The Award of the Croatian Independent Cinema Network was established in 2023, and is presented for Best Croatian Film by representatives of independent cinemas. From last year, the same jury has been presenting the award in the international programme Greater Adria as well. In cooperation with partners Jutarnji list and Tportal, Pula Film Festival is sponsoring the awards in the form of advertising space and a minimum of 15 cinemas in the first week of distribution. The cooperation with the Croatian Independent Cinema Network is aimed at contributing to quality communication and cooperation of cinemas and distributers and providing a concrete example to impact further positive practices in film distribution.
JURY OF CROATIAN INDEPENDENT CINEMA NETWORK – KINO MREŽA
Maja Jurić Ivoš
Maja Jurić Ivoš (Zagreb, 1973) holds a master’s degree in communication management and has been the director of August Cesarec Centre for Culture and Film in Zagreb since 2011. She has been working in culture and arts for more than thirty years. Before she became director, she worked in executive production, organisation, and promotion at Teatar Exit, Motažstroj Theatre, and Zagreb Youth Theatre, where she started her professional career. In the 2000s, she worked with Pangolin Studio on producing several experimental-animated films. Along with theatre and film projects, she created and produced a number of music events, among which the concerts at the Medvedgrad Fortress in Zagreb and FonoKinoteka, the music programme at Kinoteka Cinema stand out. At the Centre for Culture and Film she works with associates and film programme directors on developing the cinema exhibition programme that has been running continuously at Kinoteka since 2017, as well as at Tuškanac Summer Stage, and other locations in the city in cooperation with numerous partners.
Grozdana Pavlović
Grozdana Pavlović graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Business in 2001, and earned her master’s degree in marketing in 2006. Since April 2016 she has been the director of Open University Krapina, which manages Krapina Cinema. She is a member of the Cultural Council of the City of Krapina, the executive board of the Actors Festival in Krapina, and the coordination committee of the City of Krapina – Child Friendly City. Numerous social and cultural events in the City of Krapina are organised under her direction, as well as applications and implementation of EU projects, activities and programmes to benefit the community and individuals not only from the area of the city and county, but also national and international level. She organised and implemented the project of digitalisation and furnishing of Krapina Cinema at the end of 2016, which meant that after 11 years, the city once again had a cinema. She also coordinated and implemented the project 100 Years of Cinema in Krapina, and has also initiated and is directing the project Krapina Drive-in Cinema – Towards the Festival.
Goran Plantak
Goran Plantak (Varaždin, 1986) has been actively engaged in film since 2009. He was a columnist of the audio/video e-zine Popocorn.hr and wrote comic book reviews for Stripovi.com. In 2016, he launched and designed the concept of Filmokaz, a web space for classic, cult, and contemporary films. He is the author of a number of texts and film reviews. In 2012, he founded the association Variete, which worked in audiovisual activities. The association’s programme KULTIVATOR/Cultural Renewal with Cult Film at Gaj Cinema saw screenings of 35 film classics from 2013 to 2015. He has been working at Gaj Cinema as programme director since August 2018.
