{"id":38887,"date":"2025-07-10T23:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=38887"},"modified":"2025-07-11T13:43:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T11:43:01","slug":"72nd-pula-film-festival-officially-opens","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/72nd-pula-film-festival-officially-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"72nd Pula Film Festival Officially Opens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 and his spouse, Prof. Dr. Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107, attended the official opening of the 72<sup>nd<\/sup> Pula Film Festival and the premiere of \u201cJu\u017eina\u201d (\u201cSouth Wind\u201d), directed by Ante Marin, held at the Pula Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The opening ceremony, held under the patronage of President Milanovi\u0107, was hosted by Pula-based actresses Dijana Vidu\u0161in and Nika Ivan\u010di\u0107. Artistic Director Danijel Pek and Programme Selector Mario Kozina introduced the films featured in the Croatian competition programme. The festival was formally opened by Miodrag Flego, a long-time technical coordinator at the festival and this year\u2019s recipient of the \u201cMarijan Rotar\u201d Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the oldest film festivals in Europe, the Pula Film Festival continues to honour its rich tradition beneath the starry sky of the ancient Roman Arena. This year\u2019s edition opened with the premiere of \u201cJu\u017eina\u201d, a comedy directed by Ante Marin and starring Snje\u017eana Sinov\u010di\u0107, Donat Zeko, and Stojan Matavulj. Set in a typical apartment building in a Split neighbourhood, the film uses the southern wind (ju\u017eina) as a symbolic trigger for a chain of unusual events \u2013 misunderstandings, minor intrigues, and escalating chaos \u2013 where even heroes come to be seen as villains by their neighbours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Festival received 57 submissions for the Main Programme, including 37 entries in the Croatian Film section and 17 in the Minority Co-Productions section. Eleven films were selected for the Croatian Programme, and seven for Minority Co-Productions. 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