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13TH FESTIVAL OF TOLERANCE - JFF ZAGREB (APRIL 7TH - 13TH)

19.02.2019.

More than 60 award-winning films, famous film directors, actors and actresses, exhibitions, promotions, interactive educational and attractive musical programmes will be presented to you at one of the best-known Zagreb festivals co-founded by the Academy Award winner Branko Lustig

AUTUMN 2018 WITH FILMS AND DISCUSSIONS

27.11.2018.

Festival of Tolerance – JFF Zagreb in partnership with UNHCR Croatia spent the autumn traveling all across Croatia, showing films and discussing about them with students in Karlovac, Poreč, Slavonski Brod and Split.

PROGRAM 'FILM AND DISCUSSION' WAS HELD IN KINOTEKA CINEMA IN ZAGREB

30.05.2018.

The program Film and Discussion brings the movie "Silent Child" to pupils of elementary schools in Zagreb! Today, at 12 o'clock, students have seen the movie at Kinoteka Cinema, which portrays a story about a girl and her family.

THE 'FILM AND DISCUSSION' PROGRAM WAS HELD IN RIJEKA

24.05.2018.

We visited Rijeka with our programme Film and Discussion and held a screening of the film "My Dreams, My Rights" which was followed by a lively discussion.

THE 'FILM AND DISCUSSION' PROGRAM WAS HELD IN KNIN AND ZADAR

26.04.2018.

We are continuing with the programme Film and Discussion, againt in front of crowded schools! How did our last visit to Knin and Zadar go, find out in our latest follow-up!

THE CLOSING OF THE 12th FESTIVAL OF TOLERANCE

15.04.2018.

The last day of the Festival was marked by many film projections, of which the "Thank you for Rain" was especially highlighted, followed by Tolerance talk "The Drops of Life". Afterwards there was a closing party at Melin Cafe...

FESTIVAL FRIDAY FILLED WITH EVENTS

14.04.2018.

Friday 13th at the 12th Festival of Tolerance brought abundance of events. The Austrian cultural forum at the Kontesa Club presented a promising but also already experienced Viennese jazz band Month of Sundays, while the whole day was marked by the projection of the film "The Sunset...

EDUCATIONAL MORNING "THE TESTIMONY OF SURVIVORS" IN EUROPA CINEMA

13.04.2018.

In the lecture cycle “The Education Morning”, through the life experience of survivors, young people are provided with a personal experience of the holocaust horrors to learn more from this tragic episode of world history about accepting diversity and approaching every man as a respect worthy...

WHAT DOES THE NEW FESTIVAL LOCATION KINOTEKA CINEMA BRING US?

11.04.2018.

We are proud of another festival location! For many Zagreb citizens Kinoteka cinema represents their first encounter with the world of films, it is impossible to delete its weekend matinees from childhood memories.

Second DAY of the FESTIVAL was characterized by ANGELICA DASSc and Efraim Zuroff

10.04.2018.

Second day of the Festival of Tolerance started by a lecture of an extraordinary Angelice Dass about her photographic project Humanae, promoting activist moments of advocating equality and tolerance through art.

FESTIVAL GRAND OPENING

09.04.2018.

The opening of the 12th Festival of Tolerance took place in a festive tone. This year, instead of addressing the guests, there was a minute of silence as a collective honoring the holocaust victims as well as all the victims of totalitarian regimes, for which the Festival is founded.

TRACK THE MOST IMPORTANT FESTIVAL EVENTS IN VIDEO CHRONICLES

07.04.2018.

Numerous festival events are impossible to follow all at once, so video chronicles bring the best of each festival day. Look at the first announcement chronicle from the press conference at the Sheraton hotel highlighting the most important guests and events and follow us in the upcoming days...

THE HUMANAE EXHIBIT IS OFFICIALLY OPEN

05.04.2018.

As a small pre-opening of this year's Festival of Tolerance, since today it is possible to enjoy in the exhibition by Angélica Dass and her project Humanae - a collection of portrait photographs of people who reveal the true beauty of human colours.

WHO ARE ALL THE GUESTS AT 12. FESTIVAL OF TOLERANCE!?

05.04.2018.

