Kinoklub Zagreb (Cineclub Zagreb)

Kinoklub Zagreb is a non-profit amateur and alternativne filmmaking club, founded in 1928. in Zagreb, Croatia by Oktavijan Miletić and Maksimilijan Paspa. Our main goal is to promote amateur and alternative filmmaking practices by providing our members with free access to filmmaking equipment and editing rooms, as well as distribution advice and constant education through workshops, screenings, lectures, and film discussions. We also offer a community atmosphere where our members are able to network and exchange ideas with other likeminded individuals. Kinoklub Zagreb has the greatest number of films produced in the history of Croatian film - we are estimating some 2700 films have been made since 1928., with 77 films being shot in 2021 alone. Our films have been in competition programs in festivals such as Rotterdam, Oberhausen, Tampere, and Sarajevo, as well as many other local festivals, where they have won numerous awards. We organize several workshops, the most known being our Film School - a beginner's workshop held three times per year, meant to educate our new members in the technical and amateur approach to filmmaking. We also organize at least eight advanced workshops per year, diverse in their topics and approach. So far, we have held workshops on scriptwriting, film criticism, short fiction films, documentary and experimental films, music videos, one-take films, road movies, film clichés, and numerous others. We also organize screenings, programmed by our members - any member can propose a film cycle based on a certain topic/author/genre and present it at the club. Alongside this, we hold film discussions, analyzing short films or film excerpts, and monthly experimental film screenings and discussions, analyzing the works of Croatian and international authors.