Presentation of the Annual Albert Kapović Award
Explanation of This Year's Alber Kapović Award
Based on the propositions of film association members, Croatian Producer Association's board, consisting of Vanja Jambrović, Marina Andree Škop, Vedran Mihletić, Ivan Kelava and Hrvoje Osvadić, has decided that the Albert Kapović Award for exceptional contribution to Croatian film industry should – for the first time – be given to a producer. The award went to Martina Petrović, head of Media Deska Croatia. Last year's laureate was film director Hrvoje Hribar, currentdirector of Croatian Audiovisual Center (HAVC).
As regards our cooleague Siniša Juričić, it is our heart-felt wish that the award gives him additional motivation for development and production of new, intriguing films that will match the success he made this year.
Prof. Vedran Mihletić, President of HRUP Board
Photo: Albert Kapović
Siniša Juričić was
born in Zagreb in 1965. He graduated in Acting in 1990 and in Production in
2009 from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art. He founded Nukleus Association in
2003, Nukleus Film Croatia in 2009 and Nukleus Film Slovenia in 2012. He worked
as journalist, editor and producer on Radio 101. He is one of that radio's
founders, as well as of Omladinska Televizija (OTV), where he worked as
producer and program director. During Homeland War he worked as producer of
documentary program and news for Visnews (present-day Reuters TV), German ZDF,
BBC Radio and TV and NTV – a major Japanese private TV network. He nwas a
member of the BBC team that produced the film Fighting the Peace and won
annual British award for the best documentary film. In 1998, together with film
director Vinko Brešan, he produced the 11-minute film in 360-degree technique
that represented Croatia at EXPO 98 in Lisbon. More than one million viewers
saw the film. He is one of the founders of the Zagreb-based Kontrapunkt
Festival which attracted the greatest new-jazz performers from the world in the
ten years of its existence.
Siniša Juričić is currently focused on production of films and on helping gifted filmmakers from Southeastern Europe to achieve international recognition. While documentary film remains his passion, he is also preparing a feature-length fiction film and the first cross-media production. The films he produced won awards and were financed in Croatia and abroad. Among the latest awards is France 4 Visionary Award for Sofia's Last Ambulance by Ilian Metev, shown in the competition selection of the 51st Critics Week of Cannes Film Festival and Grand Prix of Karlovy Vary Festival.
Last year he taught Production at POU Samobor. He was also visiting professor at the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art and he also conducted training programs exOriente, EURODOC and Co-production Meeting Leipzig. He is a member of EAVE, DCM, EURODOC and HDFD networks and of HRUP Supervisory Board.
Filmography:
Sofia's Last Ambulance (2012), directed by Ilian Metev, co-production:
ARTE, WDR, VPRO, Noga TV
Films and awards: Film Critics' Week at Cannes Film Festival - France 4
Visionary Award; International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary – Grand Prix; DOK
Prizren – Best Balkans Documentary; Mediterranean Film Festival - Grand Prix;
Zurich Film Festival – Jury's Special Mention; Sarajevo Film Festival;
Reykjavik International Film Festival etc.
Tzigari (2011), directed by Paolo
Santoni, documentary film ( a co-production)
Get Up, Miro!, directed by Petar
Orešković, short feature film
Festivals and awards: Best Short Film in Ješke Competition at Split
Mediterranean Film Festival
Cycles (2010 ), directed by Vladimir
Gojun, documentary film
Festivals and awards: Best Debutant Award at the Days of Croatian Film; Grand
Prix at Split Mediterranean Film Festival
Laundry (2009), directed by Nicole
Volavka, short feature film
Cash and Marry (2009), directed by
Atanas Georgiev, documentary film
Festivals and awards: ZagrebDox – Audience Award and Jury's Special Mention;
Liburnija Film festival – Audience Award and Jury's Special Mention; Visions du
Reel Nyon – New Visions Award; HotDocs Toronto, DOK Leipzig, Flahertiana Perm,
SilkRoad Film Fest Bursa, Dokumenta Kassel
Look at the Life Through My Eyes
(2008), directed by Marija Dzidzeva, documentary film
Festivals and awards: BelDocs – Jury's Special Mention; IDFA, Astra Film
Festival, Manaki Brothers
Outcasts (2008), directed by Petar
Orešković, short feature film
Festivals and awards: The Fresh Film Fest International Film Festival – Golden
Oil Lamp; Zagreb Film Festival, MedFilm Festival, AISFF Korea
The Dead Man's Return (2006),
directed by Petar Orešković, documentary film
Festivals and awards: IDFA, Sarajevo Film Festival
Waiting (2005), directed by Vladimir
Gojun, documentary film
Festivals and awards: ZagrebDox
Photo: Siniša Juričić