The closing ceremony was held in the 2000 year old amphitheatre in the Croatian seaside town of Pula. This year for the first time the festival also held a minority co-production competition with six films competing. The jury awarded the prize for Best Director in this section to the Slovenian Croatian coproduction, Good Night Missy directed by Metod Pevec. The Croatian Audiovisual Center is one of the sponsors of the festival. (www.havc.hr) who also provided funding for Kotlovina, Koko and the Ghosts and Good Night Missy. The festival was held from 9-23 July 2011.
Prize winners of the 58th Pula Film Festival (www.pulafilmfestival.hr )
NATIONAL PROGRAMME - minority co-productions section
Golden Arena for Best Cinematography goes to Sven Pepeonik for the film Good Night, Missy by Metod Pevec
Produced by E-motion Film, Vertigo, 4 Film (www.4film.hr) and RTV Slovenia
Golden Arena for Best Actress in a Leading Role goes to Polona Juh for the role of Hana in the film Good Night, Missy by Metod Pevec
Golden Arena for Best Director goes to Metod Pevec for the film Good Night, Missy
NATIONAL PROGRAMME - main section
The Breza Award by Vjesnik for best debutant director goes to Daniel Kušan for the film Koko and the Ghosts
Special Golden Arena for Special Effects goes to the film Josef by Stanislav Tomić
Special Golden Arena for Sound goes to Frano Homen for the film Kotlovina by Tomislav Radić
Special Arena for Best Make-Up goes to Ana Bulajić Črček for the film Lea and Darija by Branko Ivanda
Golden Arena for Best Costume Design goes to Barbara Bourek for the film Lea and Darija by Branko Ivanda
Golden Arena for Best Art Direction goes to Iva Hušnjak for the film Lea and Darija by Branko Ivanda
Golden Arena for Best Music goes to Dinko Appelt for the film Koko and the Ghosts by Daniel Kušan
Golden Arena for Best Editing goes to Slaven Zečević for the film Koko and the Ghosts by Daniel Kušan
Golden Arena for Best Cinematography goes to Vanja Černjul for the film Daddy by Dalibor Matanić
Golden Arena for Best Actor in a Supporting Role goes to Boris Buzančić for the role of Grandpa in the film Kotlovina by Tomislav Radić
Golden Arena for Best Actor in a Leading Role goes to Draško Zidar for the role of Mirko in the film Kotlovina by Tomislav Radić
Golden Arena for Best Actress in a Supporting Role goes to Iva Mihalić for the role of Sister in the film Daddy by Dalibor Matanić
Golden Arena for Best Actress in a Leading Role goes to Mirela Brekalo Popović for the role of Ana in the film Kotlovina by Tomislava Radića
Golden Arena for Best Screenplay goes to Tomislav Radić for the film Kotlovina
Golden Arena for Best Director goes to Dalibor Matanić for the film Daddy
Grand Golden Arena for Best Film goes to Tomislav Radić, producer of the film Kotlovina by Tomislav Radić
Hypo Banka grants a prize amounting to HRK 30,000.00 to Tomislav Radić, the director of the film Kotlovina
II. Golden Gate of Pula Audience Award
Golden Gate of Pula Audience Award to the film Koko and the Ghosts by Daniel Kušan
