Of those ten films, seven will be in the principal section and three in the minority co-productions section.

Out of the seven films in the principal section, there are as many as six world premieres.

An independent film, the science-fiction drama "The Show Must Go On" by debut director Nevio Marasovic will open the 57th festival in Pula's landmark, Arena.

There are two more debut directors in the competition: Ivan-Goran Vitez with his dark humour action film "Forest Creatures" and Danilo Serbedzija with his dark comedy 72 Days.

Other directors taking part in this year's national competition programme are Dalibor Matanic with his drama film "Mother of Asphalt" and Ognjen Svilicic with his his "2 Sunny Days".

Director and video artist from Spit Dani Oki will showcase his drama "The Performance" . The only film from the principal section that has already been seen in Croatia (outside Pula) is the love drama "Just Between Us" by Rajko Grlic.

Among minority co-productions there are four films co-financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia in whose creation Croatian co-producers and film artists participated. The first among them is the omnibus by five female directors from the former Yugoslavia named "Some Other Stories". The second one is Jasmila Zbanic"s drama "On the Path",

The other two films are Bosnian director Adis Bakrac's "The Abandoned" and Serbian director Srdan Karanovic's "Besa",