Golden Arena for Best Director | |
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Awarded for | "Outstanding achievement in cinematic direction" |
Country | Yugoslavia (1955–1991) Croatia (1992–present) |
Presented by | Pula Film Festival Jury |
First awarded | 1955 |
Currently held by | Zrinko Ogresta (2021) |
Website | Official Website |
The Golden Arena for Best Director (Croatian: Zlatna arena za režiju) is an award given for best director at the Pula Film Festival, which was until 1992 the Yugoslav equivalent of the Academy Awards. Since 1992 and the breakup of Yugoslavia the competition narrowed to Croatian films only. The first festival was held in 1954, but the award was introduced in 1955.
Year | Director | International title | Original title | Ref. |
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(1st) | 1954No jury prizes awarded in 1954. | [1] | ||
(2nd) | 1955František Čáp | Moments of Decision | Trenutki odločitve | [2] |
(3rd) | 1956Branko Bauer | Don't Look Back, My Son | Ne okreći se sine | [3] |
(4th) | 1957Soja Jovanović | Priests Ćira and Spira | Pop Ćira i pop Spira | [4] |
(5th) | 1958Nikola Tanhofer | H-8 | H-8 | [5] |
(6th) | 1959Jože Babič | Three Quarters of a Sun | Tri četrtine sonca | [6] |
(7th) | 1960Veljko Bulajić | Atomic War Bride | Rat | [7] |
(8th) | 1961Golden Arena for Best Director not awarded in 1961 and 1962. | [8][9] | ||
(9th) | 1962||||
(10th) | 1963Branko Bauer (shared) (2) | Face to Face | Licem u lice | [10] |
Igor Pretnar (shared) | Wild Growth | Samorastniki | ||
(11th) | 1964Žika Mitrović (shared) | March on the Drina | Marš na Drinu | [11] |
France Štiglic (shared) | Don't Cry, Peter | Ne joči, Peter | ||
(12th) | 1965Aleksandar Petrović | Three | Tri | [12] |
(13th) | 1966Vatroslav Mimica | Monday or Tuesday | Ponedjeljak ili utorak | [13] |
(14th) | 1967Puriša Đorđević (shared) | The Morning | Jutro | [14] |
Aleksandar Petrović (shared) (2) | I Even Met Happy Gypsies | Skupljači perja | ||
(15th) | 1968Živojin Pavlović | When I Am Dead and Gone | Kad budem mrtav i beo | [15] |
(16th) | 1969Fedor Škubonja | Downstream from the Sun | Nizvodno od sunca | [16] |
(17th) | 1970Krsto Papić | Handcuffs | Lisice | [17] |
(18th) | 1971Kiril Cenevski | Black Seed | Crno seme | [18] |
(19th) | 1972Aleksandar Petrović (3) | The Master and Margaret | Maestro i Margarita | [19] |
(20th) | 1973Matjaž Klopčič | Blossoms in Autumn | Cvetje v jesen | [20] |
(21st) | 1974Zdravko Velimirović | Death and the Dervish | Derviš i smrt | [21] |
(22nd) | 1975Matjaž Klopčič (2) | Fear | Strah | [22] |
(23rd) | 1976Goran Paskaljević | Beach Guard in Winter | Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu | [23] |
(24th) | 1977Živojin Pavlović (2) | Manhunt | Hajka | [24] |
(25th) | 1978Srđan Karanović | Fragrance of Wild Flowers | Miris poljskog cveća | [25] |
(26th) | 1979Fadil Hadžić | Journalist | Novinar | [26] |
(27th) | 1980Goran Paskaljević (2) | Special Treatment | Poseban tretman | [27] |
(28th) | 1981Golden Arena for Best Director not awarded in 1981. | [28] | ||
(29th) | 1982Miloš Radivojević | Living Like the Rest of Us | Živeti kao sav normalan svet | [29] |
(30th) | 1983Srđan Karanović (2) | Something in Between | Nešto između | [30] |
(31st) | 1984Rajko Grlić | In the Jaws of Life | U raljama života | [31] |
