One of the oldest film festivals in Europe, the Pula Film Festival, was first inaugurated as an international film festival in 1953. on the initiative of Mr. Marijan Rotar. It was the main film event in Yugoslavia from 1954. to its disintegration.

From 1992. Pula hosted the Croatian film festival and 2001. it again acquired the status of an international festival with awards for best foreign films. Many Croatian award winners from the Pula Film Festival were very successful at foreign festivals: Tu, Maršal, Svjedoci, Ta divna splitska noć, Fine mrtve djevojke, Put lubenica... During the last fifteen years the Festival has attracted many foreign visitors among whom the stars like John Malkovich, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kinglsey, Jeremy Irons, producer Branko Lustig and directors Philip Noyce and Jiri Menzel.

Vespasian's Arena, which has been hosting the festival since its beginnings, has given it the status of one of the three biggest and most spectacular open-air festivals in Europe. It can seats up to 8000 visitors at the screenings under the starry sky.

Zlatna Arena (The Golden Arena, work of Dimitrije Popović) is traditionally awarded at the festival.

Offical web page: http://www.pulafilmfestival.hr/

Ulysses Theatre has it's residence on Brijuni Islands. The theatre space where spiritually similar artists intertwine. It welcomes the cooperation of all those broadening aesthetical and spiritual horizons.

Actor-director Rade Šerbedžija and writer- playwright Borislav Vujčić founded the Theatre. The activity of the Theatre is closely related to the area around Vodnjan, Fažana, Brijuni and Pula in Istria. By its name it is homage to James Joyce, writer whose biography and work testify to the presence in this area. Joyce lived in Pula as an English language teacher in the Berlitz School of foreign languages from November 1904 to April 1905.

Offical web page: http://www.ulysses.hr/

Split Summer Festival (est. 1954) is building its national and international reputation as artistic festival from the mid twentieth century.
Croatian theatre festivals, after Dubrovnik Festival, Split Summer Festival has the richest and the most brilliant tradition of classical spectrum of performing arts (drama, ballet, opera, concerts…) to which by time a whole range of contemporary artistic forms is being added: from jazz concerts and projections of art movies, to exhibitions, performances and street theatre.

Offical web page: http://www.splitsko-ljeto.hr

"Rijeka Summer Nights" brings together extraordinary artists from all over the world and present completely new modes of theatre and almost diametrical theatrical poetics.

Rijeka Summer Nights will conclude it's fifth edition, for the first time with a special closing ceremony on 25 July. In addition to the traditional lowering of the festival flag, and awarding the prize of the newspaper Novi List for the best festival event, for the first time the audience prize will be declared.

Offical web page: http://www.rijeckeljetnenoci.com/

Motovun film festival is an international film festival dedicated to low-production films and to independent production.

It's the one of top culture events in the country.

This year it contains 29 films and represents directors from Lebanon, Turkey, Thailand, Jordan, The Philippines, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia.

Motovun is probably the most beautiful medieval town in Istria.

Official web page:
http://www.motovunfilmfestival.com

Great gastronomic event in Lovran; Asparagus days. Asparagus (Sparoge) is a perennial vegetable which will live from 12 to 15 years or longer. It is one of the most valuable of the early vegetables. The Liburnia area acknowledged great value of Asparagus long time ago, during which period a rich gastronomic skills of preparation a delicious Asparagus meals are developed. This is why this event is all about.

Come to Lovran and taste a various Asparagus meals; Frittata, Risotto of Asparagus, Asparagus soup... During this period Lovran offers a lot of entertainment and fun.

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Fiumanka is the only regatta in Croatia that had a complete TV covering. It does not charge any access fee and where every participant is rewarded. Every year is providing a number of gifts and awards to other sports clubs.

Official web page: http://www.fiumanka.hr/

The Big Wall Speed Climbing is a unique climbing competition that has taken place in Velika Paklenica canyon since 2000. Along with this unusual climbing discipline the 9th International Climbers' Meeting "Mammut Big Wall Speed Climbing – PAKLENICA 2008." will include numerous lectures, slides and power point shows "big wall" climbing, also the outdoor gear fair.

Official web page: http://www.paklenica.hr/

Croatia’s premier cultural event: an international festival of music, theatre and dance in a city with a legacy of centuries of civilisation.
The unique ambient of the closed and open-air stages of the Renaissance and Baroque city of Dubrovnik are home, during the Games, to about 80 plays, ballets, operas and musical performances, promotions of literary works, exhibitions, recitals of poetry, Off-Theatre shows and much more.
The Dubrovnik Summer Games were founded in 1950 and have since 1956 been a member of the EFA, the European Festivals Association.

Offical web page:http://www.dubrovnik-festival.hr/

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