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JUN 25-28
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JUN 25-28
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Since 2021, the Ponta Lopud Film Festival has brought together emerging filmmakers and industry professionals on Lopud Island for talks, workshops, and screenings.
Since 2021, the Ponta Lopud Film Festival has brought together emerging filmmakers and industry professionals on Lopud Island for talks, workshops, and screenings.
Set against the stunning backdrop of Lopud Island, the festival brings together celebrated masters such as Frances McDormand, Joel Coen, Sean Baker, Ruben Östlund, Pawel Pawlikowski, and Edward Norton with emerging directors, actors, and cinematographers who have shown exceptional promise.
Masterclasses and workshops provide the fellows with invaluable insights, feedback, and connections that can propel their careers and projects in film forward.
The festival also offers social and cultural experiences that go beyond the subject of film but continue the conversations. Expect gourmet culinary events, wine tastings, explorations of Lopud’s rich cultural heritage and lively parties.
These occasions not only contribute to an unforgettable experience but also create a relaxed atmosphere that is perfect for building relationships.
























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JUN 25-28, 2026
Every June, Lopud becomes a meeting place for film, music, and creativity. Set within a unique Mediterranean setting, the festival brings together international filmmakers, artists, mentors, emerging talents, and audiences through screenings, conversations, masterclasses, the development of new film projects, and the presentation of regional authors.
The festival’s sixth edition, held from 25 to 28 June, also featured a special programme dedicated to the relationship between film and music, with a particular focus on the legacy of Ennio Morricone. Through films, conversations, and a closing concert dedicated to his music, the festival continued to create a space for artistic dialogue, collaboration, and inspiration beneath the open skies of Lopud Island.
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Music Programme
28 Jun 2026 • 9 PM
Cinema, Music and the Composer: Homage to Ennio Morricone


I spent my professional career in the film industry as a music editor, collaborating with composers who showed me how deeply music can shape a film’s identity and emotional world. Among them, Ennio Morricone holds a special place. From his experimental beginnings with the Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza to unforgettable scores for films such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in America, and Cinema Paradiso, Morricone forever changed the way we experience film music. This programme is conceived as a tribute to his legacy and to music that gives film depth, emotion, and a lasting imprint. Twenty-five years ago, I had the honour of sharing with him the idea of creating a programme dedicated to film music, and this concert represents part of the fulfilment of that promise.
SUZANA PERIĆ, music editor and initiator of the Homage to Ennio Morricone program
Concert Programme
Once Upon a Time in America
Deborah’s Theme (Once Upon a Time in America)
Metti una sera a cena
Indagine (Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion)
Humanity, Part 1 (The Thing)
Sixty Seconds to What (For a Few Dollars More)
The Man with the Harmonica (Once Upon a Time in the West)
Giù la testa (A Fistful of Dynamite)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Main Titles
Once Upon a Time in the West – Main Theme
Malèna – End Titles
Come un madrigale (Four Flies on Grey Velvet)
Love Theme / Song for Elena (Cinema Paradiso)
Al Capone (The Untouchables)
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
1900’s Theme – Playing Love (The Legend of 1900)
A Lydia (Scusi, facciamo amore?)
Performers and guests of the Homage to Ennio Morricone programme
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Meet our Masters & Guests of Honour
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Artistic and programme team
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Projects in development
This year’s programme was designed around two feature-length fiction projects that had already secured financing and were in pre-production at the time of the festival: The Long Weekend, directed by Katarina Koljević, and History of Illness, directed by David Gašo. Work on these projects enabled participants to develop their ideas through concrete creative and production challenges, in direct dialogue with the masters and other film professionals.
Film Title
DIRECTOR
David Gašo
GENRE
Drama
DURATION
100 min
COUNTRY
Croatia
Synopsis
In the midst of hospital renovations, sensitive Jošt is spending his day trying to find out more about the tic of his left eye that, for some reason, won’t show itself in front of medical personnel.
Meanwhile, a surgeon is struggling to explain an intuitive feeling caused by a bad dream, while a hungry patient is waiting for his surgery that keeps getting postponed. On the same day, the main quality assurance nurse gets a birthday surprise, even though her birthday was two months ago, a determined pigeon is trying to get inside the hospital, and a thirsty patient keeps struggling to reach her glass of water.
By next morning, the leftovers of a strawberry cake will cause an allergic reaction, Jošt will wet his bed and two people will die.
Fellows
Film Title
DIRECTOR
Katarina Koljević
GENRE
Drama
DURATION
90 min
COUNTRY
Serbia
Synopsis
The "hotel for singles" serves as a collective protagonist, a microcosm of a Serbian society ground down by a deviant version of liberal capitalism. None of the tenants intended to end up here, but when a stranger arrives and commits suicide, their stagnant lives are irrevocably altered.
The hotel becomes an immersive, high-tension trap where misfortune binds the residents together. As Jasna, a caregiver, begins an amateur investigation into the woman’s death, the lives of the other tenants intersect: Marko, the hotel manager; Nikola, an undertaker in search of clients; and younger staff members Kristina and Andrej. They are joined by Dragan, a former legal officer, and Boris, a delivery driver.
While the younger group uses dark humour as a shield, the older residents remain anesthetized by memories of a better past. The presence of death forces each of them to question if they are truly living, proving that in a borderline situation, our only thin defence against the void is the people around us.
Fellows
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FF2026 Music Fellows
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Talks & Masterclasses
Our lectures and masterclasses are primarily intended for festival fellows and participants, offering them a space for direct exchange, hands-on learning, and professional dialogue with leading film artists. Some sessions, however, were open to all interested audiences and attracted visitors eager to engage in conversations about film, art, and contemporary creative practices.
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Evening Conversation: Leonⁿ MonoSerieⁿ: Effort Collapse: Art, Identity and Meaning in the Age of AI
In this evening conversation and live demonstration, artist Leonⁿ MonoSerieⁿ invites participants to step briefly outside the world of film and into painting. Through examples from his practice and live robot painting, he explores Effort Collapse as a mirror for contemporary creative life: if a machine can take over the effort, what still counts as the artist’s work? The session opens questions of authorship, labour, automation and meaning, and asks what, if anything, remains irreducibly human.
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Off-stage programmes – dinners, tastings, excursions – stitching the festival into the life of the island.

