Golden Arena for Best Director

Golden Arena for Best Director
Awarded for	"Achievement in cinematic direction"
Country	Yugoslavia (1955–1990) Croatia (1992–present)
Presented by	Pula Film Festival Jury
First awarded	1955
Currently held by	Zrinko Ogresta (2016)
Official website	Official Website

The Golden Arena for Best Director (Croatian: Zlatna arena za režiju) is an award given for best director at the Pula Film Festival, which was until 1992 the Yugoslav equivalent of the Academy Awards. Since 1992 and the breakup of Yugoslavia the competition narrowed to Croatian films only. The first festival was held in 1954, but the award was introduced in 1955.

List of winners

Yugoslav competition (1955–1990)

Year	Winner	English title(s)	Original title(s)
1955	CapFrantišek Čap	Moments of Decision	Trenutki odločitve
1956	Bauer, BrankoBranko Bauer	Don't Look Back, My Son	Ne okreći se sine
1957	Jovanović, SojaSoja Jovanović	Priests Ćira and Spira	Pop Ćira i pop Spira
1958	Tanhofer, NikolaNikola Tanhofer	H-8	H-8
1959	Babič, JožeJože Babič	Three Quarters of a Sun	Tri ćetrtine sonca
1960	Bulajić, VeljkoVeljko Bulajić	Atomic War Bride	Rat
1961
1962
1963 †	Bauer, BrankoBranko Bauer	Face to Face	Licem u lice
1963 †	Pretnar, IgorIgor Pretnar	Wild Growth	Samorastniki
1964 †	Mitrović, ŽikaŽika Mitrović		Marš na Drinu
1964 †	StiglicFrance Štiglic	Don't Cry, Peter	Ne joči, Peter
1965	Petrović, AleksandarAleksandar Petrović	Three	Tri
1966	Mimica, VatroslavVatroslav Mimica	Monday or Tuesday	Ponedjeljak ili utorak
1967 †	Petrović, AleksandarAleksandar Petrović	I Even Met Happy Gypsies	Skupljači perja
1967 †	DjordjevicPuriša Đorđević	The Morning	Jutro
1968	Pavlović, ŽivojinŽivojin Pavlović	When I Am Pale and Dead	Kad budem mrtav i beo
1969	SkubonjaFedor Škubonja	Downstream from the Sun	Nizvodno od sunca
1970	Papić, KrstoKrsto Papić	Handcuffs	Lisice
1971	Cenevski, KirilKiril Cenevski	Black Seed	Crno seme
1972	Petrović, AleksandarAleksandar Petrović	The Master and Margaret	Maestro i Margarita
1973	Klopčič, MatjažMatjaž Klopčič	Blossoms in Autumn	Cvetje v jesen
1974	Velimirović, ZdravkoZdravko Velimirović	The Dervish and Death	Derviš i smrt
1975	Klopčič, MatjažMatjaž Klopčič	Fear	Strah
1976	Paskaljević, GoranGoran Paskaljević	Beach Guard in Winter	Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu
1977	Pavlović, ŽivojinŽivojin Pavlović	Manhunt	Hajka
1978	Karanović, SrđanSrđan Karanović	Fragrance of Wild Flowers	Miris poljskog cveća
1979	Hadžić, FadilFadil Hadžić	Journalist	Novinar
1980	Paskaljević, GoranGoran Paskaljević	Special Treatment	Poseban tretman
1981
1982	Radivojević, MilošMiloš Radivojević	Living Like the Rest of Us	Živeti kao sav normalan svet
1983	Karanović, SrđanSrđan Karanović	Something In-Between	Nešto između
1984	Grlić, RajkoRajko Grlić	In the Jaws of Life	U raljama života
1985	Kusturica, EmirEmir Kusturica	When Father Was Away on Business	Otac na službenom putu
1986	Zafranović, LordanLordan Zafranović	Evening Bells	Večernja zvona
1987	Blaževski, VladimirVladimir Blaževski		Hi-Fi
1988	Dragojević, ŽarkoŽarko Dragojević	A House by the Tracks	Kuća pored pruge
1989	Pogačnik, JožeJože Pogačnik	Cafe Astoria	Kavana Astoria
1990	Robar Dorin, FilipFilip Robar Dorin	The Windhunter	Veter v mreži

