PRESENTING THE MONOGRAPH 70 YEARS OF FILM UNDER THE STARS IN PULA
DEDICATED TO THE FESTIVAL’S ANNIVERSARY
Publisher Javna ustanova Pula Film Festival, Povijesni i pomorski muzej Istre – Museo storico e navale dell´Istria Edited by Lana Skuljan Bilić, Sanela Pliško
HOME OF CROATIAN VETERANS
16 July 2023 at 10.30 a.m.
The last (and the only) monograph, written by film critic and theoretician Ranko Mutinić, 207 festivalskih dana u Puli (207 Festival Days in Pula), was published in 1978 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Festival. A full 40 years have passed and there was an immediate need to collect and present all relevant information on the most important film event in Croatia. During the two-year research conducted into the holdings of a number of archives, film archives, museums, film centres, libraries, and other institutions, the monograph has taken on the form of an illustrated documentary guide through the historiography of the film festival. It is structured in five thematic chapters that, along with the main original texts about the history of the festival, development of its visual identity, and the socio-historical development of Pula, also provide basic information on each of the editions of the festival and specify the main programme and side programme features, as well as the primary and secondary venues. The chapters are illustrated with a selection of photographic and documentary material, with a detailed overview of the official Golden Arena awards, as well as other awards presented at the Festival. The monograph also provides a unique overview of the Festival’s publications and a list of known public and private keepers of festival heritage in Croatia and the extended region, with personal archives of individual participants of festival events proving to be of special importance. This comprehensive project is a result of cooperation between the Public Institution Pula Film Festival and the Historical and Maritime Museum of Istria – Museo storico e navale dell’Istria.
PROFESSOR BALTHAZAR AND THE ZAGREB SCHOOL OF ANIMATED FILM ON VYNL:
DEDICATED TO THE FESTIVAL’S ANNIVERSARY
PREDSTAVLJANJE NOVIH IZDANJA IZDAVAČKE KUĆE FOX & HIS FRIENDS
HOME OF CROATIAN VETERANS
16 July 2023 at 1 p.m.
The Zagreb-Rijeka record company Fox & His Friends Records has just finished the project of restoring and digitalising film music for the cult series Professor Balthazar, as well as a selection of music for short films produced by Zagreb film, including the Academy Award winner Surrogate by Dušan Vukotić, Diary by Nedeljko Dragić, A Visit from Space by Zlatko Grgić, and many others. Along with the existing digital distribution and music on largest global streaming platforms, Fox & His Friends have also published collector’s vinyl editions with exhaustive texts and photographs from the field of domestic film music research. At the start of Fox and His Friends Records’ work, domestic archival studies, publishing, and the audience received a record from Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy by Dušan Vukotić from this previously neglected category complementary to film. It was the completely electronic soundtrack in the history of Yugoslav film, signed by composer Tomislav Simović, the author without whom the history of the Zagreb School of Animated Film would not be complete. Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy saw another edition where 11 authors from nine countries composed their own interpretations of the original, and among the invited authors were the Sinkauz brothers from Croatia, Tapan duo from Serbia, Goran Vejvoda from France, and the famous names of the electronic scene such as Drvg Cvltvre, Anatolian Weapons, Credit 00, and others. At the presentation of the new releases The Zagreb School Of Animated Film (Original Soundtracks 1961–1982) and Professor Balthazar (Music From The Original TV Series), founders and editors at Fox & His Friends Željko Luketić and Leri Ahel will talk about the work on saving and revaluating the heritage of Croatian film, the status of film music, which, of all local festivals, is continuously upgraded and appreciated only at Pula Film Festival. They will also talk about the anniversary of Zagreb film, with which they have intensively been cooperating, as well with other Croatian and foreign production companies and institutions. Željko Luketić is a film critic, film theorist, non-fiction writer, and independent curator who has been writing about film and music since the 1990s. Together with producer, music editor, and archivist Leri Ahel, he has been working on extended activities on each of the releases, as well as the film music releases. Along with numerous university and institutional lectures and cooperation, such as the Yugoslav Film Archives, Croatian State Archives, Arts Academy in Split (UMAS), and Art-Kino Rijeka, they have put up numerous exhibitions, such as the largest documentary and interactive exhibition about Professor Balthazar at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka as part of the programme European Capital of Culture 2020. In four months, 10,000 people visited the exhibition 51000 Balthazargrad. Luketić and Ahel have also set up numerous exhibitions at the Croatian Designers Association and the Klovićevi dvori Gallery focused on the history and visual identity of Croatian music. Along with the work by Tomislav Simović, they have also released select soundtracks by Alfi Kabiljo, and are currently working on the selection of film and theatre music by composer Mirko Krstičević for the films by Ivan Martinac, Vanča Kljaković, and Aleksandar Stasenko.
WORDS BEHIND IMAGES: REPRODUCTION OF STORYBOARDS OF CROATIAN FILM CLASSICS FROM THE COLLECTION OF CROATIAN STATE ARCHIVES: MARTIN IN THE CLOUDS
Publisher Croatian State Archives, 2022 Edited by Mladen Burić
HOME OF CROATIAN VETERANS
17 July 2023 at 11 a.m.
Before the first take, the storyboard makes a detailed plan of sorts that, after the last take, bears witness to the joint creative process, providing notes, crossed out pages, and new lines that later became part of the film as we know it. This often fascinating process that remains hidden was the incentive for the Riječ iza slike: Reprodukcija knjiga snimanja hrvatskih filmskih klasika iz zbirke HDA (Words Behind Images: Reproduction of Storyboards of Croatian Film Classics from the Collection of Croatian State Archives).
Despite the fact that it was poorly received by the critics when it premiered, Martin in the Clouds was very well received by the audience and with time became appreciated as one of the best comedies of Croatian cinema. The film tells the story of the fortunes and mishaps of Martin and his girlfriend Zorica, both students and subtenants, as they try to get a flat of their own in the then modern Zagreb, shown as a dynamic, modern city that has an international fair, music evenings, jazz, fashion, and sport events. Of course, the city has its own challenges, similar to today, such as the need for young people to have a space of their own, the magical flat, which sometimes becomes a trap used by the unscrupulous to trick the naive. With Martin in the Clouds, Branko Bauer bravely turned to a new genre, keeping at the same time the tremendous skill of character building and convincing storytelling using the classic plot style, which he enhances by occasionally introducing interesting visual solutions such as an upside down or extremely high perspective. The original storyboard from the filming of Martin in the Clouds, managed by the director’s secretary Nada Marki, abounds in comments, information, and interesting photographs. Other than the storyboard itself, the book also provides texts by directors Rajko Grlić and Josip Vujčić about Branko Bauer and the film Martin in the Clouds, while the biographical information on the film crew was prepared by film theorist Juraj Kukoč.
Anita Panić: NEDA ARNERIĆ: MAGIC MELANCHOLY
Publisher Film Centre Serbia
VALLI CINEMA
18 July 2023 at 6 p.m.
The fourth book from the series Monographs, edited by Anita Panić, TV author, documentary and non-fiction author, offers an insight into the acting career of Neda Arnerić and her specific place and importance in Serbian cinema. The monograph is divided into eight chapters and includes the memories of film authors who worked with Neda Arnerić, reviews by film critics, and archival material bringing light to her career in theatre and film. The last two chapters focus on her film and television filmography, offering a list of her roles in theatre, as well as a list of awards the actress won for her work in film. The monograph also includes a number of archival photographs, of which many unknown to the general public.
