• Educating the visitors about the environmental issues through series of workshops about our carbon footprint, saving the natural habitat, exploring alternative energy sources, waste management and recycling initiatives.
• Expanding visitors' and local horizons about the international community, creating an intercultural dialogue, placing a platform for exchanging information and ideas, building lasting connections and experiences.
• Promoting the beautiful region of the Skadar Lake through cultural and rural tourism, empowering local economy, with a focus on habitat restoration and preservation in the region of the lake.
• Developing sustainable tourism on and around the lake and creating opportunities for business development for the local citizens as well as the international participants in offering their products and services.

Located on one of the largest and most spectacular natural reserves in Montenegro, the Skadar Lake, the site of this FESTIVAL, is especially fortunate in having one of the most magnificent settings in an Area of Outstanding beauty, and being within easy reach of the capital Podgorica (20km) and the splendid Adriatic seaside resorts (40km). This location is a natural phenomenon where, during the summer months, the lake depresses and the River Karatuna appears, leaving the surroundings with rich wild vegetation. The old fishing village of Dodosi has approximately 50 inhabitants, and is recognized as the most beautiful in the region. It is already very popular with visitors.

Accessibility: via motorway, waterways and through the fields. There will be organized transport, and eco friendly means of travel will be encouraged (biking and hiking, sharing transport etc.)

There will be free tent accommodation offered to those who arrive up to 2 days before the event. Visitors will be also encouraged to bring their own tents and reserve their spot in advance. Also there will be limited private accommodation available in the village. The festival site has a capacity of 200.000+.

Skadar Lake is the largest lake on the Balkan Peninsula and the national ecological treasure of Montenegro. In 1983 it was declared a National Park. The lake is 6m above the sea level and there are six different rivers that flow into it. It is the largest European bird reserve with 270 bird species, and 40 fish species. It is also home to numerous endemic species of flora and fauna and it contains rare trees and protected plants. In the region around Skadar Lake there are 20 monasteries, churches, villages, fortresses and 18 important historic monuments, testimony to Montenegrin history since the 11th century.

The lake area is threatened by destruction through negligence due to lack of available important information. Raising funds through this festival will help to preserve the natural habitat and educate visitors about the importance of protecting our environment, and in turn our whole planet, from pollution. This mission will be combined with fun and enjoyment of music, arts and crafts, and of course traditional cuisine and homemade wine.

There will be a camping area on the site for people with their own tents, as well as tents for renting.

The camp will be operating from the 1st July until the 31st August, during which period there will be:

• various entertainment offered to the visitors.
• toilets, showers, and many recycling points
• areas for food stalls, arts and craft stalls
• areas for activities and leisure such as exercise, yoga classes and beauty parlors (hair dressers, beauticians, nail bars, massage studios, tattoo artists)
• small stage for children's theater and film screenings
• and presentations of the global cultures in separate tents, each representing some of the main continents: America, Africa, Asia, ...

Valuables Please do not leave valuables in your tent or car, keep your possessions with you.

Loud music No sound systems or amplified music are allowed on site.

Open fires Because of the fire risk, no open fires or tinfoil barbeques are allowed on site. However, you may use camping stoves or barbeques on legs.

Drugs Guests may be searched on entry to the event. If you are in possession of illegal substances you may be arrested.

The Festival On The Other Side will accommodate a summer art colony. It will attract international artists to come and gain inspiration from the breathtaking views of the surrounding hills, lake and river.

It will encompass:

  • indoor workshops
  • exhibition of crafts and artwork
  • children's workshops in different art and craft disciplines
  • children's theater plays
  • film screening during the day for a range of different ages

The Natural Park of Skadar Lake is a unique opportunity for nature lovers, extreme sports enthusiasts, and everyone else to explore the region and enjoy the natural beauty through various activities, such as:

  • hiking
  • biking
  • yoga and fitness classes on the bank of the River Karatuna
  • hot-air balloons
  • kayaking
  • swimming
  • solar yoga

Visitors will also be able to use all the facilities available in the festival village.

By car or bus
Cetinje-Podgorica road, at Carev Laz (there will be a billboard pointing the visitors
to the right direction) take the road towards Bobije, around 8km to Dodoši
One of the public transport bus lines in Podgorica goes to Ponare, or you can get
there by train, from there, it's a 2.5km walk to Dodoši (via Zabljak Crnojevica)

By boat:
Take a train to Vranjine, after that it takes around 45 min by a small boat to get to Dodoši
From Rijeke Crnojevica, it takes around 30min by boat
From Plavnica, it takes around 2 hours to get to Dodoši, a great opportunity to enjoy
the magical beauty of the Scadar Lake

