The award is given for a literary work of any genre: literary essays, short stories, poetry, drama, novels or hybrid forms, which, alongside undeniable literary quality, reflect the values of inclusivity, an open society, equality, genuine freedom of speech, and the broader humanistic values championed by Predrag Matvejević.

Screening of documentary films by director Tonći Gaćina.

From 17 to 19 June 2026, Documenta – Centre for Confronting the Past is organising the second edition of the ‘Against Forgetting’ festival, dedicated to the culture of remembrance, human rights and social responsibility. The festival brings together researchers, artists, journalists, activists and representatives of civil society with the aim of opening up a space for dialogue on the legacy of the 1990s, the challenges of confronting the past and the importance of preserving memory in contemporary society.

The film reveals the unknown and dark side of the events that took place in the Zagreb Fair compound in autumn 1991, when the war started.

Ida Loher's recent work, or more precisely the continuously evolving project A Daily Moment of Beauty, is based on the gesture of a time-out: a pause, a break, an interruption in the linear time of productivity.

After becoming a father, Luka decides to work on his relationship with his father. To uncover long-buried issues, they set off together to investigate a family myth about a potential connection to a Hollywood legend.

At Surogatkino KIC, see eight films distinguished by the costumes of the legendary costume designer Edith Head, including Roman Holiday, Sabrina and Hitchcock's Vertigo…

An intimate story about the author's search for her brother who went missing in action during war in Croatia in 1991. In a way, the film is a follow-up of the author's grandmother whose husband was killed in World War II.

At Surogatkino KIC, see eight films distinguished by the costumes of the legendary costume designer Edith Head, including Roman Holiday, Sabrina and Hitchcock's Vertigo…

After 100 years of independence, a new and bold generation of young Irish artists is redefining folk music and reflecting on the impact of their colonial history.

Sixteen-year-old Soraya is married to an abusive man and has decided to take control of her own future. This resolute Afghan sculptor and illustrator has been trying for five years to find a way out of Iran and join her mother in Austria.

At Surogatkino KIC, see eight films distinguished by the costumes of the legendary costume designer Edith Head, including Roman Holiday, Sabrina and Hitchcock's Vertigo…

In a psychedelic documentary essay inspired by Arthur Rimbaud's visionary poem A Season in Hell, we meet the spirit of the rebellious French poet who is about to embark on a journey through time. His dreamlike visions become portals opening up alternative timelines or “uchronies”.

John M. Martinis and the future of quantum computing.

U Surogatkinu KIC pogledajte osam filmova prepoznatljivih po kostimima legendarne kostimografkinje Edith Head, među kojima su Praznik u Rimu, Sabrina i Hitchcockova Vrtoglavica…