Murina, the debut feature by Croatian director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović, will open the festival right after its world premiere in the 53rd edition of Cannes Directors' Fortnight (6-17 July 2021).

Ten films are competing in the International Competition. Among them is the Golden Bear 2021 winner Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn / Babardeala cu bucluc by Radu Jude, produced by Romania's microFILM in coproduction with Luxembourg's Paul Thiltges Distributions, Czech Republic's endorfilm and Croatia's Kinorama.

Click HERE for our FNE Podcast with Pavo Marinković earlier this year.

Croatian Programme:

Murina (Croatia, Brazil, Slovenia)
Directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
Produced by Antitalent, RT Features
Coproduced by Spiritus Movens,  SPOK Films, Staragara 
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Slovenian Film Centre, Viba Film, the Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), RTV Slovenia

A Blue Flower / Plavi cvijet (Croatia, Serbia)
Directed by Zrinko Ogresta
Produced by Inter Film
Coproduced by Zilion film
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Center Serbia

Tune Up / Po tamburi (Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia)
Directed by Stanislav Tomić
Produced by Kaos
Coproduced by K12, Supermarket, Kino Oko
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Film Center Serbia, the Slovenian Film Center, the North Macedonia Film Agency

Once We Were Good For You / A bili smo vam dobri (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Branko Schmidt
Produced by TELEFILM d.o.o.
Coproduced by Oktavijan – filmska udruga, Mostar
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

The Dawn / Zora (Croatia, Italy)
Directed by Dalibor Matanić
Produced by Kinorama
Coproduced by Ascent Film
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre

Manhattan Odyssey / Menhetenska Odiseja (Croatia)
Directed by Mario Vrbančić
Produced by nezavisna produkcija