For the fourth year in a row, the leading regional film events, united in the Network of Festivals in the Adriatic Region, jointly welcome the arrival of Spring with a free Spring Edition film programme, taking place 11^th – 21^st April 2024, in cinemas and online.

With simultaneous cinema screenings in Belgrade, Herceg Novi, Ljubljana, Sarajevo and Zagreb, on 11^th April at 6 p.m., the Spring Edition opens with the feature Luxembourg, Luxembourg, last year’s winner of the Adriatic Audience Award – the audience award for Best Feature of the Network of Festivals in the Adriatic Region. From 12^th to 21^st April, the online platform ondemand.kinomeetingpoint.ba will show last year’s winner of the Zagreb Film Festival How to Have Sex and an important ecological documentary about the global problem of plastic, Plastic Fantastic.

Ukrainian director Antonio Lukich brings a humorous and sharply witty flick about fathers and sons, Luxembourg, Luxembourg. There are many beautiful places to die, but Luxembourg is not one of them. When they learn that their estranged father is ill in Luxembourg, twin brothers Kolja and Vasja set out on a trip to say goodbye to him for the last time. Will the man they find be the bad guy they remember? The feature premiered in the Orizzonti programme at the Venice Mostra.

Register for a free ticket for the screening at Kaptol Boutique Cinema, at info@zff.hr no later than Tuesday, 9^th April. The number of places is limited.

The winning title of the 21^st ZFF, How to Have Sex, by British director Molly Manning Walker, follows teenage girls Tara, Skye and Em, as they plan the best summer ever. In the Greek party town of Malia there is no shortage of booze, clubs, good music and babes – all the ingredients for a party of all parties. Tara has two missions – to have a good time, and finally have sex. She is the only one of the group who has not done “it” yet. This empathetic and lively story about friendship, young sexuality and coming of age received the Un Certain Regard Award in Cannes.

German director Isa Willinger’s documentary feature Plastic Fantastic speaks out about the global plastic crisis, and it’s one of the most important features on the topic of ecology in the last year. We meet lobbyists, scientists and activists as they try to put an end to catastrophic mass plastic production. Circular production, greenwashing, microplastics, carbon emissions and climate racism are just some of the topics discussed in this engaging and thoroughly researched documentary feature. Plastic Fantastic is part of the EcoScope, a special programme of the Network of Festivals in the Adriatic Region, designed with the aim of raising awareness of nature conservation and ecological sustainability.

The Spring Edition is a unique event that brings together the leading regional festivals united in the Network of the Festivals in the Adriatic Region: Sarajevo Film Festival (BiH), Montenegro Film Festival, Ljubljana Film Festival (Slovenia), Auteur Film Festival (Serbia) and Zagreb Film Festival (Croatia).

The screenings are free for all viewers from the territory of the five member countries of the Network, with prior registration at the ondemand.kinomeetingpoint.ba platform. The Network of Festivals in the Adriatic Region is supported by the MEDIA Sub-programme of Creative Europe and the Embassy of Switzerland in Bosnia and Herzegovina.