(32nd) | 1985Emir Kusturica | When Father Was Away on Business | Otac na službenom putu | [32] |
(33rd) | 1986Lordan Zafranović | Evening Bells | Večernja zvona | [33] |
(34th) | 1987Vladimir Blaževski | Hi-Fi | Haj-faj | [34] |
(35th) | 1988Žarko Dragojević | The House by the Railway Tracks | Kuće pored pruge | [35] |
(36th) | 1989Jože Pogačnik | Cafe Astoria | Kavana Astoria | [36] |
(37th) | 1990Filip Robar Dorin | The Windhunter | Veter v mreži | [37] |
Year | Director | International title | Original title | Ref. |
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(38th) | 1991Festival cancelled. | [38] | ||
(39th) | 1992Krsto Papić (2) | Story from Croatia | Priča iz Hrvatske | [39] |
(40th) | 1993Davor Žmegač | The Golden Years | Zlatne godine | [40] |
(41st) | 1994National film programme cancelled, no prizes awarded. | [41] | ||
(42nd) | 1995Zrinko Ogresta | Washed Out | Isprani | [42] |
(43rd) | 1996Vinko Brešan | How the War Started on My Island | Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku | [43] |
(44th) | 1997Goran Rušinović | Mondo Bobo | Mondo Bobo | [44] |
(45th) | 1998Krsto Papić (3) | When the Dead Start Singing | Kad mrtvi zapjevaju | [45] |
(46th) | 1999Zrinko Ogresta (2) | Red Dust | Crvena prašina | [46] |
(47th) | 2000Lukas Nola | Celestial Body | Nebo, sateliti | [47] |
(48th) | 2001Bruno Gamulin | Slow Surrender | Polagana predaja | [48] |
(49th) | 2002Dalibor Matanić | Fine Dead Girls | Fine mrtve djevojke | [49] |
(50th) | 2003Vinko Brešan (2) | Witnesses | Svjedoci | [50] |
(51st) | 2004Antun Vrdoljak | Long Dark Night | Duga mračna noć | [51] |
(52nd) | 2005Tomislav Radić | What Iva Recorded | Što je Iva snimila 21. listopada 2003. | [52] |
(53rd) | 2006Antonio Nuić | All for Free | Sve džaba | [53] |
(54th) | 2007Kristijan Milić | The Living and the Dead | Živi i mrtvi | [54] |
(55th) | 2008Arsen Anton Ostojić | No One's Son | Ničiji sin | [55] |
(56th) | 2009Goran Dević (co-director) | The Blacks | Crnci | [56] |
Zvonimir Jurić (co-director) | ||||
(57th) | 2010Rajko Grlić (2) | Just Between Us | Neka ostane među nama | [57] |
(58th) | 2011Dalibor Matanić (2) | Daddy | Ćaća | [58] |
(59th) | 2012Branko Schmidt | Vegetarian Cannibal | Ljudožder vegetarijanac | [59] |
(60th) | 2013Bobo Jelčić | A Stranger | Obrana i zaštita | [60] |
(61st) | 2014Kristijan Milić (2) | Number 55 | Broj 55 | [61] |
(62nd) | 2015Dalibor Matanić (3) | The High Sun | Zvizdan | [62] |
(63rd) | 2016Zrinko Ogresta (3) | On the Other Side | S one strane | [63] |
(64th) | 2017Hana Jušić | Quit Staring at My Plate | Ne gledaj mi u pijat | [64] |
(65th) | 2018Nevio Marasović | Comic Sans | Comic Sans | [65] |
(66th) | 2019Dana Budisavljević | The Diary of Diana B | Dnevnik Diane Budisavljević | [66] |
(67th) | 2020Danilo Šerbedžija | Tereza37 | Tereza37 | |
(68th) | 2021Zrinko Ogresta (4) | A Blue Flower | Plavi cvijet | |
(69th) | 2022Sonja Tarokić | The Staffroom | Zbornica | |
(70th) | 2023Juraj Lerotić | Safe Place | Sigurno mjesto |
The following directors have received multiple awards. The list is sorted by the number of total awards. Years in bold indicate wins in Yugoslav competition (1955–1990). Shared wins are indicated with an asterisk (*).
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