Press releases

After six dynamic festival days, the awards ceremony, and the official closing of the program with Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother, the audience will have the opportunity to see several titles from this year’s lineup on Sunday, November 16. Sunday’s program at CineStar Branimir begins at 4:00...

Following the awards ceremony and the official closing of the festival, audiences will still have the chance to enjoy the winning films and select program titles on Sunday With the awards ceremony and the screening of Jim Jarmusch’s new film Father Mother Sister Brother on Saturday, 15 November,...

FEATURE FILM Jury for the feature film competition: Una Gunjak, Nicola Marzano, Meinolf Zurhorst Golden Pram for Best Feature Film Wind, Talk to Me dir. Stefan Đorđević Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia “For its honest, authentic, and attentive approach that gives us a deeply emotional family drama, that instead of...

Saturday at ZFF will be marked by the announcement of the winners and the awards ceremony, which will take place at CineStar Branimir at 8 PM, ahead of the screening of Jim Jarmusch’s new film. As a reminder, the festival’s official award, the Golden Pram, is presented in...

On the eve of Saturday’s Golden Pram awards ceremony, two final titles from this year’s feature film competition will be screened at CineStar Branimir. The day starts at 10:30 a.m. with A Poet, the second feature by Colombian director Simón Mesa Soto, Colombia’s official submission for the Oscars....

The fourth day of the festival will be remembered for the packed screening of How Come It’s All Green Out Here?, the final regional title in this year’s main competition. The winner of the Pula Film Festival’s Minority Co-production Award marks the long-awaited return of filmmaker Nikola Ležaić,...

Thursday at ZFF features the last regional title of this year’s main competition program: the Pula winner in the minority productions category, How Come It’s All Green Out Here? by Serbian director Nikola Ležaić. This atmospheric meditation on memory, space, and identity is the long-awaited project from the...

On Wednesday, November 12, the Croatian premiere of Stefan Đorđević’s Wind, Talk to Me, this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival winner, was held at CineStar Branimir before a large ZFF audience. This deeply intimate project, which blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality, attracted many prominent figures from Zagreb’s...

On Wednesday, November 12, the third day of the festival brings the Croatian premiere of Sorry, Baby, the feature debut of American director and actress Eva Victor. Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at Sundance, this warm and unusually witty story follows protagonist Agnes as she recovers from...

Tuesday at ZFF brought the Croatian premiere of Hana Jušić’s highly anticipated new film, along with four sold-out screenings As part of the 23rd ZFF, the Croatian premiere of the highly anticipated historical drama God Will Not Help, directed and written by Hana Jušić, was held on Tuesday,...

After the 23rd edition of the Zagreb Film Festival kicked off on Monday, November 10, with a packed screening of DJ Ahmet at CineStar Branimir, the main feature competition program continues at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. with the Croatian premiere of the “strikingly atmospheric” (Variety) historical drama...

The 23rd edition of the Zagreb Film Festival was officially opened on Monday, November 10, at a packed CineStar Branimir with the screening of DJ Ahmet, an unbelievably witty and visually striking coming-of-age film directed by Macedonian filmmaker Georgij M. Unkovski. In addition to festival representatives, director Boris....

Presale tickets at reduced prices are available for three more days, until November 9 On Monday, November 10, the 23rd edition of the Zagreb Film Festival kicks off! Zagreb’s beloved autumn film event will open with the screening of the Macedonian film DJ Ahmet, directed by Georgi M....

A particular place in the dynamic programme of the 23rd Zagreb Film Festival is taken by some of the most interesting contemporary Palestinian films. The selection is part of a broader global call for action, aiming to familiarise Croatian audiences with Palestine as a country of exceptional and...

Among the festival’s many guests are acclaimed editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis, longtime collaborator of Yorgos Lanthimos, and Tawfeek Barhom, actor and director and this year’s Palme d’Or winner for Best Short Film From November 10 to 16, numerous filmmakers will gather for the 23rd edition of the Zagreb Film...

Zagreb audiences among the first in the world to see acclaimed films from Venice, Toronto, and San Sebastián The recently announced program of the 23rd Zagreb Film Festival, which this year features 120 films across ten sections, will be rounded off by the latest work from legendary American...

At a press conference held on Wednesday, October 15, at Urania – Space of Creation, the program for the 23rd edition of the Zagreb Film Festival was unveiled. The festival will take place from November 10 to 16 at CineStar Branimir, Kinoteka, Dokukino KIC, the Museum of Contemporary...

From Petzold’s latest work and Harris Dicksinson’s feature debuts to the winner of the Spanish Oscars, the Great 5 program continues to bring audiences the latest trends from Europe’s major national cinemas The Great 5, a cult side program of the Zagreb Film Festival, has been bringing to...

This year’s travelling program includes a Golden Pram contender – the latest film by director Nikola Ležaić, known for his award-winning Tilva Rosh Festival jury member, director Una Gunjak, will also host a masterclass at ZFF focusing on working with children and non-professional actors For the twenty-third year...

The Film and TV Academy of the Adriatic Region has announced the nominations for the 2025 Adriatic Film Awards (AFA). Established this year by the founding members of the Network of Festivals in the Adriatic Region – Sarajevo Film Festival, Belgrade Author Film Festival, and Zagreb Film Festival...

As part of the program, a documentary about the environmentally conscious animated universe of Hayao Miyazaki will also be screened, and ZFF’s commitment to the principles of sustainability and reducing its negative impact on the environment continues this year with a series of actions   At the upcoming...