Pula Film Festival13 – 21 July 2019

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POINTS OF SALEFESTIVAL INFO POINT at Giardini6 to 21 July 2019 from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.Ticket, passes and souvenir sales

OUTSIDE THE ARENA13 to 21 July 2019from 6 p.m. to 12.30 a. m.

Online at www.pulafilmfestival.hr

TICKET PRICESIndividual film evenings at the Arena: 25.00 HRKSet of tickets for all evenings at the Arena: 165.00 HRK

PASS – Friend of the FestivalSTUDENTS can purchase tickets at a discounted price of 50.00 HRK if they show their Indeks.PENSIONERS can purchase tickets at a discounted price of 30.00 HRK if they show proof of pension.

Tickets can be purchased at Festival points of sale and paid for only in cash, in Croatian kuna, while online purchase of tickets allows for payment with credit and debit cards (American Express, MasterCard, Visa, Diners, Maestro) at the Festival website www.pulafilmfestival.hr

All information regarding ticket sales can be received via:ulaznice@pulafilmfestival.hr Film programmes at VALLI CINEMA, ISTRIAN NATIONAL THEATRE and AMBRELA BEACH - free entry

FESTIVAL ISLANDLocated opposite the entrance of the Valli Cinema, at the main city promenade Giardini, Festival Island is the place of many interesting events, meetings with film crews, press conferences, and interesting presentations.

LOCATIONS1. ARENA, Scalierova ulica 302. VALLI CINEMA, Giardini 13. ISTRIAN NATIONAL THEATRE, Laginjina ulica 54. TITOV PARK, Carrarina ulica 95. ITALIAN COMMUNITY CIRCOLO, Carrarina ulica 16. PORTARATA, Trg Portarata 17. PULA CITY LIBRARY, Kandlerova ulica 398. MAKINA GALLERY, Kapitolinski trg 19. MMC LUKA, Istarska 3010. SERBIAN CULTURAL CENTER, Maksimijanova 1211. GIARDINI, Giardini 112. HGK - Croatian Chamber of Economy, Carrarina 513. MSUI - MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART OF

ISTRIA, Sv. Ivana 114. HUiU - CROATIAN ASSOCIATION OF

INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTISTS, Zagrebačka 2715. MEMO Museum, Scalierova 416. Rin Tin Tin Kindergarten, Uspon Franje Glavinića 4/A17. AMBRELA BEACH, Verudela 5

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5 p.m.TIME MACHINEThe Wide Blue Road drama, romance • Italy, France, Germany, Yugoslavia • 1957 • 103’DIRECTOR: Gillo PontecorvoCAST: Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Francisco Rabal, Mario Girotti, Umberto SpadaroTo get out of poverty, fisherman Squarciò decides to use bombs instead of nets, which infuriates other fishermen who now hate him and his family.

7.30 p.m.EUROSHORT Virgins4lyfedramaNorway • 2018 • 17’ DIRECTOR: Thea Hvistendahl

Watermelon Juice dramaSpain • 2019 • 20’ DIRECTOR: Irene Moray

The EscapedramaFrance • 2018 • 10’ DIRECTOR: Laëtitia Martinoni

FrameworkdramaSwitzerland • 2018 • 16’ DIRECTOR: Jasmin Gordon

A Night with Juan Diego Botto comedySpain • 2018 • 10’ DIRECTORS: Teresa Bellón, César F. Calvillo

9 p.m.EUROPOLISNever Look Away drama, romance, historyGermany, Italy • 2018 • 189’ DIRECTOR: Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckCAST: Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Oliver MasucciYoung artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazi regime. Everything changes when he meets the student Ellie.

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9.30 p.m.STUDENT PROGRAMME The Silver-Fanged BoarRomania • 2018 • 4’ DIRECTOR: Maria Lascu

Girl With a Fork in a World of SoupIsrael • 2018 • 22’ DIRECTOR: Yotam Knispel

The Smile Croatia • 2018 • 4’ DIRECTOR: Matea Kovač

KONTRAPUNKT – CROATIAN FILM 4 p.m.Keep Calm and Snap comedyCroatia • 2018 • 83’ DIRECTOR: Ljubomir KerekešCAST: Ljubomir Kerekeš, Mirela Brekalo, Ana Begić, Zoran Pribičević, Jan KerekešThe Prišt brothers are at a crossroads, preparing for their acting studies. Krešo, the older brother, has a hump and too much confidence. The other brother, Kruno, who can’t properly pronounce some words, finds out he has failed his entrance exam at the Faculty of Forestry.

5.30 p.m.Zagreb Equinox comedy, adventureCroatia • 2019 • 94’ DIRECTOR Svebor Mihael JelićCAST Lena Medar, Lana Bogović, Patrik Gregurec, Mislav Živković, Tin BlagojevićSix young friends decide that the 2015 spring equinox is a great reason to throw a party. Two of them will prepare the venue, the other two will get the booze, and the last two will get the weed. And right before midnight, they’ll meet at the party to welcome the arrival of spring.

7.15 p.m.SHORT PULA – SHORT FICTION Fencedrama, comedy Kosovo, Croatia, France • 2018 • 15’ DIRECTOR: Lendita Zeqiraj

9.30 p.m.OPENING CEREMONY

CROATIAN FILMGeneralwar dramaCroatia • 2019 • 163’DIRECTOR: Antun Vrdoljak CAST: Goran Višnjić, Nataša Janjić, Olga Pakalović, Mustafa Nadarević, Ivo Gregurević

On 8 December 2005, the world media reported that a fugitive charged for war crimes, Croatian general Ante Gotovina, was finally arrested in the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Playa de Las Americas). His dramatic life begins with the shocking death of his mother.

7.30 p.m.MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONLove CutsdramaSerbia, Croatia • 2019 • 76’ DIRECTOR: Kosta ĐorđevićCAST: Kristina Jovanović, Mladen Sovilj, Đurđina Radić, Marko Janketić, Milan Čučilović It is a scorching August on the streets of Belgrade. A cocky teenage girl, Aja, breaks up with her boyfriend for the umpteenth time. A little while later, while hanging out with her friends, she gets bullied and is stabbed by a gang of local kids.

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5 p.m.DOCUMENTARY FILMS Tea with the Dames (Nothing Like a Dame) UK • 2018 • 84’ DIRECTOR: Roger MichellDames Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith talk about a friendship that goes back more than half a century and their successful careers marked by humble beginnings in the theatre.

7 p.m.DRAMA SERIES Success Croatia • 2019 • 2 x 50’ • S01E01, S01E02 DIRECTOR: Danis TanovićCAST: Uliks Fehmiu, Filip Mayer, Iva Mihalić, Ivana Roščić, Marija Škaričić, Tara Thaller, Goran Bogdan, Leon Lučev, Tihana LazovićFour complete strangers - bank clerk Vinka, architect Haris, young father Kiki, and high school student Blanka are bound together forever by a violent event.

