The Ponta Lopud Summer Screenings program begins on Thursday, June 27, with free admission and boat transfers from Dubrovnik for all visitors.
Less than a week remains until the Ponta Lopud Summer Screenings, the first cultural and artistic event of the year organized by the Ponta Lopud Creative Platform. From June 27 to 29, the island of Lopud will become a central hub for film enthusiasts, who will enjoy screenings of both domestic and international film masterpieces and have the opportunity to hear firsthand from the filmmakers about their creative processes.
While the daytime program of the three-day event will be dedicated to educational workshops and film talks led by renowned award-winning actors, directors, producers, editors, and screenwriters from Croatia and around the world, the evening film screenings will be held in collaboration with Dubrovnik Cinemas (Kinematografi Dubrovnik) each night in the unique setting of LaBaja Beach of the RMH Lopud Lafodia.
The Ponta Lopud Summer Screenings will begin with the Croatian premiere of Io Capitano (2023) by director Matteo Garrone. The second evening will spotlight Croatian cinema with two notable screenings: The Constitution (2016) directed by Rajko Grlić, and The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (2024), a short film by Nebojša Slijepčević that earned Croatia its first Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival this year. This year’s edition of the Ponta Lopud Summer Screenings will close on Saturday with a screening of Barbie (2023) by director Greta Gerwig, presented by the celebrated Croatian-American music editor of the film, Suzana Perić.
“The films in this year’s program will be presented by the authors themselves before the screenings, providing the audience with a broader context, inspiration, and reasons behind their creation,” said Tilda Grossel Bogdanović, founder of the Ponta Lopud Creative Platform.
Admission to the film screenings is free for all visitors. Additionally, a free transfer by Argosy boat will be provided from June 27 to 29 for audiences coming from Dubrovnik. The boat will depart daily from Gruž port (across from the market) at 6:30 PM and from Lopud in front of the Lafodia Hotel at midnight.
Ponta Lopud Creative Platform hosts and presents three summer cultural programs in 2024 and welcomes all art enthusiasts, particularly those passionate about film, music, and literature. The Ponta Lopud Summer Screenings, the first of three events, will celebrate the art of film from June 27 to 29. The second event, the popular Ponta Lopud Jazz Festival, will attract music lovers to the island from August 28 to 31. A new addition to the creative platform is the Ponta Lopud Book Bridge festival, which will run from September 27 to 29, rounding off the summer events and closing Lopud’s cultural and artistic season.
For more information about the program, schedule, and screenings, visit pontalopud.hr and follow Ponta Lopud on social media!
