Cinehill Film Festival brings cinematic magic to Zagreb

The magic of the Cinehill film festival is coming to the heart of Zagreb, offering a second chance to experience its acclaimed cinematic offerings.

From August 26 to September 3, the terrace of the Zagreb Dance Center will transform into an open-air cinema, screening a curated selection of the best films from this year's Cinehill festival, which recently concluded in Fužine. This initiative allows both those who missed the festival and devoted fans to revisit standout titles.

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We are delighted to bring films back to an authentic open-air cinema, to the terrace in Ilica which has served film screenings for decades, where we first presented our program in Zagreb in 2000.

Igor Mirković, the festival director, expressed his enthusiasm for returning films to an authentic open-air venue. He noted the historical significance of the Illica terrace, which hosted film screenings for decades and was the site of Cinehill's first Zagreb program in 2000. "Older generations will remember this place as the summer terrace of the Lika cinema, performing arts lovers know it as the heart of the dance scene, and younger people will discover that there is an authentic, purpose-built open-air cinema right in the center," Mirković explained.

The program boasts award-winning and top-rated films. It opens with Alberto Rodríguez's Spanish thriller "Undercover," recognized for its cinematography at the San Sebastián Film Festival. Other highlights include Piotr Domalewski's award-winning "The Altar," Jana Schoenbrun's "I Saw the TV Glow" (winner of the Queer Palm at Cannes), Teona Strugar Mitevska's "The Mother," and Andrea Di Stefano's "The Coachman." The series also includes a special program of nine dance-themed short films, "Cinehill Dance Screen," presented in collaboration with the Zagreb Dance Center.

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Older generations will remember this place as the summer terrace of the Lika cinema, performing arts lovers know it as the heart of the dance scene, and younger people will discover that there is an authentic, purpose-built open-air cinema right in the center.