First on Tour Screening of the Year – Pavilion 6 at Rialto

Join us for the first On Tour screening of the year at Amsterdam’s Rialto (De Pijp) cinema on the 27th of September 2025 at 14.45h, where we will be showing the documentary Pavilion 6, followed by a video interview to discover more about director Goran Dević and the remarkable journey of this film.

We’re kicking things off with a Dutch premiere of the Croatian film “Pavilion 6” directed by Goran Dević. Set in a Zagreb vaccination centre during the COVID-19 pandemic, this quietly hilarious documentary captures ordinary people swapping jokes, voicing fears, and spinning wild theories—offering both a vivid portrait of a nation and a masterclass in observational humour.

With a minimalistic approach and no context beyond these brief exchanges, “Pavilion 6” shows people from all walks of life opening up in surprising ways—sharing intimate confessions, personal struggles and political views. What begins as small talk becomes an unexpectedly vivid portrait of a nation, and perhaps the wider region, captured in a moment of enforced stillness. The pandemic is merely the backdrop; the true subject is the warmth, wit, and eccentricity of human connection when life pauses and conversation takes over.

SCREENING DETAILS & TICKETS

The film will take place at Amsterdam’s renowned cinema Rialto at De Pijp, on the 27th of September 2025, starting at 14.45h. Prior to the film, the festival director will welcome everyone with a short speech. The screening will be followed by a (video) conversation between the film director, Goran Dević and the festival programmer, Stefan Malešević. Afterwards, enjoy a glass of fine Croatian wine, kindly offered by the Croatian Embassy. Let’s toast together to the festive start of the ENFF 2025 season!

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DIRECTOR’S BIO

Goran Dević studied law, archaeology and film art at the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb, Croatia, and currently teaches there at the Documentary Film graduate studies. His documentaries and fiction films have won awards at festivals in Pula, Cottbus, Prizren, Prague, Sarajevo, Oberhausen, Leipzig, Motovun, and Zagreb. His feature film debut “The Blacks”, co-directed and co-written with Zvonimir Jurić, was critically acclaimed. Retrospectives of his documentaries were featured at Arsenal Berlin, MAXXI Roma, Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz, Beldocs, and Zagreb. He co-founded the production company Petnaesta umjetnost.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

In the first days after the COVID-19 vaccine arrived, I was accompanying an older relative who was afraid of vaccination to get a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. My support was deemed unnecessary since from the very first moment my relatives got friendly with the people who were waiting in the same line as us. It took only a few minutes for people standing in line to start talking like old friends and family members at a holiday gathering. This was my primary inspiration for making this film. The collective psychosis caused by the pandemic seems to me an ideal background for a subtle study of a society that has been facing various crises for some time and unfortunately is slowly falling apart in all seams. I was following strangers who were becoming instant friends, fighting their fears by seeking solace in conversation.

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First on Tour Screening of the Year – Pavilion 6 at Rialto

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