The ABC of Film, Restart's educational programme for children, in collaboration with the World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb, is organizing free programs on picnis-screenings on Zrinjevac on 28 and 29 of May! Programme includes free Film pbeginner's workshops that will take place on Saturday and Sunday at 5 and 7 p.m., after which you can enjoy in free outdoor screenings. The workshops are intended for children from 5 to 10 years of age, the number of participants is limited so application is necessary – you can send them until May 27 to radionica@animafest.hr.
After workshops on Saturday, 28 May, at 9.30pm Zrinjevac is hosting a free screenings of the best last year’s festival film to the audience choice, the dreamlike Song of the Sea by Tomm Moore, a visually attractive creative success which pleased both audience and critics across the world and thrilled the Zagreb audience. It is a story about a seal child Saoirse and her brother Ben on an epic journey to save the magical world and reveal the secrets of their past. They are haunted by the owl witch Macha and many ancient and mythical creatures, but Saoirse and Ben race against time to awaken Saoirse’s powers and preserve the spirit world from vanishing.
On Sunday, 29 May, following the afternoon picnic, Zrinjevac turns into a time travel machine and gives you a chance to see the gems from the golden age of the Zagreb School of Animation, celebrating the anniversary of 65 years of Croatian animation. The line-up includes the first ever Croatian animated film The Great Meeting by Walter Neugebauer (1951), followed by three Oscar-nominated works – Nedjeljko Grgić’s Tup-Tup, Bob Godfrey and Zlatko Grgić’s Dream Doll, and Dušan Vukotić’s The Play. And finally, there is the only Croatian Oscar winner, also Vukotić’s The Substitute.
Program schedule:
28.5. | 17:00 – 18:00 & 19:00 – 20:00 The ABC of Film – workshops for children
28.5. | 21:30 Song of the Sea
29.5. | 17:00 – 18:00 & 19:00 – 20:00 The ABC of Film – workshops for children
29.5. | 21:30 Zagreb School of Animation
The World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb was founded in 1972, is the second oldest film festival entirely dedicated to animation and one of the most important film festivals dedicated to this genus in the world. This year's 26th edition of the World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb is scheduled for 6-11 June.
