{"id":43560,"date":"2024-10-26T08:19:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T07:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zff.hr\/?p=43560"},"modified":"2024-10-26T18:45:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T17:45:48","slug":"who-is-coming-to-22nd-zff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/who-is-coming-to-22nd-zff\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is coming to 22nd ZFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Icelandic filmmakers Ninna P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir and R\u00fanar R\u00fanarsson, esteemed Italian editor Marco Costa, new acting hotshots Tessa Van den Broeck and Grace Biot, Locarno laureates and sisters on film, Gelmin\u0117 Glem\u017eait\u0117 and Agn\u0117 Kaktait\u0117 &amp; Croatian actress and <em>Diva Futura<\/em> star, Tesa Litvan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After triumphing at the Pula Film Festival and taking home an armful of Golden Arenas (including the one for Best Film), the acclaimed Croatian drama <a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/movies\/celebration-2\/\"><strong><em>Celebration<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>arrives to the big screens in Zagreb. The film will inaugurate the 22nd Zagreb Film Festival on 4 November, presented to the ZFF audience by its director <strong>Bruno Ankovi\u0107<\/strong>, producers <strong>Tina Ti\u0161ljar<\/strong> and <strong>Rea Raj\u010di\u0107<\/strong>, and numerous members of the film crew and cast headed by actors <strong>Kre\u0161imir Miki\u0107<\/strong>, <strong>Klara Fioli\u0107<\/strong>, <strong>Lars \u0160tern<\/strong>, <strong>Jan Dole\u017eal<\/strong> and <strong>Tanja Smoje<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">\n<div class=\"videoEmbed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   title=\"Proslava - teaser\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GCrCPs8pXFs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/movies\/thats-it-for-today\/\"><strong><em>That\u2019s It for Today<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>, <\/em>also screening in the main Feature Film competition, hailed as<em> \u201cthe fairy tale about happy people\u201d<\/em>, enchanted the viewers with its simple and heart-warming story, and was a box office hit at Serbian cinemas for weeks. The film\u2019s director <strong>Marko \u0110or\u0111evi\u0107<\/strong>, actors <strong>Filip \u0110uri\u0107<\/strong>, <strong>Ivana Vukovi\u0107<\/strong>, <strong>Miona Pejkovi\u0107<\/strong>, <strong>Goran Bogdan<\/strong>, producer <strong>Milo\u0161 Pu\u0161i\u0107<\/strong>, production designer <strong>Miljena Vu\u010dkovi\u0107<\/strong>, and director of photography <strong>Stefan Milosavljevi\u0107<\/strong> will be in attendance at the Croatian premiere. <a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/movies\/happy-holidays\/\"><strong><em>Happy Holidays<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, a vivid portrait of the coexistence of Arabs and Jews in Haifa, will be presented in Zagreb by producer <strong>Jiries Copti<\/strong>, while the Romanian drama <a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/movies\/the-new-year-that-never-came\/\"><strong><em>The New Year That Never Came<\/em><\/strong><\/a> will be introduced by editor and co-producer <strong>Vanja Kova\u010devi\u0107<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">\n<div class=\"videoEmbed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   title=\"DROWNING DRY Trailer | RIGA IFF 2024\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6jAm8RP1ldY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The intense Lithuanian drama<a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/movies\/drowning-dry\/\"> <strong><em>Drowning Dry<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>of director <strong>Laurynas Barei\u0161a,<\/strong> awarded for Best Direction at Locarno, will be presented in Zagreb by lead actresses and sisters on film \u2013 <strong>Gelmin\u0117 Glem\u017eait\u0117<\/strong> and <strong>Agn\u0117 Kaktait\u0117<\/strong>, also this year\u2019s winners of the award for Best Performance in Locarno. The character study <a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/movies\/julie-keeps-quiet\/\"><strong><em>Julie Keeps Quiet<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>of Belgian director <strong>Leonardo Van Dijl<\/strong> impressed tennis player Naomi Osaka so much that she decided to get invloved with the film (as executive producer), in order to encourage further discussion and instigate changes on the tennis courts and beyond. This is also the work of the lead actresses in the film, <strong>Tessa Van den Broeck<\/strong> and <strong>Grace Biot<\/strong>, both former tennis players, who will be attending this year\u2019s ZFF.