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Madonna (1999 Film)
''Madonna'' ( hr, Bogorodica) is a 1999 Croatian film directed by Neven Hitrec and starring Ljubomir Kerekeš, Lucija Šerbedžija and Ivo Gregurević. It is based on a novel by Hrvoje Hitrec. Plot Reception At the 1999 Pula Film Festival, ''Madonna'' received the Big Golden Arena for Best Film, and Kerekeš and Šerbedžija won Golden Arenas for Best Actor and Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw .... The critics wrote favorably of the film's directing, editing and acting, but criticized the scenario for being ideologized. References External links * 1999 films 1990s Croatian-language films Works about the Croatian War of Independence Croatian war films Films based on Croatian novels Yugoslav Wars films 1999 directorial debut films 1990s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljubomir Kerekeš
Ljubomir Kerekeš (born 16 January 1960) is a Croatian film, theatre and television actor. Life and work Kerekeš began acting in 1980 in his hometown of Varaždin and between 1982 and 1996 was a member of the theatre ensemble at the Croatian National Theatre in Varaždin. In 1996 he moved to the ''Kerempuh'' theatre in Zagreb and in 1998 moved again to the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb, where he has been working until 2014. In 2014, he returned to the National Theatre in Varaždin. Apart from theatre, Kerekeš also appeared in a number of Croatian TV series and feature films, and is best known in the country for his role of major Aleksa in the hugely popular 1996 black comedy film ''How the War Started on My Island''. He also appeared alongside Richard Gere in the 2007 American action-thriller '' The Hunting Party''. Personal life His wife's name is Jasenka, and she works in Varaždin National Theatre. They have a daughter Ema and son Jan, who is also an actor. Selecte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Arena For Best Actress
The following is a list of winners of the Golden Arena for Best Actress at the Pula Film Festival. List of winners Yugoslav Film Awards (1955–90) Croatian Film Awards (1990–present) Footnotes :A. Although the festival was opened on 26 July 1991 and a press screening of Zrinko Ogresta's film '' Fragments: Chronicle of a Vanishing'' was held, the festival board presided by Antun Vrdoljak decided to cancel the festival in protest against the violence of the Ten-Day War which was going on in Slovenia and the initial stages of the Croatian War of Independence. Nine films were supposed to be screened in the competition program. :B. : The awards ceremony was cancelled in 1994 as only one Croatian feature film was made in the preceding 12 months ('' The Price of Life'' directed by Bogdan Žižić). The festival was held in spite of this, but the usual national competition program was replaced with a retrospective of animated films produced by the Zagreb School of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslav Wars Films
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Films Based On Croatian Novels
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Croatian War Films
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Works About The Croatian War Of Independence
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1990s Croatian-language Films
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1999 Films
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Golden Arena For Best Actor
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Lucija Šerbedžija
Lucija Šerbedžija (born 8 June 1973) is a Croatian theatre and film actress and model, a daughter of actor, Rade, and a sister of film director, Danilo Šerbedžija. She is probably best known in the English-speaking world for her role in ''The Saint'' as a Russian prostitute, in which her father also starred. She is a winner of two Golden Arena awards for Best Actress; in 1999 (''Madonna'') and 2001 (for ''Slow Surrender''). Filmography *'' Mondo Bobo'' (1997) *''The Saint'' (1997) *''Madonna'' (1999) *''Celestial Body'' (2001) *''Slow Surrender'' (2001) *''Remake'' (2003) *''Infection'' (2003) *''72 Days ''72 Days'' ( sh, Sedamdeset i dva dana) is a 2010 Croatian-Serbian black comedy film directed by Danilo Šerbedžija and starring Rade Šerbedžija. The film was selected as the Croatian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Acad ...'' (2010) References External links * 1973 births Actresses from Zagreb Croatian film actresses Croatian telev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