9 p.m.EUROPOLISThe WifedramaUK, Sweden, USA • 2017 • 99’ DIRECTOR: Björn L RungeCAST: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons, Christian Slater, Elizabeth McGovernBehind any great man, there’s always a greater woman - and you’re about to meet her. Joan Castleman has spent forty years sacrificing her life to support her charismatic husband Joe, who is a writer. When they travel to Stockholm for Joe to receive his Nobel Prize, Joan will reexamine her own life choices.

11 p.m.FRIEND COUNTRY - TURKEYDairy Philosopher comedyTurkey • 2013 • 109’ DIRECTOR Müfit Can SacintiCAST Müfit Can Sacinti, Rasim Öztekin, Ayda Aksel, Begüm ÖnerMustafa Ali is an enthusiast who exchanges stressful city life for laid-back, comfortable countryside living in nature. Cavit, a wealthy businessman from Istanbul, tries to persuade him to sell him his land so he could build a hotel on it, but Mustafa Ali remains firm.

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KONTRAPUNKT – CROATIAN FILM 4 p.m.Last Days of Summererotic art thrillerCroatia • 2018 • 75’ DIRECTOR: Damir Radić CAST: Tanja Kordić, Antonija Šitum, Ivica Gunjača, Natalija Grgorinić, PepaTanja and Antonija are two girls who spend their last days of summer and love at a remote spot by the sea. Ivan is a lonely man looking for erotic excitement. He stalks the girls, photographing them, and is especially interested in Tanja.

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9:30 p.m.STUDENT PROGRAMME Misplaced Memories Croatia • 2018 • 6’DIRECTOR: Ivana Radić

19 Schaffarik StreetSerbia • 2018 • 20’ DIRECTOR: Lana Pavkov

Find Me, Mother India • 2018 • 4’ DIRECTOR: Suchana Saha

10 p.m.DIZALICAOne Small Stepanimated filmUSA, China • 2018 • 8’ DIRECTOR: Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas

Giant Little OnesdramaCanada • 2018 • 93’ DIRECTOR: Keith BehrmanCAST: Josh Wiggins, Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson, Maria Bello, Kyle MacLachlanFranky and Ballas are best friends since childhood. They are having a great time and are popular with the girls in their high school, but an unexpected incident will put their friendship to the test.

KONTRAPUNKT – CROATIAN FILM5.30 p.m.Happy End: Dumb & Stupider 3comedyCroatia • 2018 • 88’ DIRECTOR: Anđelo Jurkas CAST: Jelena Perčin, Dino Škare More, Iskra Jirsak, Kristina Krepela, Barbara Nola, Massimo Savić, Edo MaajkaTwo losers come up with an effective self-help method under the slogan “Love to the Sky, F**k to the Stars”, and find themselves in a whirlwind of sex, politics, religion, the media, the devastating power of the mind of celebrity culture, comic book characters, and court scandal.

7.15 p.m.MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONRafaëldramaNetherlands, Belgium, Italy, Croatia • 2018 • 104’ DIRECTOR: Ben SombogaartCAST: Melody Klaver, Nabil Mallat, Mehdi Meskar, Medina SchuurmanTunisian Nazir is married to the pregnant Dutch Kimmy. During Arab Spring, they decide to leave the country, but only Kimmy is allowed across the border into Europe. Nazir’s papers are not enough for the officials, and he is forced to find alternative ways to join his wife in the Netherlands.

9.30 p.m.CROATIAN FILMWhat a Country!political satireCroatia, Poland, Serbia • 2019 • 118’ DIRECTOR: Vinko BrešanCAST: Iva Mihalić, Alma Prica, Lazar Ristovski, Krešimir Mikić, Nikša Butijer A suicidal general, a minister in the Croatian Government, who voluntarily locks himself inside a prison cell, and four men of different nationalities (Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian), who steal the coffins with the remains of the late Croatian and Serbian presidents to put pressure on their governments, are the protagonists whose destinies intertwine in a host of absurd situations.

11.40 p.m.CROATIAN FILMAll Alone dramaCroatia, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro • 2018 • 73’ DIRECTOR: Bobo Jelčić CAST: Rakan Rushaidat, Miki Manojlović, Snježana Sinovčić Šiškov, Lea Breyer, Ivana Roščić Marko is hardly ever alone: he is surrounded by family, friends, and neighbourhood fixers. However, he has the least contact with the person he loves the most - his daughter, who lives with her mother. When he starts the proceedings to get more visiting rights, Marko steps into a social services system in disarray.

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5 p.m.DOCUMENTARY FILMS The Great Buster USA • 2018 • 102’ DIRECTOR: Peter BogdanovichDocumentary on the life and work of comic genius Buster Keaton, known as the Great Stone Face, the actor who never smiles, whose films The Navigator (1924) and The General (1926) have become cult favourites.

7 p.m.KONTRAPUNKT - MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION I Act, I Am dramaSlovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia • 2018 • 105’ DIRECTOR: Miroslav Mandić CAST: Luna Zimić Mijović, Goran Bogdan, Gregor Zorc, Lana Barić, Ivana Roščić, Olga Pakalović, Mojca FunklPreparing for a part of a thief, a young actress begins stealing in real life. / A theatre actor is offered to play a bum in a movie. During his research for the part, he makes friends with the homeless. / An actor and an actress are playing a passionate couple in a TV soap opera. When production wraps, he claims to be in love with her.

9 p.m.EUROPOLISMy Masterpiece comedyArgentina, Spain • 2018 • 100’ DIRECTOR: Gastón DupratCAST: Luis Brandoni, Guillermo Francella, Raúl Arévalo, Andrea FrigerioArturo is an unscrupulous art dealer and a heartthrob with women, and his old friend Renzo is a talented, but socially awkward painter. To improve Renzo’s reputation, Arturo comes up with a risky plan that neither of them knows how it will end.

11 p.m.FRIEND COUNTRY - TURKEYHusband Factor romance, comedyTurkey • 2015 • 109’ DIRECTOR: Kivanç BaruönüCAST: Ezgi Mola, Murat Yildirim, Nevra Serezli, Gülenay KalkanThirty-year-old Efsun lives with her parents, spending most of her time reading books, not thinking too much about love or a relationship. But after her cousin gets engaged, the women in the family start talking about Efsun getting married. Then, Sinan, her friend from school, comes home from abroad.

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PULICA 10 a.m.Sheepanimated film • 3+Germany • 2018 • 3’ DIRECTOR: Julia Ocker

Ploey: You Never Fly Alone animated film • 5+Iceland, Belgium • 2018 • 83’ DIRECTOR: Árni ÁsgeirssonVOICES: Jamie Oram, Colin Mace, John Stamos, Sean AstinA plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He is alone and must survive the arctic winter and various enemies with the help of new friends.

