Pula Film Festival
Location | Pula, Croatia |
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Founded | 1954 |
Awards | Golden Arena |
Film titles | National and International programme |
Artistic director | Gordana Restović |
Language | Croatian (with English subtitles) |
Website | www |
Pula Film Festival (
Apart from film screenings open to the public, the annual Croatian film industry awards are also traditionally presented at the festival. The awards presented at the festival (called Golden Arenas) are the main national film awards in the country, and serve as the Croatian equivalent of the American
The festival was originally started in 1954 and within a few years it became the centerpiece event of the Yugoslav film industry, with the first national awards being presented in 1957. This lasted until 1991, when the festival was cancelled due to the breakup of Yugoslavia, only to resume in 1992 as the Croatian film awards festival. It has been held every year since (with the exception of the 1994 edition, which was also cancelled).[2]
History
When it was established, it was known as the Festival of Yugoslav Film, and it quickly became the most important national film festival in
In 1991 the festival was cancelled because of the outbreak of the war and the related breakup of Yugoslavia. In 1992 the festival was restarted, but it was renamed Filmski festival u Puli (eng: Pula Film Festival). The 1992 edition was also the first one that was dedicated solely to Croatian films, since the unified Yugoslav film industry disappeared along with the former country.
In 1995 it was renamed again and called Festival hrvatskog filma (eng: Croatian Film Festival) to emphasize its now exclusively Croatian character. However, since the Croatian film industry proved to be insufficiently productive, with only a handful of new titles being released each year, the festival's popularity rapidly plummeted. In order to rectify this, the festival opened for foreign films for the first time in its history in 2001, and was renamed once again to Festival hrvatskog i europskog filma (eng: Croatian and European Film Festival). From then on, apart from screenings of Croatian films, the festival also regularly offers an international program, as well as various one-off theme programs and retrospectives.
Golden Arena awards
The national film industry awards called Golden Arena are always presented at the festival. All the locally produced feature films made in the preceding 12 months are screened at the festival and everyone involved in making them automatically qualify for the Golden Arena award in their respective category. Therefore, there are no
- National competition awards
- Other awards
- Golden Birch (Croatian: Zlatna Breza) for best debuting director
- Oktavijan Award given by the Croatian Film Critics' Association for best film
- Golden Gate of Pula - Audience Award for best film as voted by festival audiences
See also
References
This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (March 2017) |
- ^ "58th annual Pula Film Festival opens - Daily - tportal.hr". 2011-08-03. Archived from the original on 3 August 2011. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- S2CID 228168577.
- "FESTIVAL JUGOSLAVENSKOG IGRANOG FILMA u Puli". Filmska enciklopedija (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
Further reading
- Kurelec, Tomislav (2013). "Dostojno jubileja" (PDF). Hrvatska revija (in Croatian). XIII (3). Matica hrvatska: 79–83. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
External links
- Official website
- Pula Film Festival of Yugoslavian Films (1954–1990) at the Internet Movie Database
- Pula Film Festival (1992–present) at the Internet Movie Database