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Croatia International Film Festival to Launch in August With Rooney Mara’s ‘La Cocina’ in the Lineup (EXCLUSIVE)


Croatia-born Ella Mische created the Croatia International Film Festival to spotlight women in media and second-time directors.

The four-day event, set in the coastal city of Sibenik, will also feature 18 documentary and narrative shorts, giving the struggling independent film market an additional international venue to screen movies and launch careers. Created by Croatia-born, America-based Ella Mische, CIFF was conceived as a fest that will amplify women in media and second-time directors, and will serve as an event to connect nonfiction and narrative filmmakers from around the world. Although she has spent the majority of her career working in the United States, Mische decided to launch CIFF during the writer and actors strikes in 2023.

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