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9.30 p.m.EUROSHORT Virgins4lyfe drama / Norway • 2018 • 17’ DIRECTOR: Thea HvistendahlWatermelon Juice drama / Spain • 2019 • 20’ DIRECTOR: Irene MorayThe Escapedrama / France • 2018 • 10’ DIRECTOR: Laëtitia MartinoniFrameworkdrama / Switzerland • 2018 • 16’ DIRECTOR: Jasmin GordonOne Night with Juan Diego Botto comedy / Spain • 2018 • 10’ DIRECTORS: Teresa Bellón, César F. Calvillo

10 p.m.DIZALICALost & Found animated filmAustralia • 2018 • 8’ DIRECTOR: Andrew Goldsmith, Bradley Slabe

I Hope You’ll Die Next Time :) drama, thrillerHungary • 2018 • 96’ DIRECTOR: Mihály SchwechtjeCAST: Szilvia Herr, Kristóf Vajda, Csaba Polgár, Olívia Csúcs16-year-old Eszter is secretly in love with her English teacher, while Peter, also 16, is in love with Eszter. One day the teacher announces that he will leave the school and Eszter, who is devastated, gets a special farewell e-mail.

6.20 p.m.STUDENT PROGRAMME 1Little Hero Romania • 2018 • 5’ DIRECTOR: Elena Ciolacu

Willkommen! Romania • 2018 • 17’ DIRECTOR: Bogdan Maraloiu

Dinosaur Serbia • 2019 • 20’ DIRECTOR: Siniša Cvetić

7.30 p.m.MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONErased dramaSlovenia, Croatia, Serbia • 2018 • 86’ DIRECTOR: Miha MazziniCAST: Judita Franković Brdar, Sebastian Cavazza, Doroteja Nadrah, Silva Čušin, Pia Zemljić, Jernej Kogovšek, Izudin Bajrović, Jernej ŠugmanEarly 1990s. After giving birth at a local hospital, Ana faces a bureaucracy issue. Her personal details are not in the system, including her social security and address. In other words, Ana officially does not exist, even though she has spent her entire life in Slovenia.

9.30 p.m.CROATIAN FILMThe Last Serb in Croatiazombie comedyCroatia, Serbia • 2019 • 89’ DIRECTOR: Predrag Ličina CAST: Krešimir Mikić, Hristina Popović, Tihana Lazović, Marina Redžepović, Dado Ćosić, Bojan Navojec, Dušan Bućan, Nikša ButijerMićo, a bon vivant from Zagreb, whose daily routine includes massage parlours, restaurants, and cinemas, where he watches a movie series featuring his favourite actress Franka Anić, is caught completely off guard by the zombie-epidemics. Nevertheless, he boldly embarks on an odyssey accompanied by his movie heroine, with a single, but highly unattainable goal: to survive!

11.10 p.m.POPULAR PULAA Faithful Man drama, romance, comedy France • 2018 • 75’ DIRECTOR: Louis GarrelCAST: Louis Garrel, Laetitia Casta, Lily-Rose DeppMarianne’s and Able’s relationship becomes complicated when she leaves him for his best friend Paul. Years later, after Paul’s death, Marianne enters Abel’s life, this time, with her son Joseph.

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5 p.m.DOCUMENTARY FILMS John Ford, the Man Who Invented America France • 2019 • 54’ DIRECTOR: Jean-Christophe KlotzJohn Ford is the director who helped create the legend of the American West during a career that spanned over fifty years and nearly 150 movies, and has contributed to creating the American legend, exploring both its promises and failures.

7 p.m.KONTRAPUNKT - MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION Breathing into Marble dramaLithuania, Latvia, Croatia • 2018 • 97’ DIRECTOR: Giedre BeinoriuteCAST: Airida Gintautaitė, Joris Baltrūnas, Sigitas Šidlaukas, Guna Zarina Izabele is an intellectual living with her husband in a homestead near a big city. Their son Gailius has a case of epilepsy and is smarter than most children his age. Izabele decides to adopt Ilja, a secretive and withdrawn six-year-old boy from the children’s home.

9 p.m.EUROPOLISAll Is True biographical drama, historyUK • 2018 • 101’ DIRECTOR: Kenneth BranaghCAST: Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Jack Colgrave HirstThe year is 1613, Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. His renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground, and Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must face a troubled past and a neglected family - his estranged wife and daughters, and the death of his only son Hamnet.

11 p.m.FRIEND COUNTRY - TURKEYGrain science fiction drama Turkey, Germany, France, Sweden, Qatar • 2017 • 123’ DIRECTOR: Semih KaplanogluCAST: Jean-Marc Barr, Cristina Flutur, Ermin BravoIn a post-apocalyptic world, the survivors are divided between urban and agricultural zones, crowded by elites ruled over by corporations. In the areas called Dead Lands, genetically incompatible immigrants suffer from drought and epidemics.

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PULICA 10 a.m.Mogu & Perol animated film • 5+Japan • 2018 • 8’ DIRECTOR: Tsuneo Goda

Sune vs. Sune comedy • 8+Sweden • 2018 • 89’ DIRECTOR: Jon HolmbergCAST: Elis Gerdt, John Österlund, Sissela Benn, Lily WahlsteenOn his first day as a fourth-grader, Sune is welcomed by an unwanted surprise. A new boy is in his seat, and he’s everything Sune wants to be. Not only that, but his name is also Sune.

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10 p.m.DIZALICASkindramaUSA • 2018 • 21’ DIRECTOR: Guy Nattiv

Stupid Young Heart dramaFinska, Netherlands, Sweden • 2018 • 102’ DIRECTOR: Selma VilhunenCAST: Jere Ristseppä, Rosa Honkonen, Abshir Sheikh Nur, Pihla Viitala, Ville HaapasaloAfter a night together, teenagers Lenni and Kiira discover they are expecting a baby and decide to keep it. But Lenni soon falls under the influence of the older, extreme-right Janne.

6.20 p.m.STUDENT PROGRAMME 2Gotcha!Bulgaria • 2018 • 21’ DIRECTOR: Stefani Doytchinova

An Attempt for a Happy Story North Macedonia • 2018 • 17’ DIRECTOR: Lavinija Sofronievska

Donka North Macedonia • 2018 • 10’ DIRECTOR: Aleksandar Arsovski

7.20 p.m.MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONThe Load dramaSerbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar • 2018 • 98’ DIRECTOR: Ognjen GlavonićCAST: Leon Lučev, Pavle Čemerikić, Tamara Krcunović, Ivan Lučev, Igor BenčinaVlada works as a truck driver during the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. Tasked with transporting a mysterious load from Kosovo to Belgrade, he drives through unfamiliar territory, trying to make his way in a country scarred by the war. He knows that once the job is over, he will need to return home and face the consequences of his actions.

