17.8.2011
The Vukovar Film Festival – the festival of the Danube Region countries - has kicked off its jubilee, fifth edition. The organizers of the festival are Discovery d.o.o., the City of Vukovar and Hrvatski dom Vukovar, the general sponsor of the Festival is T-Com and the main media sponsors are: HRT, t-portal, KLIK, Radio 101, the daily Jutarnji list, Kapital Network, Moj-Film.hr and Outdoor Akzent.
The Festival will take place from 24 to 28 August on the terrace of the Agency for Waterways, in Ružička House and in the Borovo Cinema. The Festival films will be screened after the event in CineStar multiplexes throughout Croatia.
“This year's program is the most homogeneous and the most interesting program ever in terms of its choice of topics. Global changes can be seen at every step, the world is at a crossroad, and the selected films reflect the time in which we live and depict the state of mind of today's individual coaxed into the unscrupulous world of neoliberal capitalism. The Festival brings a number of Croatian debut films and titles which will delight film fans.“, said the organizers of the Festival.
A message from T-Com, the general sponsor of the Festival: “Hrvatski Telekom has been supporting a number of cultural events for many years, all with a view to enriching Croatian cultural scene and contributing to the attractiveness of Croatian cities as cultural tourism destinations.
Vukovar Film Festival is a renowned and well-established festival and we are very proud in Hrvatski Telekom that T-Com has supported this event as its general sponsor from its very beginnings, for the fifth consecutive year. We are pleased to announce that MAXtv users will have the opportunity, one day after the premiere at the Festival, within 24 hours, to watch the Romanian romantic comedy “Hello, How Are You?”.
Continuous investment into cultural projects proves that Hrvatski Telekom is a company aware of the importance and the role of culture and art for development of the society as a whole.”
This year, the jury consists of the writer Vedrana Rudan, the film critic Dean Šoša and the film director and script writer Ognjen Sviličić.