Fedor Škubonja
Encyclopedia
Fedor Škubonja was a Croatia
n film director.
Škubonja spent most of his career making children's film
s. His most notable film was the award-winning 1960 Yugoslav film The Lost Pencil (Croatian
: Izgubljena olovka), which won the Golden Lion for Best Children's Film at the 1961 Venice Film Festival
, and was named as one of the top ten children's films of all time at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival
.
His other notable film was the 1969 film Downstream from the Sun (Nizvodno od sunca), a social drama set in a remote mountain village, which earned him a Golden Arena for Best Director
at the 1969 Pula Film Festival
.
Škubonja was married to screenwriter Stanislava Borisavljević who wrote screenplays for most of his films.
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
n film director.
Škubonja spent most of his career making children's film
Children's film
A children's film is a film aimed for children as its audience. As opposed to a family film, no special effort is made to make the film attractive for other audiences. The film may or may not be about children. In Unshrinking the Kids: Children's Cinema and the Family Film which is a chapter in In...
s. His most notable film was the award-winning 1960 Yugoslav film The Lost Pencil (Croatian
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
: Izgubljena olovka), which won the Golden Lion for Best Children's Film at the 1961 Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
, and was named as one of the top ten children's films of all time at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
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His other notable film was the 1969 film Downstream from the Sun (Nizvodno od sunca), a social drama set in a remote mountain village, which earned him a Golden Arena for Best Director
Golden Arena for Best Director
The Golden Arena for Best Director is an award given for best director at the Pula Film Festival, which was until 1992 the Yugoslav equivalent of the Academy Awards. Since 1992 and the breakup of Yugoslavia the competition narrowed to Croatian films only...
at the 1969 Pula Film Festival
Pula Film Festival
The Pula Film Festival is the oldest Croatian film festival which is held annually in a Roman amphitheater known as the Pula arena since 1954. The festival is usually held in the summer, in July or August....
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Škubonja was married to screenwriter Stanislava Borisavljević who wrote screenplays for most of his films.
External links
- Fedor Škubonja biography at Filmski-Programi.hr
- Fedor Škubonja's obituary at VjesnikVjesnikVjesnik is a Croatian daily newspaper, published in Zagreb. Through its history, it has been considered a newspaper of record.The paper was originally printed as a monthly publication by the League of Communists of Croatia starting in 1940...
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