The 72nd edition of Pula Film Festival ran from 10 to 17 July 2025, and this year’s edition was marked by an increase in the number of visitors by almost 5,000, as well as a significant increase in the audience numbers and the number of participants of Pula PRO Industry Programme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scsSE6gnULY At the 72nd […]

The award ceremony for the Golden Arena Awards of the 72nd Pula Film Festival was held at the Istrian National Theatre on Wednesday. The Grand Golden Arena for Best Festival Film was presented to the film Peacemaker, directed by Ivan Ramljak, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Dragutin Hedl and Hrvoje Zovko, and produced by […]

The day before the big decision on the award-winners of Pula Film Festival was quite eventful. The second pitching programme in Pula PRO, Screenplay of a Blockbuster, took place, director Mitja Okorn gave a lecture on his journey to success, the winners of the Nikola Tanhofer were announced, and we report on the conversations with […]

The intensive and abundant programme for film professionals marked the start of the week at Pula Film Festival: the new programme for young talents was successfully completed, the first of the three pitching programmes was held, Make the Scene – Comedy Edition, and Sergio Mimica-Gezzan gave his lecture about the most competitive industry in the […]

Although occasional showers surprised us at the Arena on Saturday night, the large audience was not discouraged and stayed standing to watch Fiume o morte! to the end, finding shelter from the rain under the arches of the Arena and the sound engineers’ tent. We are halfway through Pula Film Festival, and with the abundant […]

After the opening ceremony of the 72nd Pula Film Festival, marked by an impressive programme at the packed Arena on Thursday, when Damir Urban performed the Croatian and Istrian anthems, and the choir Praksa performed the song Bella Ciao, Friday morning was marked by the screened films – the premiere of South Wind, directed by […]

COMEDY SOUTH WIND TO OPEN PULA FILM FESTIVAL The first film screened at the Arena at this year’s edition of Pula Film Festival will be Ante Marin’s debut feature South Wind. This comedy centres around south wind, which sets in motion a series of unusual events in an ordinary building in an ordinary neighbourhood in […]

The warm-up for the Pula Film Festival begins at Valli Cinema on 5 July with the start of the Greater Adria programme, which features a selection of new independent European films. Starting 7 July, the well-known Pulica programme, designed for children and young people, also returns. The international Greater Adria programme, previously held during the […]

The Pula Film Festival has opened accreditation for film professionals and journalists, and we kindly ask you to fill out the accreditation form. Starting this year, the Festival is using the Eventival platform to make it easier for guests to access personalized information about the Festival and its events. On the EVENTIVAL page for Pula […]

Every evening during the 72nd Pula Film Festival, an exciting music programme will take place at the courtyard of the Home of Croatian Veterans (Festival Centre), and the audience can expect performances of powerful representatives of the younger generation, such as Miach and IDEM, art-pop innovator Konstrakta, mysterious duo Nipplepeople, and Darko Rundek in an […]