9.30 p.m.DIZALICA AND CINEMA BY THE SEA - SHORT One Small Step animated filmUSA, China • 2018 • 8’ DIRECTORS: Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas

Lost & Foundanimated filmAustralia • 2018 • 8’ DIRECTORS: Andrew Goldsmith, Bradley Slabe

Enough animated filmUK • 2019 • 2’ DIRECTOR: Anna Mantzaris

BoomerangcomedyUSA • 2018 • 9’ DIRECTOR: Matthew Frost

Chuchotage comedy, dramaHungary • 2018 • 17’ DIRECTOR: Barnabás Tóth

Delectable You fantasy, romanceFrance • 2017 • 15’ DIRECTOR: Axel Courtière

Skin dramaUSA • 21’ • 2018 DIRECTOR: Guy Nattiv

9.30 p.m.CROATIAN FILMF20 psychological thriller Croatia • 2018 • 90’ DIRECTOR: Arsen Anton Ostojić CAST: Romina Tonković, Filip Mayer, Lana Ujević, Alma Prica, Ksenija Marinković, Mladen Vulić, Alen Liverić, Robert Budak, Alen Šalinović Young girl Martina stays in the city during summer, forced to work in her father’s pizzeria, delivering pizzas, though she daydreams about going to the party beach Zrće. She starts a relationship with a shy young man, Filip, who spends most of his time at home playing video-games and ordering pizza, which she uses as a way to get out of being grounded.

11.10 p.m.POPULAR PULAPain and Glory dramaSpain • 2019 • 113’ DIRECTOR: Pedro AlmodóvarCAST: Antonio Banderas, Penélope Cruz, Nora Navas, Raúl ArévaloSalvador is a successful director who is in the middle of a creative crisis, which makes him think about the years past - his childhood in the 1960s, moving with his parents, his first love, the pain of the breakup, but also the early discovery of cinema.

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5 p.m.DOCUMENTARY FILMS Making Montgomery Clift USA • 2018 • 88’ DIRECTOR: Robert Anderson Clift, Hillary DemmonClassic film star and queer icon Montgomery Clift’s legacy has long been a story of tragedy and self-destruction. But when his nephew dives into the family archives, a much more complicated picture emerges.

7 p.m.KONTRAPUNKT - MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION Just Like My Son dramaItaly, Belgium, Croatia • 2018 • 103’ DIRECTOR: Costanza QuatriglioCAST: Basir Ahang, Tihana Lazović, Dawood YousefiIn the middle of the night, a phone rings three times. It’s a sign. Ismail calls back from a call centre. In Afghanistan, a man answers and hands the phone to Ismail’s mother, who denies knowing him. She hasn’t had any news about her son since he escaped the country as a little boy with his brother.

9 p.m.EUROPOLISThe Bracomedy, dramaGermany, Azerbaijan • 2018 • 90’ DIRECTOR: Veit HelmerCAST: Predrag Miki Manojlović, Denis Lavant, Paz Vega, Chulpan Khamatova, Maia MorgensternTrain driver Nurlan accidentally snags a blue bra off a washing line. He’ll do anything to find the owner - he visits many households and meets a lot of women, giving meaning to his lonely existence.

11 p.m.FRIEND COUNTRY - TURKEYBlue Bicycle family drama Turkey • 2016 • 94’ DIRECTOR: Ümit KörekenCAST: Selim Kaya, Eray Kilicarslan, Bahriye Arin, Fatih KocaIn the picturesque Anatolian countryside, 12-year-old Ali is trying to save up to buy something he’s always dreamed of - a blue bicycle. When Elif, the girl he likes, becomes the victim of injustice, Ali and his friend Yusuf will do everything they can to help her, even if it means Ali has to give up his dream.

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PULICA 10 a.m.Charlie the Snowman’s Christmas Wedding animated film 4+Czechia • 2017 • 12’ DIRECTOR Petr Vodička

Lotte and the Lost Dragons animated film • 5+Latvia, Estonia • 2019 • 78’ DIRECTORS: Heiki Ernits, Janno PõldmaVOICES: Evelin Võigemast, Helmi Tulev, Mait Malmsten, Elina Reinold, Sepo Seeman, Anu LampLotte and her little sister Roosi decide to go find the fire-breathing dragons. After several adventures, Lotte and Roosi find their way to the dragons. Surprises await them there.

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10 p.m.CINEMA BY THE SEADelectable You fantasy, romanceFrance • 2017 • 15’DIRECTOR: Axel Courtière

Cleo fantasy, comedy Germany • 2019 • 99’ DIRECTOR: Erik Schmitt CAST: Marleen Lohse, Jeremy Mockridge, Gwendolyn Göbel, Heiko Pinkowski, Max MauffCleo is an unusual and shy girl who works as a tourist guide, and her biggest wish is to turn back time, as it seems that misfortune has been haunting her loved ones since she was born. Finding a legendary treasure sounds like the ideal solution to her problem.

6.20 p.m.STUDENT PROGRAMME 3Girl With a Fork in a World of SoupIsrael • 2018 • 22’DIRECTOR: Yotam Knispel

19 Schaffarik Street Serbia • 2018 • 20’ DIRECTOR: Lana Pavkov

Sometimes It’s Easier to Kill Somebody Else Croatia • 2018 • 7’ DIRECTOR: Elizabeta Ružić

7.20 p.m.MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONGod Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya dramaNorth Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, France • 2019 • 100’ DIRECTOR: Teona Strugar MitevskaCAST: Zorica Nuševa, Simeon Moni Damevski, Violeta Shapkovska, Andrijana Kolevska, Suad BegovskiIn Štip, a small town in North Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. This time, a girl, Petrunija, dives into the water on a whim and manages to grab the cross before the others. All hell breaks loose, but Petrunija holds her ground.

9.30 p.m.PULICA SHORTSheep animated film • 3+Germany • 2018 • 3’ DIRECTOR: Julia Ocker

Mogu & Perol animated film • 5+Japan • 2018 • 8’ DIRECTOR: Tsuneo Goda

Robot and the Whaleanimated film • 3+Sweden • 2018 • 6’ DIRECTOR: Jonas Forsman

Charlie the Snowman’s Christmas Wedding animated film • 4+Czechia • 2017 • 12’ DIRECTOR: Petr Vodička

Bobo animated film • 10+Croatia • 2018 • 14’ DIRECTOR: Andrej Rehak

9.30 p.m.CROATIAN FILMExtracurricularsatire, thrillerCroatia • 2019 • 101’DIRECTOR: Ivan-Goran Vitez CAST: Anita Matić Delić, Milivoj Beader, Željko Königsknecht, Marina Kostelac, Nadežda Perišić Radović, Petra Vukelić, Frida Jakšić The recently divorced father of a nine-year-old, furious his daughter can’t spend her birthday with him, bursts into her classroom with a birthday cake and a rifle. A hostage crisis ensues, and the mayor of the town in which the events take place will try to use the situation to gain advantage ahead of the elections, stopping at nothing.

