Zagreb Jewish Film Festival

Zagreb Jewish Film Festival
Festival of Tolerance
Zagreb Jewish Film Festival logo
Location	Zagreb, Croatia
Founded	2007
Language	Croatian, English, other
Website	Zagreb Jewish Film Festival

Festival director Branko Lustig (right)

Cinema Europa

The Zagreb Jewish Film Festival (JFF) is an annual film festival held in Zagreb, Croatia which is dedicated to preservation of memories on Holocaust and on raising public awareness about importance of tolerance.

JFF was originated for the first time in 2007^[1] under license and in collaboration with UK Jewish Film Festival.^[1] Festival is organized by the NGO also called Jewish Film Festival^[2] headed by Academy-Award-winner Branko Lustig. The festival takes place at the Zagreb Cinema Europa, one of the most beautiful and oldest art-cinemas in the area.^[3]

Festival sections

Film program

Zagreb Jewish Film Festival's film programme, which includes feature films, documentaries and short films, is held at Cinema Europa.

Educational mornings

Since 2009 the festival has organised educational mornings about The Holocaust for students of different age groups.^[4]

Notable guests

Support

The Jewish Film Festival Zagreb is funded by the Austrian Cultural Forum and the city of Zagreb as the main sponsor. Among others, the sponsors of the festival in previous years were also Jutarnji list, Školska knjiga, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, Atlantic Grupa, Mirko Ilić, McCann Erickson, Austrian Cultural Forum, Diners Club International, Erste Group, UNHCR, Jadran Film...

References

1 2 "Drugi Jewish Film Festival u Zagrebu - mJutarnji". Jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
↑ http://www.jff-zagreb.hr/en/o-festivalu/
↑ Čeština. "Press - en-GB". Press.croatia.hr. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
↑ Zagreb Jewish Film Festival. "Zagreb Jewish Film Festival-Educational mornings". Retrieved 2013-10-30.
↑ "EKSKLUZIVNO: Intervju s glumcem Stellanom Skarsgaardom". Dnevnik.hr. 2010-05-24. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
1 2 3 4 s.p. (2010-05-20). "Pravednički Festival židovskog filma - Dokumentarni" (in Croatian). Filmski.Net. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
1 2 3 4 5 "F.I.L.M: Recenzija / Festival Židovskog Filma Zagreb 2011: Svečano otvoren 5. Festival židovskog filma! (p)". Film-mag.net. Retrieved 2012-08-02.

External links

Official website

Jewish film festivals

Europe	Croatia Denmark Poland Poland (Jewish Motifs) Switzerland United Kingdom

Asia	Hong Kong

North America	Ontario, Canada California (Sacramento), USA California (San Diego), USA California (San Francisco), USA Florida, USA Georgia, USA Indiana, USA Louisiana, USA Massachusetts, USA New York, USA New York (Sephardic), USA New York State, USA Oregon, USA Washington, DC, USA

Zagreb

History	Timeline Golden Bull of 1242 Gradec Kaptol Krvavi most 1880 earthquake 1895 Emperor Franz Joseph visit Zagreb in World War II 1995 rocket attacks 1995–97 Zagreb crisis Mayors

Districts	Brezovica Črnomerec Donja Dubrava Donji grad Gornja Dubrava Gornji Grad–Medveščak Maksimir Novi Zagreb-istok Novi Zagreb-zapad Peščenica-Žitnjak Podsljeme Podsused-Vrapče Sesvete Stenjevec Trešnjevka-jug Trešnjevka-sjever Trnje

Buildings and landmarks	1 Ilica Street Ban Jelačić Square Banski dvori Botanical Garden British Square Cibona Tower Dolac Market General Post Office Ilica Street Jarun Kallina House Lenuci Horseshoe Lotrščak Tower Maksimir Park Marshal Tito Square Medvedgrad Meštrović Pavilion Mirogoj Cemetery Nikola Šubić Zrinski Square Nine Views Old City Hall Rudolf barracks St. Mark's Square Tkalčićeva Street Zagrepčanka Sky Office Tower Adriatic Bridge Homeland Bridge HOTO Tower Eurotower

Places of worship	St. Mark's Church St. Catherine's Church Zagreb Cathedral Orthodox Cathedral Zagreb Mosque Zagreb Synagogue Evangelical Church

Culture	Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb Gavella Drama Theatre Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall National and University Library Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra The Cravat Regiment Zagreb Zoo

Galleries and museums	Archaeological Museum Art Pavilion Croatian History Museum Croatian Museum of Naïve Art Croatian Natural History Museum Croatian Railway Museum Ethnographic Museum Ferdinand Budicki Automobile Museum Glyptotheque Klovićevi Dvori Gallery Lauba Mimara Museum Modern Gallery Museum of Arts and Crafts Museum of Broken Relationships Museum of Contemporary Art Strossmayer Gallery Technical Museum Zagreb City Museum

Local media	Newspapers: Jutarnji list Večernji list Broadcast radio: Radio 101 Radio Student Television stations: Jabuka TV Z1 Film companies: Croatia Film Jadran Film Zagreb Film

Education	High schools in Zagreb Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts University of Zagreb Academies: Dramatic Art Fine Arts Music Faculties: Architecture Chemical Engineering Dental Medicine Economics and Business Electrical Engineering and Computing Geodesy Humanities and Social Sciences Medicine Science Teacher Education

Sports venues	Arena Zagreb Dom Sportova Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall Maksimir Stadium Kranjčevićeva Stadium ŠRC Sesvete Stadium NŠC Stjepan Spajić Stadium

Transport	Zagreb International Airport Zagreb Glavni kolodvor Funicular Trams Commuter Rail Metro (proposed)

Events	Animafest Zagreb INmusic Festival Music Biennale Zagreb Zagreb Film Festival ZagrebDox Zagreb Fair Subversive Festival

Sport events	Golden Spin Hanžeković Memorial Snow Queen Trophy Zagreb Indoors

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