The Festival of Tolerance – the Jewish Film Festival Zagreb is a unique film festival whose rich programme includes film projections, thematic exhibitions, education, discussions and music events. The task of the Festival is to spread the truth and memory about the Holocaust and to awareness and adopt tolerance in everyday life and the times that we live in.
The Festival’s 11th edition will be held in Kino Europa, Kino Tuškanac and KIC (Cultural and Informational Centre) in Zagreb, April 8 – 14, 2017. See the event here.
“Since its first edition, the Festival of tolerance has been and remains a place that combines different audiences, fosters different preferences and beliefs, but also is a place which encourages reflection on different positions. It started with the idea of raising awareness and maintaining the collective memory of the Holocaust by using it as an example for the transfer of experiences from the past, but, listening to the needs of society, during the ten years of the Festival, we touched upon the various other topics which awareness can and should provide a common better future,” Festival director Nataša Popović said. The festival is supported by the City of Zagreb, Austrian cultural forum, companies Orbico and Atlantic and Sheraton Hotel.
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Guests include award-winning Austrian actor Karl Markovics, the Academy Award winning director Thomas Lennon, who will present his film “Sacred”, Marek Tomasz Pawlowski, with his movie “Touched by an Angel”, and Claire Ferguson, director who worked on “Eyes Wide Shut” and “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.”
In addition to great movies, the festival will have an amazing music programme, including performances by Valami Swing Band, Edi Nultz, and KIDS N CATS.
As an introduction to the festival, exhibition “From Generation to Generation / The New Haggadah” by Arik Brauer will open tomorrow, on April 3, at the Museum of Arts and Crafts.
Find out more here.
