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Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day

Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day

Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, United States, Poland, Canada, Cyprus 137 min.

Four friends and classmates, Lovro (Dado Ćosić), Nenad (Đorđe Galić), Stevan (Slaven Došlo), and Ivan (Elmir Krivalić), join the Partisans to fight the Ustaše and Nazis. Sixteen years later, they had become renowned filmmakers in Communist Yugoslavia. However, the Party disapproved of their films. When their sexuality is called into question, Emir Hadžihafizbegović, a loyal member of the Communist Party, is sent to sabotage their careers and lives. The search for freedom becomes a struggle for survival for the artists and a challenge to Emir’s own beliefs.

The film, directed and written by Ivona Juka, has screened at 40 international film festivals, winning 18 awards, including six audience awards. It was selected as Croatia’s official submission for the 2025 Academy Awards.

Showtime

  • Tue 26.05.2026. 20:00

Location

Polyvalent hall - Duke's Palace

Poljana Šime Budinića 3
23000 Zadar

Original title
Lijepa večer, lijep dan
Director
Ivona Juka
Scenario
Ivona Juka
Actors
Dado Ćosić, Emir Hadžihafizbegović, Slaven Došlo, Đorđe Galić, Elmir Krivalić, Dražen Čuček, Anja Šovagović – Despot, Vojislav Brajović, Asja Jovanović
Photography
Dragan Ruljančić
Production
4film
Distribution
Editus d.o.o.