Morning yoga and pilates
Festival mornings began in the silence and tranquillity of the Franciscan Monastery Lopud 1483, where Martina Presečan led yoga and Pilates sessions. In this almost timeless setting, participants were offered a gentle start to the day and a moment of balance within the intensity of the festival programme.

Nomadia
The international exhibition Nomadia, presented in the former Hotel Pracat, brought visual art into the wider festival programme. Featuring works by Deša Petričić Vlahutin, Nikolina Šimunović, and Carla Chiusano, and accompanied at its opening by a performance by cellist Ana Rucner, the exhibition enriched the festival atmosphere and expanded Ponta Lopud’s dialogue between film, music, art, and place.

Flavours that bring people together
Restaurateurs from Lopud and Šipan alike made an important contribution to the festival atmosphere, turning shared meals into moments of warmth, relaxation, and friendly exchange. With carefully prepared dishes and warm hospitality, the restaurants Mandrač, Bindo Garden, Obala, La Villa and Tauris enriched the everyday rhythm of the festival and created a sense of home on the island.
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Continuing a cherished tradition, a palm tree was watered by festival masters and participants.
Due to the renovation of the Đorđić-Mayneri Botanical Garden, the traditional palm planting did not take place this year.
However, the tradition was symbolically continued through the watering of a palm sapling in a pot in front of Mandrač restaurant. The sapling was watered by masters Reinaldo Marcus Green and Lukas Dhont, together with other festival participants, and will be planted in the park at a later date.
Edition
Watering date
Species
FF2026
FF2025
FF2024
FF2023
FF2022
FF2021
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JUN 25-28, 2026
Every June, Lopud becomes a meeting place for film, music, and creativity. Set within a unique Mediterranean setting, the festival brings together international filmmakers, artists, mentors, emerging talents, and audiences through screenings, conversations, masterclasses, the development of new film projects, and the presentation of regional authors.
The festival’s sixth edition, held from 25 to 28 June, also featured a special programme dedicated to the relationship between film and music, with a particular focus on the legacy of Ennio Morricone. Through films, conversations, and a closing concert dedicated to his music, the festival continued to create a space for artistic dialogue, collaboration, and inspiration beneath the open skies of Lopud Island.
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Festival Programme







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Music Programme
28 Jun 2026 • 9 PM
Cinema, Music and the Composer: Homage to Ennio Morricone


