Following Pedro Almodóvar and Giuseppe Tornatore, the Pula Film Festival dedicates this year’s retrospective in the set dedicated to renowned world film directors to American filmmaker James Ivory (Berkeley, California, 1928). The retrospective of this director of refined visual style, who has been working continuously and steadily for the last 58 years, and whose films are remembered for his detailed characters, perfectionist mizanscene and an impressive atmosphere, will include eleven films, representing his three most important phases of creation: the Indian, the British and the American phase. Together with Ismail Merchant, James Ivory founded the production company Merchant-Ivory in 1961. They were joined by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala as a screenwriter. James Ivory films won six Academy Awards and he won three Best Director nominations.

The films will be screened at the Valli Cinema, with the exception of White Countess that will be showcased at Kastel, but also in Rijeka and Dubrovnik. Large number of films from this section will be screened also in Zagreb at the Metropolis Art House of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Read more.

Retrospectives of world famous directors

In 2009. the Pula Film Festival introduced the Retrospective programme.

The first retrospective of the cycle was dedicated to the cult Spanisg director Pedro Almodóvar.

The second one was dedicated to the famed Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore.