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.ZFF: Filmom Agnes Varda počinje posebno izdanje programa Moj prvi film - Objavio Zagreb.info - 12. studenoga 2019. It also regularly features several international programmes for the filmmaker's first or second films made.
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, while the 23rd edition of the festival took place from 10 to 16 November 2025.
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 YearInternational titleDirector(s)Country2003 The Return2004 Blind Shaft2005 IcebergDominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy2006 The Lives of Others2007 The Banishment2008 RumbaDominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy2009 I Killed My Mother2010 The Robber2011 Michael2012 Everybody in Our Family2013 The Lunchbox2014 Blind Dates2015 Son of Saul2016 Clash2017 Men Don’t Cry2018 The Load2019 Ivana the Terrible2020 Oasis2021 Great Freedom2022 Joyland2023 How to Have Sex
Best Documentary Film Year English title Original title Director(s) Country 2003 Son's Job Jade D'Cruz 2004 Checkpoint Machssomim Yoav Shamir 2005 First on the Moon Pervye na Lune Aleksey Fedorchenko 2006 I, Soldier Köken Ergun 2007 The Alpha Diaries Shalom Pluga Aleph Yaniv Berman 2008 The Red Race Gan Chao 2009 La vida loca Christian Poveda 2010 Me, My Gipsy Family and Woody Allen Io, la mia famiglia rom e Woody Allen Laura Halilovic 2011 At the Edge of Russia Koniec Rosji Michal Marczak 2012 Slaughter Nick for President Rob Stewart 2013 The Captain and His Pirate Andy Wolff 2014 Karpotrotter Karpopotnik Matjaž Ivanišin
The Golden Pram for Best Croatian Film Year Title Director 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 ČistačicaMatija Vukšić 2018 Bila sobaMladen Stanić 2019 DrukerRino Barbir 2020 U šumiSara Grgurić 2021
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