11.20 p.m.POPULAR PULAThe White Crow biographical drama UK, France • 2018 • 127’ DIRECTOR: Ralph FiennesCAST: Oleg Ivenko, Ralph Fiennes, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Raphaël PersonnazDancing icon Rudolf Nureyev defects from the Soviet Union to the West in 1961, despite KGB efforts to stop him.

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5 p.m.DOCUMENTARY FILMS Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast USA • 2018 • 96’ DIRECTOR: Bruce Weber A celebration of the life of Hollywood bad boy, Robert Mitchum. Benicio del Toro, Johnny Depp and Clint Eastwood, who also have a reputation of being Hollywood bad boys, are just some of the people in the interviews.

7 p.m.KONTRAPUNKT - MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION Likemeback dramaItaly, Croatia • 2018 • 82’ DIRECTOR: Leonardo Guerra SeràgnoliCAST: Angela Fontana, Denise Tantucci, Blu Yoshimi, Goran Marković Carla, Danila and Lavinia go to Croatia on holiday to celebrate the end of high school. Accompanied by Joško, a local skipper, they sail around the Adriatic Sea. They share every moment of fun on social media, unaware that the resulting events will transform their lives.

9 p.m.EUROPOLISThe Souvenirdrama, thriller UK, USA • 2019 • 120’ DIRECTOR: Joanna Hogg CAST: Honor Swinton Byrne, Tom Burke, Tilda Swinton, Richard AyoadeA shy student is navigating a turbulent courtship with a charismatic but untrustworthy man. She defies her protective mother and concerned friends as she slips deeper and deeper into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship which comes dangerously close to destroying her dreams.

11.10 p.m.FRIEND COUNTRY - TURKEYFish dramaTurkey • 2014 • 80’ DIRECTOR: Dervis Zaim CAST: Bülent Inal, Miray Akay, Sanem ÇelikKaya is a fisherman who lives on the shores of a lake with his wife Filiz and their daughter Deniz, who is unable to speak. In search of a cure, Filiz decides to try an ancient alternative remedy with a breed of fish believed to be medicinal. The trouble is, there is no more fish of this kind in the lake, so Filiz sets off for another lake to find it.

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PULICA 10 a.m.Bobo animated film 10+Croatia • 2018 • 14’ DIRECTOR: Andrej Rehak

Invisible Sue adventure, fantasy 10+Germany, Luxembourg • 2018 • 95’ DIRECTOR: Markus Dietrich CAST: Ruby M. Lichtenberg, Anna Shirin Habedank, Lui Eckhardt, Victoria MayerFollowing an accident in her scientist mother’s laboratory, 12-year-old Sue now has the unique ability to make herself invisible. Together with Kaya and Tobi, Sue sets on a mission to free her mother, who has been kidnapped, and unmask the conspiracy behind her disappearance.

ISTRIAN NATIONAL THEATRE

9.30 p.m.STUDENT PROGRAMMESteppe Fox Croatia • 2018 • 22’ DIRECTOR: Andrija Mardešić

White RoomCroatia • 2018 • 19’ DIRECTOR: Mladen Stanić

10 p.m.CINEMA BY THE SEAChuchotage comedy, drama Hungary • 2018 • 17’ DIRECTOR: Barnabás Tóth

Enough animated film, comedyUK • 2019 • 2’ DIRECTOR: Anna Mantzaris

The Best of Dorien Bcomedy, drama Belgium • 2019 • 106’ DIRECTOR: Anke Blondé CAST: Kim Snauwaert, Dirk van Dijck, Katelijne Verbeke, Jelle De Beule, Peter De GraefDorien has a flourishing veterinary practice, two sweet kids and a successful husband. Everything seems fine: on the outside. Her parents’ divorce and questioning her own life choices are just some of the problems to come.

6.20 p.m.STUDENT PROGRAMME 4The Smile Croatia • 2018 • 4’ DIRECTOR: Matea Kovač

Misplaced Memories Croatia • 2018 • 6’ DIRECTOR: Ivana Radić

Find Me, MotherIndia • 2018 • 4’ DIRECTOR: Suchana Saha

Nellie Slovenia • 2018 • 14’ DIRECTOR: Gaja Möderndorfer

The Silver-Fanged BoarRomania • 2018 • 4’ DIRECTOR: Maria Lascu

Grow Up to Be a Little TreeCroatia • 2018 • 5’ DIRECTOR: Noemi Ribić

7.20 p.m.MINORITY CO-PRODUCTIONStitchesdramaSerbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia • 2019 • 97’ DIRECTOR: Miroslav TerzićCAST: Snežana Bogdanović, Marko Bačović, Jovana Stojiljković, Pavle ČemerikićEighteen years after the sudden death of her newborn son, Ana still believes he has really been kidnapped and sold for adoption, as kidnappings of babies from Serbian maternity wards were a relatively frequent matter. She soon comes up with a new lead that gives her hope she might finally find him.

9.30 p.m.CROATIAN FILMThe Diary of Diana B. documentary fiction drama Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia • 2019 • 88’ DIRECTOR: Dana Budisavljević CAST: Alma Prica, Igor Samobor, Mirjana Karanović, Ermin Bravo, Krešimir Mikić, Vilim Matula, Livio BadurinaFirmly believing her own life is no more precious than the lives of the innocent people being persecuted, with the help of a few friends, Diana embarks on a perilous campaign of rescuing more than 10,000 children from the Ustasha camps in Nazi-occupied Croatia. Although at first working in her favour, in the midst of historical turmoil, Diana’s Austrian descent becomes a burden, which ultimately results in her story – one of the biggest humanitarian stories of World War II – being left untold.

11.10 p.m.POPULAR PULAThe Aftermath drama, romance, war UK, Germany, USA • 2019 • 108’ DIRECTOR: James Kent CAST: Keira Knightley, Jason Clarke, Alexander Skarsgård, Alexander ScheerPost World War II, during the post-war reconstruction of Hamburg, a British colonel and his wife Rachel share a house with previous owners - German widower Stephen and his troubled daughter. The atmosphere is charged with tension, hostility, grief, betrayal, as well as passion.

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AMBRELA ARENAISTRIAN NATIONAL THEATRE

1 9 J u l y / F R I D AY

7 p.m.SHORT PULA - SHORT FICTION I Don’t Know Who We Are dramaCroatia, Slovenia • 2019 • 20’ DIRECTOR: Boris HomovecMinutes crimeCroatia • 2019 • 6’ DIRECTOR: Vanja Nikolić Mechanics 2 dramaCroatia • 2019 • 11’ DIRECTOR: Bojan RadanovićThe Funeral dramaCroatia • 2019 • 16’ DIRECTOR: Tin MezeBepo dramaCroatia • 2019 • 17’ DIRECTOR: Filip Antonio Lizatović I DoexperimentalCroatia • 2018 • 9’ DIRECTOR: Petar Varat

9 p.m.EUROPOLISSmuggling Hendrix comedy, drama Cyprus • 2018 • 92’ DIRECTOR: Marios PiperidesCAST: Adam Bousdoukos, Fatih Al, Vicky Papadopoulou, Özgür KaradenizYiannis is a musician who is about to leave Cyprus for a better life abroad but sees his plans turned upside down when his dog runs away and crosses the Buffer Zone that separates the Greek South from the Turkish North. Yiannis sets out on a painstaking search for his pet to bring him home.

