With 14 feature-length films and 16 shorts in the main national competition, as well as an international competition with 14 films, the 62nd edition of
Pula Film Festival will open its gates July the 18th and closing them the 25th of the same month. Lets have a look at the
Croatian Competition Programme, which includes feature and documentary films:
The Spirits Diary by Damir Cucic (Croatia, 2015)
The
Croatian Competition Jury is comprised of novelist and screenwriter Maurizio Braucci,
FilmFestival Cottbus programme director Bernd Buder, stage, screen actor and musician Zlatko Buric, sound designer
Srdjan Kurpjel and filmmaker
Kristijan Milic.
"There is some excellent work being done in development at
HAVC; people are working harder on the screenplays, the bar has been set higher, and work is being done to improve the writing of funded projects. We are looking forward to an excellent crop in 2016 as well” said Mike Downey (producer and Pula artistic board member) commenting 2015 so far for Croatian films.
The
International Competition Jury consists of Olinka Vistica (Croatian producer),
Sdjan Dragojevic (Serbian filmmaker) and film journalist Christopher Goodwin.
We Will Be the World Champions by Darko Bajic (Serbia/Slovenia/Croatia, 2015)
Other sidebar events include the youth programme Dizalica, the children programme Pulica, Short Pula (a competition selection of 16 Croatian shorts) and the Short Matters section.
Retrospective 2015 programme will focus on on the master of make-up Ivana Primorac and her impressive filmography and cooperation with leading names in the world of film:
That Summer of White Roses by
Rajko Grlic (Yugoslavia, 1989),
The War Zone by Tim Roth (UK, 1999),
The Hours by Stephen Daldry (UK/USA, 2002),
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Tim Burton (UK/USA, 2007) and
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Stephen Daldry (USA, 2011).
Besides the film sections, PULA PROfessional, the festival΄s industry section, will gather film professionals and students of audiovisual activities for programmes such as the Young Cinephiles Critics, themed lectures and round tables, a new Student Programme and more. The focus of this year΄s programme is scenography, with lectures by renowned European and Croatian set designers and film professionals.