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Zvonimir Jurić
Zvonimir Jurić (born 4 June 1971) is a Croatian film director and screenwriter. In 2009, he co-directed and co-wrote the 2009 psychological war drama titled '' The Blacks''. Early life Born in Osijek, SFR Yugoslavia, on 4 June 1971, Jurić finished his primary and secondary education in his hometown. As a teenager the 1980s he appeared in minor roles in a number of TV series produced by TV Zagreb such as the 10-part biographical series ''Nikola Tesla'' (1977), the Partisan series ''Nepokoreni grad'' (1982) and the popular children's series ''Smogovci'' (1982). Career After graduating from high school, Jurić spent the 1991–92 semester studying film directing at the Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. In 1992, he returned to Croatia and enrolled at the film directing department of the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. While a student at the academy, Jurić directed several short films and documentaries. In 2017, he has signed the Declaration on the Common Languag ...
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Osijek
Osijek () is the fourth-largest city in Croatia, with a population of 96,848 in 2021. It is the largest city and the economic and cultural centre of the eastern Croatian region of Slavonia, as well as the administrative centre of Osijek-Baranja County. Osijek is on the right bank of the Drava River, upstream of its confluence with the Danube, at an elevation of . Name The name was given to the city due to its position on elevated ground, which prevented the city being flooded by the local swamp waters. Its name ''Osijek'' derives from the Croatian word ''oseka'' ' ebb tide'. Due to its history within the Habsburg monarchy and briefly in the Ottoman Empire, as well as the presence of German, Hungarian, and Serbian minorities throughout its history, Osijek has (or had) its names in other languages: Hungarian: ''Eszék'', German: , or , , and English: ''Esgek''. Its Roman name was ''Aelia Mursa'', ''Mursa'', and later ''Mursa Major'', which may be a form of the pre-existing na ...
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Croatian War Of Independence
The Croatian War of Independence) and (rarely) "War in Krajina" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Рат у Крајини, Rat u Krajini) are used. was an armed conflict fought in Croatia from 1991 to 1995 between Croats, Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared Independence of Croatia, independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serbs, Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and Serbs of Croatia, local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat operations by 1992. A majority of Croats supported Croatia's independence from Yugoslavia, while many ethnic Serbs living in Croatia, supported by Republic of Serbia (1992–2006), Serbia, opposed the secession and advocated Serb-claimed lands to be in a common state with Serbia. Most Serbs sought a new Serb state within a Yugoslav federation, including areas of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina with ethnic Serb majorities or significant minorities, and attempted to conquer as muc ...
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Living People
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Golden Arena For Best Director Winners
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People From Osijek
The term "the people" refers to the public or common mass of people of a polity. As such it is a concept of human rights law, international law as well as constitutional law, particularly used for claims of popular sovereignty. In contrast, a people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term "a people" refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or nation. Concepts Legal Chapter One, Article One of the Charter of the United Nations states that "peoples" have the right to self-determination. Though the mere status as peoples and the right to self-determination, as for example in the case of Indigenous peoples (''peoples'', as in all groups of indigenous people, not merely all indigenous persons as in ''indigenous people''), does not automatically provide for independent sovereignty and therefore secession. Indeed, judge Ivor Jennings identified the inherent problems in the right of "peoples" to self-determination, as i ...
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Croatian Screenwriters
Croatian may refer to: *Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (other) * Croatia (other) * Croatoan (other) * Hrvatski (other) * Hrvatsko (other) * Serbo-Croatian (other) Serbo-Croatian, Croato-Serbian, Serbo-Croat or Croato-Serb, refers to a South Slavic language that is the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro, as well as a minority language in Kosovo Kosovo, officiall ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ...
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1971 Births
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclipse, February 10, and August 1971 lunar eclipse, August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 1971 Ibrox disaster: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States televis ...
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The Reaper (2014 Film)
''The Reaper'' () is a 2014 Croatian-Slovenian drama film directed by Zvonimir Jurić. It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival The 39th annual Toronto International Film Festival, the 39th event in the Toronto International Film Festival series, was held in Canada from 4–14 September 2014. David Dobkin (director), David Dobkin's film ''The Judge (2014 film), The Judg .... Cast * Ivo Gregurević as Ivo * Mirjana Karanovic as Mirjana * Igor Kovac as Josip * Nikola Ristanovski as Kreso * Lana Baric * Zlatko Buric as Rodic * Dado Cosic as Dado References Further reading * External links * 2014 films 2014 drama films Croatian drama films 2010s Croatian-language films Slovenian drama films {{Slovenia-film-stub ...
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Sex, Drink And Bloodshed
''Sex, Drink and Bloodshed'' () is a 2004 Croatian omnibus action film. The film depicts violence among football fans in Croatia on an Eternal Derby, a match between the country's two most popular football teams, Dinamo and Hajduk. It is divided into three stories: "Seks", "Piće" and "Krvoproliće" ("Sex", "Drink" and "Bloodshed" in English), directed by Boris T. Matić, Zvonimir Jurić and Antonio Nuić, respectively. Cast * Franjo Dijak as Njonjo (segment "Krvoproliće") * Bogdan Diklić as Komšija (segment "Seks") * Matko Fabeković as Dario (segment "Seks") * Admir Glamočak as Sejo (segment "Seks") * Hrvoje Kečkeš as Žac * Daria Lorenci as Policewoman (segment "Piće") * Leon Lučev as Roko Vitaljić (segment "Piće") * Ksenija Marinković as Valerija (segment "Seks") * Krešimir Mikić as Zlatko Šnur * Bojan Navojec as Mario (segment "Krvoproliće") * Leona Paraminski as Martina (segment "Krvoproliće") * as Bad Blue Boy (the nickname for a supporter of ...
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Academy Award For Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.80th Academy Awards – Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award
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