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">\n<div class=\"videoEmbed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   title=\"JULIE KEEPS QUIET dir. Leonardo Van Dijl (International Trailer)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E6PxvQCECmM?start=28&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 13th edition of<a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/industry-3\/\"><strong> Industry<\/strong><\/a>, the program dedicated to film professionals, will host a number of distinguished filmmakers, who will share with the ZFF audience their experiences and advice from a creative and practical point of view. Alongside award-winning Icelandic director and screenwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/masterclass-runar-runarsson\/\"><strong>R\u00fanar<\/strong><strong> R\u00fanarsson<\/strong><\/a>, another visiting filmmaker will be editor <a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/masterclass-marco-costa\/\"><strong>Marco Costa <\/strong><\/a>(<em>Bones and All, Challengers, Queer<\/em>), a longtime collaborator of director <strong>Luca Guadagnino<\/strong>, who will share the creative process of working on the feature <strong><em>Challengers<\/em><\/strong>, in conversation with editor Iva Ivan.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous guests in Zagreb will be presenting films screening in the program<strong> Together Again<\/strong>. <strong>R\u00fanarsson<\/strong> will arrive to present his new film <a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/movies\/when-the-light-breaks\/\"><strong><em>When the Light Breaks<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, as well as hold a masterclass as a part of the Industry program, in cooperation with the Filmmakers Association of Croatia. The ZFF audience is well-acquainted with R\u00fanarsson\u2019s work, having already seen <em>Vulcano<\/em> (ZFF 2011), <em>Sparrows<\/em> (ZFF 2015) and <em>Echo<\/em> (ZFF 2021), while two of his films (<em>Sparrows<\/em> and <em>When the Light Breaks<\/em>) are minority Croatian co-productions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">\n<div class=\"videoEmbed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   title=\"\u0160lager\/This Is Not A Love Song (2024) - International trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2CZ49SrO8AI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Well-known faces will also attend the Zagreb premiere of <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/movies\/this-is-not-a-love-song\/\">This Is Not a Love Song<\/a>,<\/em><\/strong> the latest film of director <strong>Nevio Marasovi\u0107<\/strong>, starring <strong>Lana Bari\u0107<\/strong> and <strong>Janko Popovi\u0107<\/strong> <strong>Volari\u0107<\/strong>, as well as the Croatian premiere of <a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/movies\/dwelling-among-the-gods\/\"><strong><em>Dwelling Among the Gods<\/em><\/strong><\/a> directed by <strong>Vuk R\u0161umovi\u0107<\/strong> and co-produced by <strong>Ankica Juri\u0107 Tili\u0107<\/strong> and <strong>Vanja Sremac<\/strong>, while Slovenian director <strong>Janez Burger<\/strong> will present his psychological thriller <a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/movies\/observing\/\"><strong><em>Observing<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-responsive\">\n<div class=\"videoEmbed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   title=\"Observing trailer 2023, new feature film by Janez Burger\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wx04ykUXTAA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the tail of its world premiere in the official competition at the Venice Film Festival, Italian feature <a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/movies\/diva-futura\/\"><strong><em>Diva Futura<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>will have its Croatian premiere in the program The Great 5, attended by Zagreb theatre and film actress <strong>Tesa Litvan<\/strong> <em>(Even Pigs Go to Heaven, The Diary of Diana B.), <\/em>who appears in one of the lead roles in the film. Tesa was chosen among more than 120 actresses for the role of Eva Henger, the wife of Italian porn publisher Riccardo Schicchi.<\/p>\n<p>Dutch director <strong>Peter Hoogendoorn<\/strong> will present his heart-warming feature <a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/movies\/three-days-of-fish-2\/\"><strong><em>Three Days of Fish<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>from the Network of Festivals in the Adriatic Region program, while arriving in Zagreb from Iceland will be director <strong>Ninna P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir<\/strong>, a member of this year\u2019s ZFF feature film jury and director of last year\u2019s audience favourite, <strong><em>Solitude<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the programs and titles of the 22nd ZFF is available <a href=\"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/program\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Icelandic filmmakers Ninna P\u00e1lmad\u00f3ttir and R\u00fanar R\u00fanarsson, esteemed Italian editor Marco Costa, new acting hotshots Tessa Van den Broeck and Grace Biot, Locarno laureates and sisters on film, Gelmin\u0117 Glem\u017eait\u0117 and Agn\u0117 Kaktait\u0117 &amp; Croatian actress and Diva Futura star, Tesa Litvan After triumphing at the Pula Film Festival and taking home an armful of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf_fields":{"featured":false,"featured_image_top":false,"featured_image_mobile":false,"attachment":false,"page_builder":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43560\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2024.zff.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}