I spent my professional career in the film industry as a music editor, collaborating with composers who showed me how deeply music can shape a film’s identity and emotional world. Among them, Ennio Morricone holds a special place. From his experimental beginnings with the Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza to unforgettable scores for films such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in America, and Cinema Paradiso, Morricone forever changed the way we experience film music. This programme is conceived as a tribute to his legacy and to music that gives film depth, emotion, and a lasting imprint. Twenty-five years ago, I had the honour of sharing with him the idea of creating a programme dedicated to film music, and this concert represents part of the fulfilment of that promise.
SUZANA PERIĆ, music editor and initiator of the Homage to Ennio Morricone program
Concert Programme
Once Upon a Time in America
Malèna – End Titles
Deborah’s Theme (Once Upon a Time in America)
Come un madrigale (Four Flies on Grey Velvet)
Metti una sera a cena
Love Theme / Song for Elena (Cinema Paradiso)
Indagine (Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion)
Al Capone (The Untouchables)
Humanity, Part 1 (The Thing)
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Sixty Seconds to What (For a Few Dollars More)
1900’s Theme – Playing Love (The Legend of 1900)
The Man with the Harmonica (Once Upon a Time in the West)
Once Upon a Time in the West – Main Theme
Giù la testa (A Fistful of Dynamite)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Main Titles
A Lydia (Scusi, facciamo amore?)
Performers and guests of the Homage to Ennio Morricone programme
[
Meet our Masters & Guests of Honour
[
Artistic and programme team
[
Projects in development
This year’s programme was designed around two feature-length fiction projects that had already secured financing and were in pre-production at the time of the festival: The Long Weekend, directed by Katarina Koljević, and History of Illness, directed by David Gašo. Work on these projects enabled participants to develop their ideas through concrete creative and production challenges, in direct dialogue with the masters and other film professionals.
Film Title
DIRECTOR
David Gašo
GENRE
Drama
DURATION
100 min
COUNTRY
Croatia
Synopsis
In the midst of hospital renovations, sensitive Jošt is spending his day trying to find out more about the tic of his left eye that, for some reason, won’t show itself in front of medical personnel.
Meanwhile, a surgeon is struggling to explain an intuitive feeling caused by a bad dream, while a hungry patient is waiting for his surgery that keeps getting postponed. On the same day, the main quality assurance nurse gets a birthday surprise, even though her birthday was two months ago, a determined pigeon is trying to get inside the hospital, and a thirsty patient keeps struggling to reach her glass of water.
By next morning, the leftovers of a strawberry cake will cause an allergic reaction, Jošt will wet his bed and two people will die.
Fellows
Film Title
DIRECTOR
Katarina Koljević
GENRE
Drama
DURATION
90 min
COUNTRY
Serbia
Synopsis
The "hotel for singles" serves as a collective protagonist, a microcosm of a Serbian society ground down by a deviant version of liberal capitalism. None of the tenants intended to end up here, but when a stranger arrives and commits suicide, their stagnant lives are irrevocably altered.
The hotel becomes an immersive, high-tension trap where misfortune binds the residents together. As Jasna, a caregiver, begins an amateur investigation into the woman’s death, the lives of the other tenants intersect: Marko, the hotel manager; Nikola, an undertaker in search of clients; and younger staff members Kristina and Andrej. They are joined by Dragan, a former legal officer, and Boris, a delivery driver.
While the younger group uses dark humour as a shield, the older residents remain anesthetized by memories of a better past. The presence of death forces each of them to question if they are truly living, proving that in a borderline situation, our only thin defence against the void is the people around us.
Fellows
[
FF2026 Music Fellows
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Talks & Masterclasses
Our lectures and masterclasses are primarily intended for festival fellows and participants, offering them a space for direct exchange, hands-on learning, and professional dialogue with leading film artists. Some sessions, however, were open to all interested audiences and attracted visitors eager to engage in conversations about film, art, and contemporary creative practices.
[
Evening Conversation: Leonⁿ MonoSerieⁿ: Effort Collapse: Art, Identity and Meaning in the Age of AI
In this evening conversation and live demonstration, artist Leonⁿ MonoSerieⁿ invites participants to step briefly outside the world of film and into painting. Through examples from his practice and live robot painting, he explores Effort Collapse as a mirror for contemporary creative life: if a machine can take over the effort, what still counts as the artist’s work? The session opens questions of authorship, labour, automation and meaning, and asks what, if anything, remains irreducibly human.
[
Off-stage programmes – dinners, tastings, excursions – stitching the festival into the life of the island.

Morning yoga and pilates
Festival mornings began in the silence and tranquillity of the Franciscan Monastery Lopud 1483, where Martina Presečan led yoga and Pilates sessions. In this almost timeless setting, participants were offered a gentle start to the day and a moment of balance within the intensity of the festival programme.

Nomadia
The international exhibition Nomadia, presented in the former Hotel Pracat, brought visual art into the wider festival programme. Featuring works by Deša Petričić Vlahutin, Nikolina Šimunović, and Carla Chiusano, and accompanied at its opening by a performance by cellist Ana Rucner, the exhibition enriched the festival atmosphere and expanded Ponta Lopud’s dialogue between film, music, art, and place.

Flavours that bring people together
Restaurateurs from Lopud and Šipan alike made an important contribution to the festival atmosphere, turning shared meals into moments of warmth, relaxation, and friendly exchange. With carefully prepared dishes and warm hospitality, the restaurants Mandrač, Bindo Garden, Obala, La Villa and Tauris enriched the everyday rhythm of the festival and created a sense of home on the island.
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Continuing a cherished tradition, a palm tree was watered by festival masters and participants.
Due to the renovation of the Đorđić-Mayneri Botanical Garden, the traditional palm planting did not take place this year.
However, the tradition was symbolically continued through the watering of a palm sapling in a pot in front of Mandrač restaurant. The sapling was watered by masters Reinaldo Marcus Green and Lukas Dhont, together with other festival participants, and will be planted in the park at a later date.
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Dubrovnik Partner d.o.o. & Udruga Aklapela
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