Four Croatian Tourism Films Win Awards at Art & Tur Festival in Portugal
October 25, 2020 - Four Croatian tourism films won awards at the Art & Tur International Tourism Film Festival, which just took place in Portugal.
HRTurizam reports that in the competition of tourist promotional films and documentaries worldwide, Croatian productions thus received recognition for promotion in the year in which tourism was most affected by the coronavirus crisis. Croatian films have already won several awards at international festivals, so the latest success is certainly no accident.
The Art & Tur International Tourism Film Festival was held for the thirteenth time. As a forum to exchange experiences, it has received high international recognition thanks to the quality and quantity of films and integration into the international network of similar CIFFT festivals. Today, CIFFT is the most prestigious initiative for awards and recognitions in the tourism industry's marketing video. With 18 festival members, the CIFFT Circuit Grand Prix is the largest video marketing competition for the travel and tourism industry, spanning 17 countries and 18 cities.
'Croatia Your Next Filming Destination' won first place in the competition ‘Tourist destinations - Film locations.’ The film was shot in cooperation with the Croatian National Tourist Board and the production company Balduči and called on the film industry to choose Croatia as its destination for filming. Producer Spomenka Saraga received the award.
In the ‘Social Responsibility’ competition, the film 'Zagreb Loves You' won second. It is a slightly different promotional film of the Zagreb Tourist Board, which shows the whole spectrum of emotions that the people of Zagreb experienced on March 22, when a devastating earthquake hit the city. The award was accepted by the director of the Zagreb Tourist Board, Martina Bienenfeld.
Second place in the category of ‘Wellness Tourism’ went to the film 'Dubrovnik - Safe Vacation.' It is an animated film by the City of Dubrovnik and the Dubrovnik Tourist Board. The knight Orlando takes viewers to 1377 when the idea of quarantine to fight various epidemics was conceived in Dubrovnik. The award was presented to producer Stjepan Milas.
Finally, the award for the best original soundtrack went to the promotional film of the Rijeka Tourist Board and the production company Balduči film 'Rijeka - I miss you,' in which Rijeka is presented as a year-round tourist and city-break destination.
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Two Croatian Tourism Films Up for CIFFT People's Choice Award
October 7, 2020 - Two Croatian tourism films are up for the People's Choice Award by the International Committee of Tourist Film Festivals (CIFFT).
HRTurizam reports that organized by the International Committee of Tourist Film Festivals (CIFFT), a competition for the best tourist film in the world is being organized.
Since 1989, CIFFT's mission has rewarded excellence in passenger video marketing through a competition - the CIFFT Circuit Grand Prix. CIFFT brings together the world’s 17 best tourism film festivals, making this competition the most prestigious awards and recognition initiative for the tourism video marketing industry.
Two Croatian tourism films are also competing for the best tourism film.
The promotional film "Zagreb Loves You" by the Zagreb Tourist Board, directed by Martina Milicevic, is up for the prestigious People's Choice Award.
Zagreb Loves You from Filmservice International on Vimeo.
"Zagreb Loves You" is not a typical promotional film. It is unique in that it emotionally talks about March 22, the day when the city, already affected by the pandemic, was hit by a strong earthquake, the strongest in the past 140 years.
"We wanted to record the emotion and strength of Zagreb and its citizens at a time when we thought we were reliving scenes from an American disaster film," said the director of the Zagreb Tourist Board, Martina Bienenfeld during the reception of the awards that the film received in Turkey and Serbia.
Kaštela - Seven Reasons to Visit is also up for the prestigious award. The promotional film for the city of Kastela, produced by DFF, takes viewers through a stylized story inspired by the legend of Miljenko and Dobrila, Kastela lovers from the 17th century. The film leads through seven secret messages hidden in all 7 Kastelas through the most beautiful natural and cultural attractions of the city, showing Dalmatia as it once was.
Kastela - Seven reasons to visit from Filmservice International on Vimeo.
You can vote for the best tourist film in the world, as well as for the Croatian representatives HERE.
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