Croatian competition (1992–present)

Year	Winner	English title	Original title
1991	Festival was not held.
1992	Papić, KrstoKrsto Papić	Story from Croatia	Priča iz Hrvatske
1993	ZmegacDavor Žmegač	The Golden Years	Zlatne godine
1994	Festival was not held.
1995	Ogresta, ZrinkoZrinko Ogresta	Washed Out	Isprani
1996	Brešan, VinkoVinko Brešan	How the War Started on My Island	Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku
1997	Rušinović, GoranGoran Rušinović	Mondo Bobo	Mondo Bobo
1998	Papić, KrstoKrsto Papić	When the Dead Start Singing	Kad mrtvi zapjevaju
1999	Ogresta, ZrinkoZrinko Ogresta	Red Dust	Crvena prašina
2000	Nola, LukasLukas Nola	Celestial Body	Nebo, sateliti
2001	Gamulin, BrunoBruno Gamulin	Slow Surrender	Polagana predaja
2002	Matanić, DaliborDalibor Matanić	Fine Dead Girls	Fine mrtve djevojke
2003	Brešan, VinkoVinko Brešan	Witnesses	Svjedoci
2004	Vrdoljak, AntunAntun Vrdoljak	Long Dark Night	Duga mračna noć
2005	Radić, TomislavTomislav Radić	What Iva Recorded	Što je Iva snimila 21. listopada 2003.
2006	Nuić, AntonioAntonio Nuić	All for Free	Sve džaba
2007	Milić, KristijanKristijan Milić	The Living and the Dead	Živi i mrtvi
2008	Ostojić, Arsen AntonArsen Anton Ostojić	No One's Son	Ničiji sin
2009 †	Dević, GoranGoran Dević	The Blacks	Crnci
2009 †	Jurić, ZvonimirZvonimir Jurić	The Blacks	Crnci
2010	Grlić, RajkoRajko Grlić	Just Between Us	Neka ostane među nama
2011	Matanić, DaliborDalibor Matanić	Daddy	Ćaća
2012	Schmidt, BrankoBranko Schmidt	Vegetarian Cannibal	Ljudožder vegetarijanac
2013	Jelčić, BoboBobo Jelčić	A Stranger	Obrana i zaštita
2014	Milić, KristijanKristijan Milić	Number 55	Broj 55
2015	Matanić, DaliborDalibor Matanić	The High Sun	Zvizdan
2016	Ogresta, ZrinkoZrinko Ogresta	On the Other Side	S one strane

Multiple winners

The following directors have received multiple awards. The list is sorted by the number of total awards. Years in bold indicate wins in Yugoslav competition (1955–1990). Shared wins are indicated with an asterisk (*).

3 : Dalibor Matanić (2002, 2011, 2015) 3 : Zrinko Ogresta (1995, 1999, 2016) 3 : Aleksandar Petrović (1965, 1967*, 1972) 2 : Branko Bauer (1956*, 1963) 2 : Matjaž Klopčič (1973, 1975) 2 : Živojin Pavlović (1968, 1977)

2 : Goran Paskaljević (1976, 1980) 2 : Srđan Karanović (1978, 1983) 2 : Krsto Papić (1992, 1998) 2 : Vinko Brešan (1996, 2003) 2 : Rajko Grlić (1984, 2010) 2 : Kristijan Milić (2007, 2014)

References

General

• "Internet stranice proteklih festivala i arhivski podaci" (in Croatian). Pula Film Festival. Retrieved 18 May 2010.

Specific

External links

• Web archive 1954–2010 at the Pula Film Festival official website (Croatian)