{"id":29984,"date":"2021-11-04T14:36:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T13:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zff.hr\/?p=29984"},"modified":"2021-11-08T12:06:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T11:06:29","slug":"zffs-rich-program-presented-nineteenth-edition-to-the-film-lovers-taste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zff.hr\/en\/zffs-rich-program-presented-nineteenth-edition-to-the-film-lovers-taste\/","title":{"rendered":"ZFF\u2019s Rich Program Presented: Nineteenth edition to the film lovers\u2019 taste"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf_fields":{"page_builder":false,"content":"

The program of the 19th Zagreb Film Festival<\/strong> was presented. Taking place from November 14 to 21 in SC Cinema, Tu\u0161kanac Cinema, Theatre &TD, Urania <\/strong>and HUB 385<\/strong>, as well as online platforms kinoeuropa.hr<\/strong><\/a> i croatian.film<\/strong><\/a>, featuring as much as 134 film titles <\/strong>divided into five competition programs <\/strong>(Main program of feature, international short film and Croatian short film; Together Again and The Network of Festivals in the Adriatic Region), four side programs <\/strong>(The Great 5, Icebreakers, PLUS, and LUX), KinoKino <\/strong>festival for children and Industry<\/strong>, a program aimed at educating and connecting film professionals. The program was presented at a press conference by director Boris T. Mati\u0107<\/strong>, executive director Hrvoje Laurenta<\/strong>, producer Lana Mati\u0107<\/strong> and program coordinator Selma Mehad\u017ei\u0107<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter last year\u2019s online edition, we\u2019re excited the forthcoming festival is bringing us back to the audiences in cinemas! A part of our program will be available in around 20 cities outside of Zagreb, as well as online in the rest of Croatia. The lack of capacity in city cinemas and the closing of Europa Cinema are the reasons behind the return to the SC Cinema, but that brings us happy memories.<\/p>\n

The number and quality of films we took into consideration for this year\u2019s festival showed us how, despite the pandemic, filming hasn\u2019t stopped on a global scale and how there are two very productive filming years behind us, and the audience will have one of the strongest main programs so far with the largest number of debutants awarded at A-level festivals. Among the 12 films in the main feature film program, we will present this year\u2019s winners in Venice and Cannes and the triple winner at Sundance from female authors whose success will enter film encyclopedias. We are delighted and excited by the genre films of our debut authors, new and interesting actors, and the exploration of cultural heritage of faraway countries, but also the celebration of Croatian film – which is heralded by the national premiere of The Staffroom<\/em> by Sonja Taroki\u0107,\u201d said Boris T. Mati\u0107<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Largest number of debutants awarded at A-level festivals in the main program
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Three laureates from the world\u2019s leading festivals from ZFF\u2019s main competition program of feature films<\/u><\/strong> are works by female directors. This year\u2019s Venice winner, Happening<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Audrey Diwan<\/strong>, is a powerful and tense adaptation of a semiautobiographical novel by French novelist Annie Ernaux which dissects her experience of illegal abortion in 1960\u2019s France. The Kosovar film Hive<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Blerta Basholli<\/strong> became the first film in history to win Best Film, Best Director, and the Audience Award at Sundance\u2019s international feature program. The plot of Hive <\/em>takes place in the heart of the Kosovar patriarchy, and is based on the true story about a young widow Fahrija who, despite disapproval and overwhelming sense of hopelessness, starts her own production of ajvar, which also starts a small women\u2019s revolution. The French Titan<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, directed by Julie Ducournau,<\/strong> won the Cannes Palme d\u2019Or, thus making Ducournau only the second woman in history who won this prestigious award. After the cannibalistic debut Raw<\/em>, the author\u2019s second film, a mischievously twisted fantasy immersed in neon, sex and violence, once again explores the limits of horror films, this time of Cronenberg\u2019s bodily horror.<\/p>\n