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23rd Zagreb Film Festival: 10–16.11.2025
With the awards ceremony and the screening of Jim Jarmusch’s new film Father Mother Sister Brother on Saturday, 15 November, the 23rd Zagreb Film Festival was officially closed in a packed CineStar theatre.
Presale tickets at reduced prices are available for three more days, until November 9.
A particular place in the dynamic programme of the 23rd Zagreb Film Festival is taken by some of the most interesting contemporary Palestinian films.
Among the festival’s many guests are acclaimed editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis, longtime collaborator of Yorgos Lanthimos, and Tawfeek Barhom, actor and director and this year’s Palme d’Or winner for Best Short Film.
Zagreb audiences among the first in the world to see acclaimed films from Venice, Toronto, and San Sebastián.
At a press conference held on Wednesday, October 15, at Urania – Space of Creation, the program for the 23rd edition of the Zagreb Film Festival was unveiled.
The Great 5, a cult side program of the Zagreb Film Festival, has been bringing to the big screen a selection of films from the five major European cinemas since 2008: Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Spain.
For the twenty-third year in a row, the Zagreb Film Festival will leave a strong cinematic mark on the autumn days, with a carefully curated film package also travelling to cinemas across Croatia.
At the upcoming 23rd edition of the Zagreb Film Festival (ZFF), which will be held from November 10 to 16, the audience will once again have the opportunity to cast their votes and help decide the winner of the award of the program created within the Network of Festivals in the Adriatic Region.
This curated list encapsulates the festival's commitment to showcasing films that challenge, inspire, and resonate with audiences worldwide.
See more at zff.hr.
The program presents directors’ first and second films competing for the Golden Pram Award.
The Great 5 brings a selection of films from five of the biggest European national cinemas: France, Italy, Germany, United…
The Network of Festivals in the Adriatic Region is the joint program of three founding festivals – the Sarajevo Film…
The Together Again program presents films by authors with which ZFF audiences are already well acquainted.
The best film in…
PLUS is a program featuring films by emerging filmmakers that explore coming-of-age themes in innovative and daring ways.
The young…
sometimes your heart aches so softly you stop noticing it after a while
The Balkans 12 angry men. Funny and heartbreaking at the same time
Creating your own version of freedom when the systems in place deny you it; triumphant love in place of defeated submission. An insane balancing act executed to perfection
Joyland is a devastating tale where almost everyone is guilty, but no one, in particular, is to blame.
I thought the “millions” in the title How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies was referring to money, but it turns out it was referring to tears.
A masterpiece. Absolutely nothing about this is a surprise, every beat is what you expect, yet it grips you as if it were a twisty thriller. Marvellous performances, direction, flawless in every aspect.
This curated list encapsulates the festival's commitment to showcasing films that challenge, inspire, and resonate with audiences worldwide.
See more at zff.hr.