Pula Pro will also include round tables, industry talks and pitches of scripts in development.
Twenty Croatian films and Croatian minority coproductions are competing for the Golden Arena awards and a total of 80 films will be screened at the jubilee edition of the festival.
The war drama Hotel Pula directed by Andrej Korovljev and produced by Pula’s Kinematograf will open the festival.
Feature films and Long Documentaries in Development/Production to Be Presented at Pula Pro:
Fiume o Morte!
Directed by Igor Bezinović
Produced by Restart
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the City of Zagreb, the City of Rijeka, Eurimages, Creative Europe – MEDIA, MiBACT, Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission, Fondo Audiovisivo FVG, the Slovenian Film Centre, VIBA Film Studio, RE-ACT, PROCIREP/ANGOA – Société des Producteurs, the Sarajevo Film Festival, Cinelink Co-Production Market, Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, EKRAN+
Pavillon 6 / Paviljon 6 Documentary
Directed by Goran Dević
Produced by Petnaesta umjetnost
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the University of Rijeka
Between Us / Među nama
Directed by Laura Pascu
Produced by BLANK
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Women, Lunatics and a Few Good Queers / Žene, luđaci i malo dobrih pedera
Directed by Ivan Salaj
Produced by Plavi mjesec
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Celebration / Proslava
Directed by Bruno Anković
Produced by Eclectica
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Croatian Radiotelevision, Creative Europe – MEDIA
Frka
Directed by Svebor Mihael Jelić
Produced by Oksimoron
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Filmakademie Wien, Osijek Academy of Arts and Culture
Wolf of the European Union / Vuk Europske unijeDocumentary
Directed by Jadran Boban
Produced by Hulahop
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the City of Zagreb, Creative Europe – MEDIA
Salsa / Šalša
Directed by Dražen Žarković
Produced by Maxima film
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre
Men on the Island / Muški na otoku Documentary
Directed by Ivan Grgur
Produced by the Zagreb Academy of Drama Artsk
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Dugi Otok Tourist Board, the Croatian Radiotelevision