Pula Film Forum is made up of conversations, meetings, and panels with participation from representatives of the international and domestic audiovisual community with the goal of strengthening dialogue and exchanging professional knowledge, as well as identifying and spreading quality practices in domestic cinema. The aim is to develop the programme so that it becomes a meeting platform for the most relevant actors in the audiovisual community and a platform to discuss current issues. Each of the round tables will have a minute-taker, who will work with the organisers and public relations office to provide a lasting document and an opportunity to monitor positive developments with interested participants.
The main topics of this year’s Forum will be development of film projects and positive practices in domestic film distribution, and the programme will see participation from this year’s international and regional guests: Matthieu Darras, film expert who designs and leads several relevant international programmes of film talents and projects (First Cut Lab, Pop Up Film Residency, and Full Circle Lab), and who was TorinoFilmLab’s artistic director and consultant for leading European film festivals, including Cannes and Venice; Goran Stanković, Serbian director and screenwriter, who co-authored the series Morning Changes Everything and Operation Sabre with Snežana van Houwelingen, who has produced numerous film and TV projects; Mitja Okorn, Slovenian director who achieved international success in Poland and Hollywood (Life in a Year, Boxer), Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Croatian-American director known for his work in TV series (Heroes, Medici, Prison Break), who worked as Steven Spielberg’s assistant director on numerous films.
