The opening film of the 7th ZFF, Machan, an unforgettable and charming true story about fake Sri Lankan handball team will be screened regularly in Cinema EUROPA starting with February 11th. The story follows a group of friends from Sri Lanka who decide to form a handball team in order to get visas for Europe. At the same time none of them ever touched ball in their lives, let alone played handball. Machan is directorial debut by Umberto Pasolini (producer of biggest all time British hit Full Monty) and has by now won many international awards - main prizes in Palm...

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Zagreb Film Festival representatives: Boris T. Matić, Lana Ujdur, Selma Mehadžić, Hrvoje Laurenta and Antonio Nuić will be present in Rotterdam from 28th of January to 2nd February, during 39th IFF Rotterdam. If you have any questions concerning Zagreb Film Festival, production company Propeler Film or cinema EUROPA, feel free to contact them at info@zagrebfilmfestival.com or phone these numbers:
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Selma... +385 91 464 7701

By the end of January, after months of screening in Zagreb's cinema EUROPA, 'The Happiest Girl in the World' will hit other Croatian cinemas - in Rijeka, Zadar, Pula and Split. Feature debut by acclaimed Romanian short film director Radu Jude had its Croatian premiere as a part of main competition programme of the 7th ZFF and has recently been included in Croatian cinemas Top 10 films list season 2009. by Jutarnji list

7th ZFF feature competition winner, film I Killed My Mother by Xavier Dolan - Tadros continues its international festival winning spree. Film's latest success is FIPRESCI award for best actress that was handed to Anne Dorval during recently wrapped Palm Springs Film Festival. Also, earlier this month, Dolan's debut triumphed at Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards winning in best actor and director (Xavier Dolan), and best supporting actor (François Arnaud) categories. Amazing debut by young Canadian director will be regularly screened in cinema EUROPA starting with...