Major Dodge   Major Dodge will be a guest at the Festival of Tolerance as a producer of a documentary film “Bomb City”. The film based on a true story depicts one of the most controversial hate crimes in contemporary American history and trial questioned faith in the justice of the American...

ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION "ZAGREB - I HAVE YOU SO DEARLY" IN KINO TUŠKANAC

04.04.2018.

After the screening of a short film Dear neighbors Deputy of the Ombudsman will address the issue of fight against violence and of discrimination in our society.

NIKA ŠARAVANJA INTRODUCES "DUSK CHORUS" IN KINOTEKA THEATRE

03.04.2018.

Nika Šaravanja with Alessandro d'Emilia is the director of the "Sunset Quire" documentary, created by the fragments of extinction of David Monacchi's eco-acoustic project, in which we follow the eco-acoustic composer Monacchi in his quest for a pure continuous 3D sound that he...

KEN WINIKUR IS TAKING YOU TO CINEMA!

02.04.2018.

The film, which had its premiere at the beginning of the year at the Jewish Film Festival in Miami, presents another Holocaust witness, that, just like our Branko Lustig, devoted his life and work to recalling of those who were lost and the crown of his work is the Memorial Holocaust Miami Beach...

HUMANAE EXHIBITION AND LECTURE WITH THE AUTHOR

01.04.2018.

Angélica Dass is a Brazilian artist who lives and works in Madrid. She gained the  international recognition through her key project Humanae, a collection of portrait photographs of people who reveal the true beauty of human colors, and the Croatian audience has the opportunity to for its...

NEW VISUAL IDENTITY OF FESTIVAL OF TOLERANCE

31.03.2018.

The Festival of Tolerance is a kind of upgrading of the Jewish Film Festival, as was the title of the Festival for its first 8 years of existence. Social changes, an increase in violence and hate speech, as well as the general alienation of an individual from the collective responsibility for the...

FESTIVAL LOCATION: KINO TUŠKANAC

30.03.2018.

Best of film in green neighborhood of Tuškanac

This year's Festival of Tolerance programe was presented

29.03.2018.

During a press conference The Festival of Tolerance revealed what is expecting us during seven festival days - more than 70 films, two exhibitions, discussions, round tables, book and project presentations, already traditional educational mornings and the Festival market, two concerts and...

"BRUNDIBAR" PREMIERE AT CENTRE OF TOLERANCE

29.01.2018.

The International Day of Holocaust Remembrance was marked by the performance of the children's opera "Brundibár" at the Center for tolerance at the site of the old oil plant in Zagreb, with the support of the City of Zagreb and the Italian Institute for Culture.

"REQUIEM FOR AUSCHWITZ" EXHIBITION BY CEIJA STOJKA OPENED AT MUSEUM OF ARTS AND CRAFTS

28.01.2018.

The opening of the "Requiem for Auschwitz" exhibition by the Roman artist Ceija Stojka has attracted numerous people from political and public life, and the honor of opening opened with the mayor Bandić and the parliamentary representative Veljko Kajtazi who was present inspired by the...

FIRST BRUNDIBAR OPERA PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW

28.01.2018.

First Brundibar performance was also a general reherseal for the upcoming Holocaust Remembrance Day. Never the less, the auditorium was filled up to the last seat and these pictures by Sanjin Kaštelan illustrate all the emotions and effort invested in its production...

BRUNDIBAR BROCHURE

25.01.2018.

For those who want  more detailed insight into the libretto of the opera and the team behind this comprehensive project, see our brochure in Croatian and English.

BEHIND THE SCENE - BRUNDIBAR REHEARSALS

24.01.2018.

Photos from the rehearsals give a promise of a spectacle! Little Stars Choral studio lead by prof. Šljivac has done incredible work and raised the production quality to the enviable level! Young voices are brilliant in their roles, and the director Krešimir Dolenčić is making sure that their...

"REQUIEM FOR AUSCHWITZ " BRINGS DIVERSE ART FORMS

23.01.2018.

Ceija Stojka as a part of the "Requiem for Auschwitz" exhibition will be presented to the local audience with 18 drawings and 17 acrylic paintings. The motives of nature and the literary testimonies of numerous camps where she spent her childhood witness to the horrors we are reminded of...

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