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Big Golden Arena For Best Film
The Golden Arena awards were established in 1955 as the Yugoslav national film awards presented annually at the Pula Film Festival in Pula, Croatia, with the Big Golden Arena for Best Film its main prize. From 1955 to 1990 the awards were the Yugoslav cinema equivalent of the Academy Awards. The award is named after the Pula Arena, the 1st-century Roman amphitheatre in the coastal city of Pula, where film screenings preceding the awards ceremony traditionally take place. In 1991 the festival was cancelled due to the breakup of Yugoslavia, but then resumed in 1992 as the Croatian film awards festival, from then on excluding films and filmmakers from present-day Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and North Macedonia. It has been held in this format every year since, although no prizes were awarded at the 1994 edition. The festival's competition program usually includes screenings of all locally produced feature films made in the preceding 12 months, made possi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pula Film Festival
Pula Film Festival ( hr, Pulski filmski festival) is an annual Croatian film festival, established in 1954. It is held in a Roman amphitheater known as the Pula Arena. Pula Film Festival is the oldest Croatian film festival and is usually held in the summer, in July or August. Apart from film screenings open to the public, the annual Croatian film industry awards are also traditionally presented at the festival. The awards presented at the festival (called Golden Arenas) are the main national film awards in the country, and they serve as the Croatian equivalent of the American Academy Awards. The festival was originally started in 1954 and within a few years it became the centerpiece event of the Yugoslav film industry, with the first national awards being presented in 1957. This lasted until 1991, when the festival was cancelled due to the breakup of Yugoslavia, only to resume in 1992 as the Croatian film awards festival. It has been held every year since (with the exception of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level, above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city had a population of 767,131. The population of the Zagreb urban agglomeration is 1,071,150, approximately a quarter of the total population of Croatia. Zagreb is a city with a rich history dating from Roman Empire, Roman times. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Ščitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol, Zagreb, Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851 Janko Kamauf became Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Pogačić
Vladimir Pogačić (23 September 1919 – 13 September 1999) was a Yugoslav film director. Education Before World War II, Pogačić studied art history at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. In the late 1940s he enrolled at the Belgrade Film School. Between 1945 and 1947 he worked as a screenwriter and director at Radio Zagreb (present-day Croatian Radio) and as a director at the Zagreb student theatre, where he directed a local production of ''Señora Carrar's Rifles'' in 1947, the first-ever work by Bertolt Brecht staged in Yugoslavia). Filmmaking career Pogačić's filmmaking career began in 1949 with ''The Factory Story'' ( Serbo-Croat: ''Priča o fabrici''), after which he went on to become one of the most prolific Yugoslav film authors of the 1950s. He directed several landmark films of Yugoslav cinema: ''The Last Day'' (''Poslednji dan'', 1951), which is considered the first Yugoslav spy film; ''Legends of Anika'' (''Anikina vremena'', 1954 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saturday Night (1957 Film)
Saturday Night may refer to: Film, television and theatre Film * ''Saturday Night'' (1922 film), a 1922 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille * ''Saturday Nights'' (film), a 1933 Swedish film directed by Schamyl Bauman * ''Saturday Night'' (1950 film), a Spanish film directed by Rafael Gil * ''Saturday Night'' (1957 film), a Yugoslav film directed by Vladimir Pogačić * ''Saturday Night'', a 1975 short film based on Sondheim's musical and directed by James Benning * ''Saturday Night'' (2000 film), an Australian film starring Alison Whyte * ''Saturday Night'' (2010 film), an American documentary film about the television series ''Saturday Night Live'' * ''Saturday Night'' (2022 film), a Malayalam-language comedy-drama Television * ''Saturday Night Live'', an American sketch-comedy show originally called ''NBC's Saturday Night'' * ''Saturday Night'' (BBC comedy series), 1972, starring James Young * ''Saturday Night Rove'', an Australian variety series hosted by Rove McManus * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Of His Own Body
''Master of His Own Body'' (''Svoga tela gospodar'') is a 1957 Croatian film by Fedor Hanžeković. Sources Svoga tela gospodarat lzmk.hr External links * 1957 films 1950s Croatian-language films Yugoslav comedy-drama films Jadran Film films Films set in 1928 Croatian comedy-drama films 1957 comedy-drama films Croatian black-and-white films {{Croatia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soja Jovanović
