International Documentary Film FestivalApril 19 to 26, 2026 Kaptol Boutique Cinema, Zagreb
20.04.2024.
To end the work week - Hrvoje Hribar's author's night, this year's last ZagrebDox PRO masterclass "This Is Why I Love Documentaries...", DoXXL panel "Consequences of Sexual Violence and Trauma as a Key to Healing", Q&As with the authors of 1001 Nights, Deep Tones, Fairy Garden, 1489 and, of course, full auditoriums.
French restaurateurs in Wiseman’s ‘delicious’ title, Europe’s forensic redemption, reruns of crowd pleasers: growing up in the streets of Budapest and treasures of Dahomey, a memorial to Uljanik, the best doc of the Berlinale – advocating for free Palestine, Joan Baez, the disappearing islands of Brahmaputra, female muay thai in Iran, a Danish superhero rescuing a family, Q&As with authors and awards ceremony – the grand finale of the anniversary festival edition!
19.04.2024.
Thursday at ZagrebDox was marked by a parade of attractive films, Q&As with the authors of Arsenie. An Amazing Afterlife, Seagull, Bottlemen, Electric Yu-topia, Echo of You, I Am Somebody and Our Children. The DoXXL panel "Documentaries against the erosion of workers' rights" and two masterclasses in ZagrebDox PRO also took place.
Camper utopia Americana, longing for a brother in Nagorno Karabakh, a transgender teenager and an old homeless man, Nick Cave and the Birthday Party, Hribar’s fisherman caught between reality and fiction, Ryuichi Sakamoto’s work, openly about the female body, the gross amount of happiness in Bhutan, a panel and a film about sexual violence, a masterclass about contemporary production, gen Z men, a prophetic triptych about Russia, Turkish soap opera glam women, armed Taleban, Faktor’s pain – the festival at its peak!
18.04.2024.
Apart from numerous screenings, many of which were free, ZagrebDox Wednesday also featured Q&As with authors after the screenings of Line Rider, Grand Prize, A House in Kraljevec, April in France and This Blessed Plot. The DoXXL panel "The Other Side of Fashion" in association with Elle Croatia followed after the screening of The Rise and Fall of John Galliano.
Trump’s advisor, Kolbas’s children, a YU band, following in the footsteps of Galeb and the Šamac-Sarajevo railroad, Gandini’s study of work and a workers’ rights panel, masterclasses by Isaacs and Kastelicova, Belgrade’s eco-western, Japanese disappearance, Danish senior etude, idolatry in Romania, healing a native Australian, Kingdom of Dahomey, Dević’s adieu to Sisak – take a trip with ZagrebDox!
17.04.2024.
In addition to many screenings, Tuesday at ZagrebDox was marked by Q&As with the authors of The Body, Literary Groupie, Cabin Pressure and In Transit. After the screening of Three Promises, ZagrebDoXXL held a panel under the name “How to achieve peace in Gaza?” ZagrebDox Pro also kicked off, gathering authors who analyse seven submitted projects, take part in case studies, group and individual discussions, round tables, special screenings and masterclasses, seeking excellence.
An Oscar-nominated psychodrama, a panel and a film about the rise and fall of John Galliano, the touching and wonderful Sundance winner, Kenya in the magnificent Tribeca winner, war tourism, Ural alien, ballroom and love, nuclear power plants and the burden of viral success. Standing out on our lists are Herzog, Geyrhalter, Isaacs, Anderson, Faktor, Kvesić… Vote ZagrebDox!
16.04.2024.
The first full day at ZagrebDox was full of attractive, provocative, careful and important topics. The first this year’s ZagrebDox Q&As took place, with the authors of Beautiful Lovely People, I Would Rather Be a Stone, Breadcrumb Trail and Grandpa Guru, and the panel “Deepfake technology and the age of doubt” which took place after the screening of Another Body, as part of ZagrebDoXXL was the peak of day one’s discursive programme.
Literary Groupie, memories of partisan women, proposals for peace in Gaza, Serbian miners’ dragons, grandmother’s lies, original (self–)portraits, contemplations about monogamy, climate changes, street performers, rebellious Russians, challenges of (co–)parenting, epic river journal and armed Mexican young people — all together under one roof of the Kaptol Boutique Cinema
15.04.2024.
A film and panel on deepfake, memories of Lika, Knin and Uljanik, Igor Mirković behind Šime Strikoman’s lens, cosplay and RPG against adolescent traumas, politics and economy of teeths and wigs, a nasty Norwegian woman captain, internal and external journey across Hong Kong, Lebanon, France, as well as the hell of Ukraine, Iran, Gaza, Nagorno Karabakh and Bosnia in the ‘90s… A rich and challenging day one at the 20th anniversary International Documentary Film Festival
Over the next week, the audience at Kaptol Boutiqe Cinema can expect 102 documentary titles, of which 19 films are competing for the official festival award Big Stamp in the international documentary film category and 21 in regional competition, and there will also be a series of special film programmes, masterclasses and Q&As with the authors. The festival opened with the film Smiling Georgia, directed by Luka Beradze, and the attendees were greeted by executive director Hrvoje Pukšec and artistic director Nenad Puhovski.
14.04.2024.
By 21st April, Kaptol Boutique Cinema will screen 102 films selected among over 1700 submitted entries from all over the world, 60 of which being Croatian documentary films.
11.04.2024.
Masters of Dox and Teen Dox sections, jury members of the anniversary ZagrebDox, Hrvoje Hribar’s author’s night
09.04.2024.
Controversial Dox, State of Affairs and Biography Dox pose, but also provide answers to, numerous questions that occupy our everyday lives.
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