11 p.m.FRIEND COUNTRY - TURKEYTelling Tales romantic comedy Turkey • 2015 • 103’ DIRECTOR: Burak Aksak CAST: Fatih Artman, Hande Dogandemir, Cengiz Bozkurt, Tarik Ünlüoglu, Erdal TosunRiza is a shy, but also a much-loved minibus driver in an Istanbul neighbourhood. All is about to change when dreamy Ayperi, a girl who will make him question everything he used to believe, enters his life.

VALLI CINEMA

PULICA 10 a.m.Robot and the Whale animated film • 3+Sweden • 2018 • 6’ DIRECTOR: Jonas Forsman

Lu Over the Wall animated film, comedy • 10+Japan • 2017 • 112’ DIRECTOR: Masaaki Yuasa VOICES: Shôta Shimoda, Kanon Tani, Shin’ichi Shinohara, Sôma SaitôKai is a gloomy middle school student whose life changes after meeting Lu, an unusual dancing mermaid who loves music.

ISTRIAN NATIONAL THEATRE

9.30 p.m.STUDENT PROGRAMMELittle Hero Romania • 2018 • 5’ DIRECTOR: Elena Ciolacu

Nellie Slovenia • 2018 • 14’ DIRECTOR: Gaja Möderndorfer

Moths Croatia • 2018 • 15’ DIRECTOR: Tomislav Đurinec

10 p.m.CINEMA BY THE SEABoomerangcomedyUSA • 2018 • 9’ DIRECTOR: Matthew Frost

Heavy Trip glazbena comedyFinland, Norway, Belgium • 2018 • 92’ DIRECTOR: Juuso Laatio, Jukka VidgrenCAST: Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Max Ovaska, Minka Kuustonen, Rune TemteTuro is stuck in a small village where the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band. The guys get a surprise visitor from Norway, a promoter for a huge heavy metal music festival, and decide it’s now or never so they set on a trip to make their dreams a reality.

6.20 p.m.STUDENT PROGRAMME 5Lorem ipsumBosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia • 2019 • 60’ DIRECTOR: Filip Lončarić CAST: Lea Sekulić, Nikola Janošević, Darija Lelas, Pavao Lončarić

8 p.m.STUDENT PROGRAMME 6Steppe Fox Croatia • 2018 • 22’ DIRECTOR: Andrija Mardešić

Every Day After Eight Croatia • 2018 • 10’ DIRECTOR: Filip Zadro

White RoomCroatia • 2018 • 19’ DIRECTOR: Mladen Stanić

Moths Croatia • 2018 • 15’ DIRECTOR: Tomislav Đurinec

9.30 p.m.CROATIAN FILMMy Grandpa Is an Alien children’s fantasy, science-fiction Croatia, Luxembourg, Norway, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina • 2019 • 79’ DIRECTOR: Marina Andree Škop, Dražen Žarković CAST: Lana Hranjec, Ozren Grabarić, Petra Polnišova, Alex Rakoš, Nils Ole Oftebro, Sven Barac The entire life of the girl Una is turned upside down: her grandpa is abducted by aliens, and her mother suddenly collapses. In her basement, Una accidentaly discovers that her grandpa is an alien himself. His spaceship crashed planet some time ago, and there’s still the pilot there, a small, grumpy robot. Una and the robot have less than 24 hours to find and rescue her grandpa.

11 p.m.POPULAR PULATolkien biographical drama, war UK, USA • 2019 • 112’DIRECTOR: Dome KarukoskiCAST: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Derek Jacobi, Colm MeaneyThe formative years of the orphaned author J.R.R. Tolkien as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school. The outbreak of World War I threatens their lives and threatens to tear the fellowship apart, affecting also Tolkien’s love of beautiful Edith. All of these experiences would inspire Tolkien to write his famous Middle-Earth novels.

PORTARATA

AMBRELA ARENAISTRIAN NATIONAL THEATRE

2 0 J u l y / S AT U R D AY

CROATIAN FILM MARATHON12 p.m.The Last Serb in Croatiazombie comedyCroatia, Serbia • 2019 • 89’ DIRECTOR: Predrag Ličina

2.15 p.m.F20 psychological thriller Croatia • 2018 • 90’ DIRECTOR: Arsen Anton Ostojić

4 p.m.What a Country! political satireCroatia, Poland, Serbia • 2019 • 118’ DIRECTOR: Vinko Brešan

6.10 p.m.The Diary of Diana B. documentary fiction drama Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia • 2019 • 88’ DIRECTOR: Dana Budisavljević

7.50 p.m.General war dramaCroatia • 2019 • 163’DIRECTOR: Antun Vrdoljak

10.40 p.m.Extracurricular satire, thrillerCroatia • 2019 • 101’DIRECTOR: Ivan-Goran Vitez

VALLI CINEMA

9.30 p.mSTUDENT PROGRAMME Grow Up to Be a Little Tree Croatia • 2018 • 5’ DIRECTOR: Noemi Ribić

Willkommen!Romania • 2018 • 17’ DIRECTOR: Bogdan Maraloiu

DonkaNorth Macedonia • 2018 • 10’ DIRECTOR: Aleksandar Arsovski

10 a.m.CROATIAN FILM My Grandpa Is an Alien children’s fantasy, science-fiction Croatia, Luxembourg, Norway, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina • 2019 • 79’ DIRECTORS: Marina Andree Škop, Dražen Žarković

SHORT PULA - DOCUMENTARY FILMS4 p.m.Unbroken Heroes, Croatian Women in ArmsCroatia • 2019 • 140’ DIRECTOR: Irena Ščurić Testimonies of three women who went to the frontline feeling it in their hearts they needed to be there and help those fighting to defend their homes and families as much as they could. They are Sabina from Turanj, Mira from Vukovar, and Zorka from Sydney - the real winners of life, who can be an inspiration to all those who think life is hard.

6.40 p.m.Lessons on HumanityCroatia • 2019 • 61’ DIRECTOR: Branko IštvančićVeterans from Pakrac, working with some of the medical personnel of the Pakrac hospital, saved around three hundred patients from certain death in a humanitarian evacuation organised on the evening of 29 September 1991. 270 of the three hundred patients were Serbians from the psychiatry ward. The people who participated in the evacuation were presented with the Charter of Heroes of Humanity.

