{"id":42831,"date":"2026-04-20T11:49:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&p=42831"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:49:28","slug":"president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107 and his spouse Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 attend the opening of ZagrebDox 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 and his spouse Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 attended the opening of the 2026 International Documentary Film Festival ZagrebDox on Sunday evening at the Kaptol Boutique Cinema in Zagreb. The 22nd<\/sup> edition of the festival kicked off with the film \u201cSinteti\u010dko suosje\u0107anje\u201d (Synthetic Sincerity)<\/em> by British director Marc Isaacs, which combines documentary and fiction to explore the phenomenon of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his speech, Nenad Puhovski, founder and artistic director of ZagrebDox, recalled a 1994 conversation with one of his students who, after returning from the battlefield a changed man \u2013 quieter, slower, with a vacant stare \u2013 told him, \u201cPeople don\u2019t die in slow motion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt the time, he didn\u2019t know about what we now call artificial intelligence, fake news, or artificial reality. Yet, in the worst possible way, he recognized the difference between film and reality,\u201d Puhovski added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As he explained, between these two extremes of the same reality, they chose to round off the festival with two films: one focused on artificial intelligence and the issues it raises, and the other, about war, where \u201cyou die instantly, without slow motion,\u201d and its impact not only on people but on everything around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive Director Hrvoje Puk\u0161ec expressed his support for colleagues from the Split Mediterranean Film Festival, who, he noted, incredibly \u2013 yet truthfully \u2013 had not been recognized by the local authorities this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening the festival, Deputy Mayor of Zagreb Luka Korlaet congratulated the organizers on their longevity, celebrating 22 editions and around three thousand films viewed by 400,000 people. \u201cBeyond the numbers, we should congratulate due to the content that changes our lives and, like binoculars or a microscope, takes us on a journey from these armchairs,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also mentioned that the renovation of the Europa Cinema had finally begun this year, and that soon, procurement for the renovation of the Tu\u0161kanac Cinema, where the festival began in 2005, would start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director Marc Isaacs introduced the opening film before the screening, recalling how, two years ago, he watched a video made with artificial intelligence about a man sitting in a caf\u00e9, possibly contemplating the future. This led him to question what the future holds for filmmakers. \u201cPerhaps it will be a world where conversations and encounters with real people are no longer important, and cameras will no longer venture into the real world. I made this film to provoke some of these questions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival, which runs until 26 April, will screen 112 films across sixteen program sections, selected from over two thousand submissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The international competition features 20 films, mostly stories about war and its aftermath, trauma, migration, family and social relationships, the role of women, and issues surrounding nature, work, and technology. Meanwhile, the regional competition showcases 18 films providing a multi-layered perspective on a world shaped by crises, change, and personal stories that transcend them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the international and regional competitions, ZagrebDox will present a variety of other programs\u2014State of the Art<\/em>, Festival Hits<\/em>, Musical Globe<\/em>, Factumentaries<\/em>, Happy Dox<\/em>, Biographical Dox<\/em>, Audio Dox<\/em>, Masters of Dox<\/em>, Teen Dox<\/em>, Controversial Dox<\/em>, Green Dox<\/em>, Dox of Resistance<\/em>, and Photo Dox.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A retrospective of Swiss director and producer Christian Frei, one of the most innovative and influential voices in contemporary documentary filmmaking, will also be featured. Additionally, a rich industrial and educational segment will be presented through the ZagrebDox Pro and DoXXL programs. (HINA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n \n <\/a>\n \n \n <\/a>\n \n \n <\/a>\n \n \n <\/a>\n \n \n <\/a>\n \n \n <\/a>\n \n \n <\/a>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

PHOTO: FOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia \/ Marko Beljan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 and his spouse Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 attended the opening of the 2026 International Documentary Film Festival ZagrebDox on Sunday evening at the Kaptol Boutique Cinema in Zagreb. The 22nd edition of the festival kicked off with the film \u201cSinteti\u010dko suosje\u0107anje\u201d (Synthetic Sincerity) by British director Marc Isaacs, which combines documentary and fiction to explore the phenomenon of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42830,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-42831","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPresident Milanovi\u0107 and his spouse Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 attend the opening of ZagrebDox 2026 - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Milanovi\u0107 and his spouse Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 attend the opening of ZagrebDox 2026 - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 and his spouse Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 attended the opening of the 2026 International Documentary Film Festival ZagrebDox on Sunday evening at the Kaptol Boutique Cinema in Zagreb. The 22nd edition of the festival kicked off with the film \u201cSinteti\u010dko suosje\u0107anje\u201d (Synthetic Sincerity) by British director Marc Isaacs, which combines documentary and fiction to explore the phenomenon of artificial intelligence.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-20T09:49:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC_4784-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1779\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1270\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\\\/\",\"name\":\"President Milanovi\u0107 and his spouse Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 attend the opening of ZagrebDox 2026 - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/DSC_4784-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-20T09:49:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-20T09:49:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/DSC_4784-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/04\\\/DSC_4784-1.jpg\",\"width\":1779,\"height\":1270},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Vijesti\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"President Milanovi\u0107 and his spouse Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 attend the opening of ZagrebDox 2026\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\",\"description\":\"Just another WordPress site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.predsjednik.hr\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"President Milanovi\u0107 and his spouse Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 attend the opening of ZagrebDox 2026 - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"President Milanovi\u0107 and his spouse Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 attend the opening of ZagrebDox 2026 - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","og_description":"The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 and his spouse Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 attended the opening of the 2026 International Documentary Film Festival ZagrebDox on Sunday evening at the Kaptol Boutique Cinema in Zagreb. The 22nd edition of the festival kicked off with the film \u201cSinteti\u010dko suosje\u0107anje\u201d (Synthetic Sincerity) by British director Marc Isaacs, which combines documentary and fiction to explore the phenomenon of artificial intelligence.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\/","og_site_name":"President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","article_modified_time":"2026-04-20T09:49:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1779,"height":1270,"url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC_4784-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\/","url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\/","name":"President Milanovi\u0107 and his spouse Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 attend the opening of ZagrebDox 2026 - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC_4784-1.jpg","datePublished":"2026-04-20T09:49:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-20T09:49:28+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC_4784-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DSC_4784-1.jpg","width":1779,"height":1270},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-and-his-spouse-sanja-music-milanovic-attend-the-opening-of-zagrebdox-2026\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Vijesti","item":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"President Milanovi\u0107 and his spouse Sanja Musi\u0107 Milanovi\u0107 attend the opening of ZagrebDox 2026"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/","name":"President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107","description":"Just another WordPress site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/42831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-cat?post=42831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}