Sunday, 7 June 2026 at 3 pm
The new thematic block of the Film Forum, the Seventh Continent's programme for secondary school students, is dedicated to famous film festivals
What is the significance of international festivals for our scene? What are the secrets of their selection criteria?
The first festival in the theme, the Internationale Short Film Festival Oberhausen, is one of the oldest and most prestigious short film festivals in the world. Founded in 1954, the Oberhausen festival has been discovering new filmmakers and pushing the boundaries of cinematic expression for over seven decades, with over seven thousand submissions each year, of which only around a hundred are included in the competition programmes.
Who decides on the selection and how? What kind of films do they accept? What does it even mean to have a film in competition? Two local filmmakers who have been part of the main competition, Katerina Duda and Nela Gluhak, will share their experiences from Oberhausen. From a completely different perspective, Marija Georgiev will share her experience as a jury member for this year's children's and youth programme. The conversation will be moderated by Tibor Đurđev.
We will compare the aesthetics and approaches of Katerina and Nela's films together, through their Oberhausen entries:
Nela Gluhak's animated film Všmš (2024) is a witty miniature about a cat trying to have a nap. It was included in the Competition for Children and Young People at last year's edition of Oberhausen. This category was established in 1978 and is one of the festival's most popular sections.
Nele's experimental film Töst (2025) premiered in the official competition this year, at the 72nd edition of the festival. The film was created from a daily ritual, transformed into a playful film-musical miniature. Both of Nele's films were made at Kinoklub Zagreb and on a zero budget.
Katerina Duda's documentary-essay film Strujanja (2019) was screened at the 66th edition of the Oberhausen festival. It follows the life of an abandoned office building through its plants, a gardener and a caretaker, revealing the hidden rhythms of a space that seems to be trapped between the past and the future.
Join us on Sunday, 7 June 2026 at 3 pm at the Cultural and Information Centre, Preradovićeva 5. Admission is free.
The workshop is run by the association Children Meet Art / The Seventh Continent Film Programme through the Film Forum for Secondary School Students project. The programme is funded by the City of Zagreb. The Children Meet Art association is supported by the City of Zagreb and the Kultura nova Foundation.