8 p.m.Footsteps, Family Stories from the Balkans Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Montenegro • 2019 • 65’ DIRECTORS: Marko Pavlović, Vlado BobanDino Rađa tells the stories of famous Olympians from ex-Yugoslavia and their children, who participated in Olympic Games under new flags, representing new countries. The fathers and mothers won medals for Yugoslavia, and their sons and daughters followed in their footsteps, winning medals for Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia…

9.30 p.m.AWARD CEREMONY

HOMMAGE TO OLIVER OLIVER’s 70- A small story of a great musician and his last concert documentary music filmCroatia • 2019 • 62’ DIRECTORS: Branko Drakulić, Lea DeklevaThe film was made from material recorded prior and during the anniversary concert OLIVER’s 70 with the Zagreb Philharmonic. Oliver himself is the host of the film, giving his most intimate interview ever, while his co-workers bring the viewers closer to the great, always modest and simple Oliver.

OLIVER’s 70 live concert filmCroatia • 2019 • 95’ DIRECTORS: Dalibor Sokolić, Tihomir Žarn Footage of a part of the concert and atmosphere of Oliver’s 70th birthday concert in Arena Zagreb on 11 March 2017. OLIVER’s 70 is also the last, previously unpublished footage of his concert with the Zagreb Philharmonic and guest musicians Antonio Serrano (Spain), Stjepan Hauser, Elvis Stanić and Matija Dedić, conducted by Maestro Alan Bjelinski. Giving a concert with these musicians was Oliver’s long time wish come true.

PORTARATA ARENAISTRIAN NATIONAL THEATRE

2 1 J u l y / S U N D AY

10.30 a.m.CROATIAN FILMAll AlonedramaCroatia, Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Crna Gora • 2018 • 73’ DIRECTOR: Bobo Jelčić

CROATIAN FILM MARATHON: MINORITY CO-PRODUCTION12 p.m.Rafaël dramaNetherlands, Belgium, Italy, Croatia • 2018 • 104’ DIRECTOR: Ben Sombogaart

2 p.m.The Load dramaSerbia, France, Croatia, Iran, Qatar • 2018 • 98’ DIRECTOR: Ognjen Glavonić

4 p.m.God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya dramaNorth Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, France • 2019 • 100’ DIRECTOR: Teona Strugar Mitevska

6 p.m.EraseddramaSlovenia, Croatia, Serbia • 2018 • 86’ DIRECTOR: Miha Mazzini

8 p.m.Love Cuts dramaSerbia, Croatia • 2019 • 76’ DIRECTOR: Kosta Đorđević

9.30 p.m.Stitches dramaSerbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia • 2019 • 97’ DIRECTOR: Miroslav Terzić

VALLI CINEMA

9.30 p.m.SHORT PULA - SHORT FICTION I Don’t Know Who We AredramaCroatia, Slovenia • 2019 • 20’ DIRECTOR: Boris Homovec

MinutescrimeCroatia • 2019 • 6’ DIRECTOR: Vanja Nikolić

Mechanics 2 dramaCroatia • 2019 • 11’ DIRECTOR: Bojan Radanović

The Funeral dramaCroatia • 2019 • 16’ DIRECTOR: Tin Meze

Bepo dramaCroatia • 2019 • 17’ DIRECTOR: Filip Antonio Lizatović

I DoexperimentalCroatia • 2018 • 9’ DIRECTOR: Petar Varat

Fence drama, comedy Kosovo, Croatia, France • 2018 • 15’ DIRECTOR: Lendita Zeqiraj

9.30 p.m.PULICAThe White Crow animated film Croatia • 2018 • 9’ DIRECTOR: Miran Miošić

POPULAR PULICAThe Lion King animated adventureUSA • 2019 • 117’DIRECTOR: Jon Favreau VOICES: Frano Mašković, Marko Makovičić, Milan Pleština, Duško Valentić, Anja Šovagović DespotAfter the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom. He meets many animals on his way and learns the true meaning of values such as bravery and responsibility, but also the meaning of life.

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Side Programme

EXHIBITIONS

Apoteka – Space for Contemporary ArtTomislav Gotovac: Film by All Means22 June - 17 August 2019

The exhibition Tomislav Gotovac: Film by All Means at Apoteka - Space for Contemporary Art is compact, as is the space of Apoteka, but it presents several key moments as examples of Gotovac’s film thinking by all means. The exhibition is organised in cooperation with the Tomislav Gotovac Institute and follows on from the project Cinemaniac: Think Film 2019, a side programme of Pula Film Festival.

SKUC - Serbian Cultural CentreSonja Savić: A City Girl11 - 20 July 2019

OPENING 11 July / 8 p.m.

Sonja Savić filmed her first author film in 1996, and had starred in more than 40 film and TV roles. Thanks to her massive talent and incredible ability of transformation, she starred in roles that secured her wide popularity and are remembered by generations. Five of her accomplishments, which the audience at Pula will be able to see as part of this multimedia exhibition, can be considered anthological in terms of their significance and artistic value within experimental and alternative film and video production in the territory of former Yugoslavia.

VALLI CINEMAReinterpretation of the Visual Identity of the 66th Pula Film Festival by students of the School of Applied Arts and Design, Pula13- 26 July 2019

The first grade of the School of Applied Arts and Design, Pula, mentored by teacher Denis Sardoz, will join the 66th Pula Film Festival with their reinterpretation of this year’s visual identity developed by Marko Rašić. 28 students have joined the project, the first design challenge in their future education. The exhibition will show the students’ drawing techniques, their contribution to the 66th Pula Film Festival.

MEMO Museum Festival of Yugoslavian Film13 - 31 July 2019The exhibition Festival of Yugoslavian Film is a new, additional section of the MEMO Museum (Museum of Good Memories). The Museum focuses on everyday life in Pula from the 1950s to the 1980s, and this exhibition will show some of the details of Pula Film Festival in the same period, a time when the Festival was established. Along with photographs, posters, and film recordings, the Museum also owns several items relating to film and cinema, such as cameras, projectors, and screens, which will be exhibited as part of this exhibition.

Visitors with accreditations, passes, and tickets enjoy free entry to the Memo Museum for the duration of the Festival.

MMC LukaCinemaniac > Think Film (Goran Trbuljak: WOW, WOW and Ready-Made – individual exhibition; Think Film >Think Cinema – group exhibition) 14 July – 1 August 2019

OPENING 14 July / 8 p.m.

Cinemaniac > Think Film is a multi-annual research platform examining the connections between film, moving images and contemporary art, which has been a side programme of Pula Film Festival since 2002. The 18th edition is structured in two parts, as two separate exhibitions, with the addition of screenings and discussions. (15 July / 7 p.m. - book presentation: Lars Henrik Gass: Film and Art After Cinema; 8 p.m. - screening of selected films from the International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen)

Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria / Museo d’arte contemporanea dell’IstriaGoran Trbuljak: Painting (45 Years of Not Painting)15 July – 1 September 2019

OPENING: 15 July / 8 p.m.