Sofija "Soja" Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Соја Јовановић, ; 1 February 1922 – 22 April 2002) was the first Serbian and Yugoslav female film director, noted for her work in theater, TV and film productions. Biography After studying at the Theater Department of the Belgrade Music Academy, her first success was the stage production of Branislav Nušić's play ''A Suspicious Character ( sr, Sumnjivo lice)'' in 1948, for which she was awarded at the Festival of Academy Theaters of Yugoslavia. Apart from theater productions, she also directed a number of films, mostly based on comedies written by Branislav Nušić, Jovan Sterija Popović, Stevan Sremac and Branko Ćopić. Her first film was ''A Suspicious Character'' in 1954 which she co-directed with Predrag Dinulović. In 1957 she directed '' Priests Ćira and Spira'', which was the first Yugoslavian feature film shot in color and for which she won the Golden Arena for Best Director at the 1957 Pula Film Festival. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Priests Ćira And Spira
''Priests Ćira and Spira'' ( sh, italic=yes, Pop Ćira i pop Spira) is a 1957 Yugoslav film directed by Soja Jovanović. It was based on ''Pop Ćira i pop Spira'', an 1894 novel by Stevan Sremac. It was the first Yugoslav feature film made in color. Cast * Ljubinka Bobić as Popadija Sida * Nevenka Mikulić as Popadija Persa * Jovan Gec as Pop Spira *Milan Ajvaz as Pop Ćira *Renata Ulmanski Renata Ulmanski ( sr-cyr, Рената Улмански: born 29 November 1929) is a Serbian actress. She appeared in more than ninety films since 1955. Ulmanski was married to Serbian politician and writer Mirko Tepavac Mirko Tepavac ( sr-cyr, ... as kćerka pop Spire * Dubravka Perić as kćerka pop Ćire * Ljubiša Jovanović as pop Oluja References External links * 1957 films Yugoslav drama films Avala Film films Serbian drama films Films set in Serbia Films based on Serbian novels Fictional Serbian people {{Yugoslavia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 In Film
The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' topped the year's box office in North America, France, and Germany, and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries. Events * February 1 – RKO ceases domestic distribution of feature films which is taken over by Universal Pictures. * May – Ingmar Bergman's ''The Seventh Seal'' wins the Special Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. * June 6 – Jerry Lewis appears in his first film without Dean Martin in ''The Delicate Delinquent''. * June – United Artists rejoins the Motion Picture Association of America, following an expansion of the MPAA code appeals board members. The board had previously denied ''The Man With the Golden Arm'' a Production Code seal in 1955, leading UA to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 In Film
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Huaorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine. * January 25– 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * February 14–February 25, 25 – The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union is held in Moscow. * February 16 – The 1956 World Figure Skating Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 In Film
The year 1955 in film involved some significant events. __TOC__ Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top-grossing hits of 1955 in the United States. Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1955 films from countries outside of North America. Events * January 7 – U.K. release of the Halas and Batchelor film animation of George Orwell's ''Animal Farm'' (completed April 1954), the first full-length British-made animated feature on general theatrical release. *February 24 - 12th Golden Globe Awards announced: ''On The Waterfront'', Marlon Brando, & Judy Garland win * March 18 – The film adaptation of Evan Hunter's novel ''Blackboard Jungle'' previews in New York City, featuring the single "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & His Comets over the opening credits, the first use of a rock and roll song in a major film. Teenagers jump from their seats to dance to it. * June 1 – Premiere of Billy Wilder's film of ''The Seven Year Itch'' featuring an iconic scene of Marily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fedor Hanžeković
Fedor Hanžeković (9 January 1913 – 18 August 1997) was a Croatian film director. Hanžeković had studied art history and English language at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences before starting his filmmaking career in the years following the end of World War II. Hanžeković made several political documentaries in the 1940s, most notable of which is the 1947 film ''Stepinac at the People's Court'' (''Stepinac pred narodnim sudom''), depicting the postwar trial of Alojzije Stepinac. In the 1950s Hanžeković made a series of screen adaptations of novels penned by Yugoslav authors. He directed a total of three feature-length films, most notably the highly popular 1957 comedy film ''Master of His Own Body'' (''Svoga tela gospodar''), based on the short story by Slavko Kolar and its theatre adaptation directed by Branko Gavella, and filmed in the Kajkavian dialect. He is also notable as one of the founders and longtime editors of the influential Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vesna (film)
''Vesna'' is a 1953 Slovene language, Slovene romantic comedy directed by František Čap. It is considered among the most watched Slovene films. It has a 1957 sequel ''Ne čakaj na maj'' ("Do not Wait for May"). Plot Three brothers, Samo, Sandi and Krištof think up a plot to get hold of maths finals test papers from their professor at secondary school through courting a girl they assume is his daughter. Not knowing her true name, they call her Vesna, after the Slavic goddess of Spring. The professor's real daughter, the attractive Janja turns up for a date with Samo and they fall in love. When Vesna / Janja finds out the original reason for Samo's interest in her, she does not want to see him again, but eventually changes her mind. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
