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\u201cBeautiful Evening, Beautiful Day\u201d<\/em> – Croatia\u2019s official nomination for Best Foreign Film in the 2025 Academy Awards, is an historical epic and an ode to love, loyalty and the power of friendship and art.<\/p>\n

The film that spans over decades, follows lovers Lovro and Nenad and their long-time friendship with Steven and Ivan, all of them were part of a gay group turned filmmakers while navigating their lives through communist, post-war Yugoslavia.<\/p>\n

The film studio they run gains world fame, but they are forced to compromise their arts and beliefs to produce propaganda for the communist regime. The more success they gain the more the fascism of the government seeps into their studio and they suddenly find their lives in danger despite being Nazi fighting heroes.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeautiful Evening, Beautiful Day\u201d<\/em> is a luscious, intimate and politically charged cinema and the result is a heartbreaking piece on resistance. This is a film that is crying against oppression, against silencing and for the freedom to live, love and create art without fear.<\/p>\n

Talented filmmaker and director Ivona Juka says this film was inspired by a relative of hers that was forced to hide his sexual identity for most of his adult life (homosexuality was still a crime in Croatia up until 1990\u2019s).<\/p>\n

Warning: This film contains explicit sex scenes and graphic violence.<\/p>\n

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This movie is eligible for a special “Monthly TLVfest” price:<\/strong><\/p>\n

4 Tickets – special price 160 NIS (40 NIS per ticket) \u2013 purchase here<\/a>
\n6 Tickets – special price 225 NIS (37.5 NIS per ticket) \u2013 purchase here<\/a>
\n12 Tickets – special price 360 NIS (30 NIS per ticket) \u2013 purchase here<\/a><\/p>\n

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In association with the European Union<\/strong>
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\u201cBeautiful Evening, Beautiful Day\u201d – Croatia\u2019s official nomination for Best Foreign Film in the 2025 Academy Awards, is an historical epic and an ode to love, loyalty and the power of friendship and art. The film that spans over decades, follows lovers Lovro and Nenad and their long-time friendship with Steven and Ivan, all of … <\/p>\n

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