The exhibition presents 45 years of not painting by Goran Trbuljak, and includes screenings of films by the author. Continuous examination of the museum and gallery system, the roles and positions of the artists and art in the context and perception of modern society, the relationship of the individual toward art, the role of collectors and the market, and considerations of the creation and mission of an art work are primary interests of Trbuljak’s visual expression.

BOOK PRESENTATIONS

GiardiniTime Machine 3Dejan Kosanović: Cinematographic Activities in Pula, 1896-191815 July 2019 / 10 a.m.

The third festival edition of Time Machine focuses on the reissue of the book Cinematographic Activities in Pula, 1896-1918 by Dejan Kosanović. After 30 years from the first issue, with supplemented photographic documentation, the book brings to the forefront once again the beginnings of cinematographic activities in Pula until the end of the First World War. Based mostly on the available daily newspapers and periodicals of the time, the book focuses on travelling and permanent cinemas and habits of the then Pula audience.

MMC LukaCinemaniac > Think FilmLars Henrik Gass: Film and Art After Cinema15 July 2019 / 7 p.m.

Presentation of the book Film and Art After Cinema (published by MAMA, Zagreb, 2019) by Lars Henrik Gass, Director of the International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen, within the research platform Cinemaniac > Think Film. Following the discussion, recent short films from the selection of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen will be screened at 8 p.m.

Croatian Association of Interdisciplinary Artists in Pula - Partnership and programme exchange with the Croatian Designers Association in ZagrebCONCEPT BY: MIHAJLO ARSOVSKI – Graphic Design in Books and Journals from 1960s to Today11 - 31 July 2019

OPENING: 11 July / 7 p.m.

The exhibition presents the body of work by prominent graphic designer - one of the most significant figures of Croatian graphic design in general, Mihajlo Arsovski, in graphic design of books and scholarly journals, and includes issues designed in the time period from the early 1960s to today. Curators: Dejan Kršić and Marko Golub.

Makina GalleryJasenko Rasol: Extras11 July – 6 August 2019

OPENING: 12 July / 9 p.m.

Photographing extras, the people who fill the space behind the leading actors in a film, Jasenko Rasol destabilises the hierarchy of the film set where they are just vehicles for a given function. By bringing them to the forefront, recording their personal gestures or actions, he transfers them from the anonymous collective space into the zone of singularity. Extras were photographed in the films: Love or Death (2014), directed by Daniel Kušan; The High Sun (2015), directed by Dalibor Matanić, All the Best (2016), directed by Snježana Tribuson; Escape to the Sea (2017), directed by Veljko Bulajić; The Diary of Diana B. (2018), directed by Dana Budisavljević.

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Pula.Industry

13 - 21 July 2019Nine days of film screenings at the popular city square. Each day, a selection of short films from the Festival’s programmes Student Film, Pulica, Dizalica and Cinema by the Sea will be shown, as well as the international and Croatian selection.

18 - 20 July 2019Croatian Film Focus is an international industry programme for audiovisual professionals. This year’s programme will welcome a number of prominent guests from the world of film with the goal of promoting Croatian cinema, networking of Croatian filmmakers with key persons for the placing of films abroad, and discussing about the challenges of today’s audiovisual industry.

CONCERTS

Italian Community - Circolo / 11.30 p.m.

13 July Music After Dinner14 July DJ Šurki15 July Super Funk Session16 July Techno Vikings17 July DJ Kool S18 July Dogma19 July DJ Kovač20 July DJ Marc JB

Pula.EDU

Pula.Academy 2019Croatian Chamber of Economy18 - 20 July 2019

The 66th Pula Film Festival and the Academy of Dramatic Art of the University in Zagreb, in cooperation with the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo and the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, have organised a workshop on developing projects for TV series, which will be held during this year’s Pula Film Festival.The workshop will focus on preparing the projects for presentations and pitches to potential partners and investors.Six student projects from the region will be part of the workshop, with the workshop programme designed and delivered by teachers from the co-organising academies and prominent professionals.The workshop aims to teach the participants how to package and present their project, or how to prepare it for the market.

YOUNG CINEPHILESCroatian Chamber of Economy13 - 20 July 2019

The Young Cinephiles project brings together young people future professionals in the audiovisual industry, and lovers of the seventh art with the goal of critical thinking about film. Young cinephiles will watch the films, talk to film crews, meet authors and producers from all over Europe, write and publish film reviews, attend lectures, award the Young Cinephiles Award, and of course, enjoy the 66th Pula Film Festival. Their mentor will be the film critic Krunoslav Lučić.

Professor Balthazar’s Adventure LaboratoryRin Tin Tin Kindergarten10 - 18 July 2019Professor Balthazar’s Adventure Laboratory is a film workshop that will open its doors for the 14th time this summer and welcome a new generation of young lovers of the seventh art, that is, animated films. The workshop is designed for children from 7 to 12 years of age as a week-long programme where children will be introduced to the techniques of making and producing an animated film. The participants will learn how to use a computer and software to start making their animated films. Esteemed animator Petra Zlonoga will be the workshop leader, assisted by Ivana Vojnić Vratarić.

The film made as part of the workshop will premiere on 20 July at Istrian National Theatre before the screening of the film My Grandpa is an Alien.

Digital NativesPula Public Library (multimedia room)11 - 18 July 2019Digital Natives is a creative film workshop for children, designed and implemented in cooperation with Dado Valentić, founder of Mytherapy, a leading digital imaging studio based in the UK. The programme is divided into a practical and a theoretical session, with special lectures organised in cooperation with leading film professionals. All participants will have a unique opportunity to work on state-of-the-art cameras and learn everything related to production and postproduction processes, step by step, just like Hollywood professionals. The workshop will be held in English, and is designed for youth from 13 to 16 years of age. Croatian director Judita Gamulin will be the workshop leader, and the film made as part of the workshop will premiere on 20 July at Istrian National Theatre before the screening of the film My Grandpa is an Alien.

PULA FILM FESTIVAL WOULD LIKE TO THANK:

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Romantik - Mletačka 8

Tijara fashion store - Istarska 16

Modessa - Istarska 4

Shooster - Portarata 8

Benetton - Flanatička 8 (fall/winter 2019)

Carpe diem - Giardini 18

Carpe diem-Diadema - Zagrebačka 5

Istarske knjižare - Laginjina 7

Corner - Sergijevaca 10

Letan - Sergijevaca 33

M2 - Sergijevaca 39

P....S....fashion - Zagrebačka 3

Ciciban - Flanatička 4

Obuća - Sergijevac 36

DM - Flanatička 25

DM - Fontička 5

OVS kids - Sergijevaca 30

OVS uomo - Sergijevaca 34

OVS donna - Sergijevaca 49

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PRIJEVOD TRANSLATION Nina Grković

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