Zagreb Film Festival
Annual film festival in Croatia
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Zagreb Film Festival (ZFF) is an annual film festival held since 2003 in Zagreb, Croatia. Focusing on promoting young and upcoming filmmaker, the festival is widely considered to be one of the most important and influential cultural events in Croatia.[1][2][3][4] It also regularly features several international programmes for the filmmaker's first or second films made.[5]
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| Location | Zagreb, Croatia |
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| Founded | 2003 |
| Most recent | 2024 |
| Awards | Golden Pram award |
| Directors | Boris T. Matić |
| Artistic director | Selma Mehadžić |
| Festival date | Opening: 10 November 2025 Closing: 16 November 2025 |
| Language | International |
| Website | zff |
Each festival edition usually features three international competition programs (for feature films, short films, and documentary films), and one short film competition program for Croatian filmmakers. In addition, the festival often hosts non-competitive screenings, such as selections of children's films or screenings of debut works made by established film directors.
Since 2006 the festival's main award is called Golden Pram. From 2003 to 2005 the main award was called Golden Bib. The 22nd edition of the Festival took place from 4 to 10 November 2024,[6] while the 23rd edition of the festival took place from 10 to 16 November 2025.[7]
Awards
Prizes are awarded in the following categories:
- The Zlatna kolica (Golden Pram) (called Golden Bib until 2005) award is given in the following categories:
- Best Feature Film in the international selection
- Best Short Film in the international selection
- Best Documentary Film in the international selection
- Best Short Film by a Croatian author (introduced in 2005)
- The VIP Audience Award for best film overall, as voted by audience (introduced in 2005)
Award winners
Best Feature Film
Best Documentary Film
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
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| 2003 | Son's Job | Jade D'Cruz |  United Kingdom | |
| 2004 | Checkpoint | Machssomim | Yoav Shamir |  Israel |
| 2005 | First on the Moon | Pervye na Lune | Aleksey Fedorchenko |  Russia |
| 2006 | I, Soldier | Köken Ergun |  Turkey | |
| 2007 | The Alpha Diaries | Shalom Pluga Aleph | Yaniv Berman | Israel |
| 2008 | The Red Race | Gan Chao |  China | |
| 2009 | La vida loca | Christian Poveda |  France | |
| 2010 | Me, My Gipsy Family and Woody Allen | Io, la mia famiglia rom e Woody Allen | Laura Halilovic |  Italy |
| 2011 | At the Edge of Russia | Koniec Rosji | Michal Marczak |  Poland |
| 2012 | Slaughter Nick for President | Rob Stewart |  Canada | |
| 2013 | The Captain and His Pirate | Andy Wolff |  Germany | |
| 2014 | Karpotrotter | Karpopotnik | Matjaž Ivanišin |  Slovenia |
The Golden Pram for Best Croatian Film
| Year | Title | Director |
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| 2012 | Terarij | Hana Jušić |
| 2013 | Ko da to nisi ti | Ivan Sikavica |
| 2014 | Tlo pod nogama | Sonja Tarokić |
| 2015 | Zvjerka | Daina Oniunas-Pusić |
| 2016 | Mliječni zub | Saša Ban |
| 2017 | Čistačica | Matija Vukšić |
| 2018 | Bila soba | Mladen Stanić |
| 2019 | Druker | Rino Barbir |
| 2020 | U šumi | Sara Grgurić |
| 2021 | ||
