First organised in 1966 Kontrapunkt is one of the most vintaged theatre festivals in Poland exposing the latest trends and developments in Polish theatre. It confronts the achievements of recognised artists with interesting experiments by the emerging artists. Besides the Jury Awards, the general public gives out Grand Prix, the major prize of the festival. Besides theatre spectacles, the festival also offers concerts (including brave presentations of experimental music in co-operation with musica genera festival), meetings with theatre personalities, film projections, new book promotions.For many years the festival presents German performances and visual arts exhibitions and for some of its editions a part of the festival event takes place in Germany: Berlin, Schloss Brollin, Pasewalk, Greifswald.