Last week the Tourist Board of the City of Zagreb announced the International Tourfilm Festival which is to take place from the 21st to 24th of September in Zagreb.

For the fifth consecutive year the Croatian capital will host the International Tourfilm Festival which will feature 126 films from 44 countries from all over the world which will compete for 36 awards in several different categories and for the Grand Prix for the Best Festival Film.

The films which are to be presented to the audience will range from promotional films for tourist destinations, adventures, extreme sports, films on rural, nautical and religious tourism to those on holiday resorts, hotels, different cultures and traditions.

On Thursday the 22nd and Friday the 23rd the films will be shown at the Tuskanac Cinema from 11 am to 6 pm, and admission is free of charge. Sponsors of the festival are the Croatian President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, the Croatian Ministry of Tourism and the Croatian Tourist Board.

The organisers the Zagreb Tourist Board and Balduci Film especially announced interesting films from Vietnam, Turkey, the Bahamas, Spain, Portugal and Azerbaijan.

In addition, the film program will be accompanied by round tables and workshops on filmmaking, the promotion of the Croatian tourism over the last 50 years, the importance of tourism promotion and several other topics.