Pula Film Festival

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Pula, Croatia July 2009, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: June 2009, TBA
Festival Data:
- Established: 1949
- Genre: General
- Attendance: 25000
- Media Attendance: 254
- Accredited Industry Attendance: 450
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 80
- Total Number of Films Screened: 50
- Total Screenings: 57
- Competitive
- Students Section
- Has Panels
Festival Website:
http:/ / www.pulafilmfestival.hr
Festival Description:

One of the oldest film festivals in Europe, the Pula Film Festival, was first inaugurated as an international film festival in 1953. on the initiative of Mr. Marijan Rotar. It was the main film event in Yugoslavia from 1954 to its disintegration.

Numerous journalists and film artists from the country and abroad including stars like Orson Welles, Sophia Loren, Sam Peckinpah, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Yul Brinner and others visited the Festival.

From 1992. Pula hosted the Croatian film festival and 2001. It again acquired the status of an international festival with awards for best foreign films. Many Croatian award winners from the Pula Film Festival were very successful at foreign festivals: Tu, Maršal, Svjedoci, Ta divna splitska noć, Fine mrtve djevojke, Put lubenica... During the last fifteen years the Festival has attracted many foreign visitors among whom the stars like John Malkovich, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kinglsey, Jeremy Irons, producer Branko Lustig and directors Philip Noyce and Jiri Menzel.

Vespasian's Arena, which has been hosting the festival since its beginnings, has given it the status of one of the three biggest and most spectacular open-air festivals in Europe. It can seats up to 8000 visitors at the screenings under the starry sky.

Zlatna Arena (The Golden Arena, work of Dimitrije Popović) is traditionally awarded at the festival. A number of other official awards will be granted at the Festival.

The Pula Film Festival screens Croatian and International films of all genres and organizes workshops for students of final years and ABD (all but degree) undergraduates of film schools
Email: info(at)pulafilmfestival.hr

Phone: (385) 052 393 321

Fax: (385) 052 393 320

Mailing Address: Laginjina 5, p.p 29
Pula 52100
Croatia

Email:	info(at)pulafilmfestival.hr
Phone:	(385) 052 393 321
Fax:	(385) 052 393 320
Mailing Address:	Laginjina 5, p.p 29 Pula 52100 Croatia

AUG 16, 2007 04:10PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Award Winners of the 2007 Pula FIlm Festival

Big Golden Arena for best film: “THE LIVING AND THE DEAD”
Directed by: Kristijan Milic

Golden Arena for directing to Kristijan Milic for “THE LIVING AND THE DEAD”

Golden Arena for screenplay to Ognjen Svilicic for “ARMIN” by Ognjen Svilicic

Golden Arena for best female leading role to Natasa Dorcic for “I HAVE TO SLEEP, MY ANGEL” by Dejan Acimovic

Golden Arena for best supporting role to Olga Pakalovic for “I HAVE TO SLEEP, MY ANGEL” by Dejan Acimovic

Golden Arena for best male leading role to Emir Hadzihafizbegovic for “ARMIN” by Ognjen Svilicic

Golden Arena for best male supporting role to Borko Peric for “THE LIVING AND THE DEAD” by Kristijan Milic

Golden Arena for cinematography to Dragan Markovic and Mirko Pivcevic for THE LIVING AND THE DEAD by Kristijan Milic

Golden Arena for editing to Goran Guberovic (posthumously) for “THE LIVING AND THE DEAD" by Kristijan Milic

Golden Arena for music to Andrija Milic for “THE LIVING AND THE DEAD” by Kristijan Milic

Golden Arena for screenplay to Tanja Lacko for “PLAY ME A LOVE SONG” by Goran Kulenovic

Golden Arena for costume design to Sanja Seler for “PLAY ME A LOVE SONG” by Goran Kulenovic

Special Golden Arena for special effects to Goran Rukavina and Branko Repalust for “THE LIVING AND THE DEAD” by Kristijan Milic

Vjesnik's Breza award for best debutant to Livio Morosin for music in “I HAVE TO SPEEP, MY ANGEL” by Dejan Acimovic

Jury of the International competition programme composed of: Eva Zaoralova, president; Annamaria Percavassi, member; Serge Sobczynski, member; Roland Rust, member and Phillip Bergson, member

Special Golden Arena for artistic achievement to “LOVE SONGS” by Cristophe Honoré

Special Golden Arena for best directing to Jirí Menzel for “I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND”

Special Golden Arena for best film form the International competition program to “SALT AIR” by Alessandro Angelini

The Jury of young film lovers has granted following awards:

Award of the young film lovers' Jury for best International competition programme film to “I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND” by Jirí Menzel

Award of the young film lover's Jury for best film from the National competition programme to “I HAVE TO SLEEP, MY ANGEL” by Dejan Acimovic

Arena audience jury
The Arena audience has awarded THE GOLDEN GATE OF PULA to “PLAY ME A LOVE SONG” by Goran Kulenovic
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