13-07-2023

FESTIVALS: Croatian Projects to Be Showcased at Pula Pro within Pula Film Festival 2023

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    Fiume-o-Morte Igor Bezinović Fiume-o-Morte Igor Bezinović credit: Restart

    PULA: Nine feature and documentary film projects directed by Igor Bezinović, Ivan Salaj and Goran Dević, among others, will be showcased at the industry programme Pula Pro, which will be held within the 70th Pula Film Festival (15 - 23 July 2023).

    Pula Pro will also include round tables, industry talks and pitches of scripts in development.

    Twenty Croatian films and Croatian minority coproductions are competing for the Golden Arena awards and a total of 80 films will be screened at the jubilee edition of the festival.

    The war drama Hotel Pula directed by Andrej Korovljev and produced by Pula’s Kinematograf will open the festival.

    Feature films and Long Documentaries in Development/Production to Be Presented at Pula Pro:

    Fiume o Morte!
    Directed by Igor Bezinović
    Produced by Restart
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the City of Zagreb, the City of Rijeka, Eurimages, Creative Europe – MEDIA, MiBACT, Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission, Fondo Audiovisivo FVG, the Slovenian Film Centre, VIBA Film Studio, RE-ACT, PROCIREP/ANGOA – Société des Producteurs, the Sarajevo Film Festival, Cinelink Co-Production Market, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, EKRAN+

    Pavillon 6 / Paviljon 6 Documentary
    Directed by Goran Dević
    Produced by Petnaesta umjetnost
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the University of Rijeka

    Between Us / Među nama
    Directed by Laura Pascu
    Produced by BLANK
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

    Women, Lunatics and a Few Good Queers / Žene, luđaci i malo dobrih pedera
    Directed by Ivan Salaj
    Produced by Plavi mjesec
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

    Celebration / Proslava
    Directed by Bruno Anković
    Produced by Eclectica
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Croatian Radiotelevision, Creative Europe – MEDIA

    Frka
    Directed by Svebor Mihael Jelić
    Produced by Oksimoron
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Filmakademie Wien, Osijek Academy of Arts and Culture

    Wolf of the European Union / Vuk Europske unijeDocumentary
    Directed by Jadran Boban
    Produced by Hulahop
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the City of Zagreb, Creative Europe – MEDIA

    Salsa / Šalša
    Directed by Dražen Žarković
    Produced by Maxima film
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

    Men on the Island / Muški na otoku Documentary
    Directed by Ivan Grgur
    Produced by the Zagreb Academy of Drama Artsk
    Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Dugi Otok Tourist Board, the Croatian Radiotelevision