By Plane:
Nearest airports in the region are Podgorica (some of the airlines flying to Podgorica: Montenegro Airlines, Adria, JAT Airways, Turkish Airlines, Croatia Airlines, Malev, Lufthansa), Tivat (Thomson Flights, Transaero Airlines, Montenegro Airlines, JAT Airways and from June 2012 Ryanair, inexpensive transport to the festival will be organised) and Dubrovnik (British Airways, easyJet, Flybe, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Iberia, Croatia Airlines, SAS)

www.montenegroairports.com
www.airport-dubrovnik.hr

Krug is an international organisation working for the advancement of inter-cultural collaboration, promoting arts and education. The events Krug organises embody its mission and vision. These pioneering events, including film festivals, concerts and art exhibitions open new windows of opportunities for humanitarian ventures. The main aim of these events is to bring different cultures together in tackling issues of global importance. To this end we encourage better understanding, tolerance and mutual acceptance, leading to a more harmonious global society. Past events proved that these events are very popular and widely accepted by the younger generation, instigating participation, developing creativity and leadership. Krug is based in London, United Kingdom, with subdivisions in Podgorica, Montenegro and Skopje, Macedonia.

Chief Executive Officer and Artistic Director: Vesna Sokolovska-Jovicevic
The specialized nature of Krug’s activities and business scope requires a leading individual with extensive experience, background and contacts in the entertainment and music production fields. Vesna Sokolovska-Jovicevic is a visionary, entrepreneurial and accomplished producer, named as Best Promoter of Macedonia for 2010 and Festival On The Otherside won the Best Event Award for Montenegro for 2010 METUBES-Festival for tourist communication. She is the founder of Krug and the Festival On The Other side. Through her extensive festival business background and experience of social and ecological policy and activities Vesna is a well-qualified founder and manager who can lead this festival forward.

Business Planning Consultant: Adam Jeanes
Adam is a UK-based arts producer, trainer, arts consultant and writer working in the area of intercultural dialogue and international collaborations. He works with Intercult as Project Director of CORNERS and was project director of Black/North SEAS 2005-2010. He has worked with practitioners from a number of European and Asian countries in a range of sectors and genres including museums, libraries and archives, culturally diverse musics and music-theatre, the creative industries sector, and UK festivals and outdoor events such as the award-winning Green Man Festivals. He is the author of the UK music industry directory World Music in England (2005). In the 1990s Adam worked as a producer of festivals of Muslim, migrant and refugee cultures in London, often in a regeneration context, and for 5 years (2000-2005) he worked with the British Council as Assistant Director of Visiting Arts.


Production Manager: Darko Budna
Darko was born in 1964 in Koprivnica, Croatia. He is the initiator and co-founder of the largest demo festival in Croatia „KC rock 82“.

He worked as a technician, manager, editor and field reporter for the County radio and at the same time - and as a freelance reporter for various musical exYU media (newspapers, radio, web). He is also an author. In 2003, published the book "Concerts and Festivals" (I-Lithium Records release Skopje MK), and in 2005 same book (in a different format) was published in Croatia. In 2007 issued "Little encyclopedia of pop and rock music of Koprivnica" (part of the book - titled "Urbi et Orbi" in English)

In 2011 with a partner from Slovenia to Croatia established firm Temma-X, which rents stage equipment and is active in event production. The last 15 years he is an associate of many eminent organizers of rock concerts around exYU & EU as stage manager, pre & post music reporter, back line & production manager, PR, etc.


Volunteer Coordinator: Miloš Radulović
He was born on 03.08.1987. in Podgorica where the in 2006 he finishes engineering school in the sector for land transport. Since 2008 he is associate student of Faculty of Economics in Podgorica, Marketing studies.

For many years he was a member of the Red Cross team for organizing various charity campaigns of the Red Cross of Podgorica, a member of teams for organizing the competition in providing first aid etc. In late 2006. he was a member of the team for organizing the festival of young talents and then a member of the team for the organization of several similar events such as receptions, ceremonies, performances of music bands, sports events ... Early 2008. was a member of the team for organizing the Fair for Human Resources personnel. Since 2008. has consistently worked with various clients and was the leader and member of the organizational team for the promotion of products and services, a member of the organizing team dj performances, musical performances and big concerts.


Main selector for the crafts stalls: Viktoria Stefkova
Viktoria Stefkova, 41, President of the Association for Culture, Arts and Creativity "Denica" from Skopje. The Association is actively working already for 6 years, with more than 80 organized events in Macedonia and the countries of the Balkans. It is a member of the Chamber of Commerce for Tourism in Macedonia and the Balkan association for alternative tourism "Balkanija".

As an activity of the association a book of poetry was published, by the young author Marijana Petrusevska "All voids that fulfilled me." She is the initiator of the documentary film about the monastery St. Gorgija Rajcica-which is under the monastery patronage of St.Jovan Bigorski.

Viktoria is Gallery Manager for the ratchet handicraft in the old historic part of Skopje at the Skopje Chamber for craftswork and she is media active at the local TV, Radio and mainstream magazines. Realized International Cooperation on the Balkans, with Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro.


Other appointments will be announced in due course.