Events

Croatian Creative Industries Week

Join us for a week of culture, creativity and community as we celebrate the richness of Croatian heritage in Australia. The Croatian Creative Industries Week brings together film, visual art and creativity with three key events:

🎬 Croatian Film Festival - Perth
@ The Backlot theatre - 21 Simpson St, West Perth
October 31st, November 1st & November 23rd 

🎨 Artist Exhibition - Croatian Community Art Showcase. Submit your works - Deadline Sunday 26th October 5pm
Saturday November 1st, 12pm - 5pm

🏆 The Croatian Creative Industries Awards Dinner
Saturday November 1st 6pm

Celebrating the talent of Croatian creatives across generations and disciplines, offering an opportunity to connect, celebrate and showcase our heritage.
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Sunday November 2nd - Welcome Sydney United team to Perth with their Bayswater game for the Australian Championship 1:30pm

A Community Created Art Showcase

This exhibition is dedicated to showcasing and celebrating the artistic achievements of Australian artists with Croatian heritage. This event honours the rich cultural connections and creative talents within our community, providing a platform for artists to share their unique vision and journey.

Eligibility & Submission

Open to Australian artists of Croatian heritage, 18+ years old.
Submissions welcome in painting, sculpture, photography, digital art, crochet, and embroidery.
Sculptures must be transportable by one person and suitable for display on a pedestal or table.

Open Public Exhibition

Date & Location
Saturday, 1st November 2025 | 12:00pm – 5:00pm
WA Croatian Community Centre – Alfred Rd, North Fremantle
Free entry, open to the public.

Art Exhibition
APPLICATION REQUEST

Work on your  creative item - apply once
you are ready

Submit your application via this form >
Application request closes 26th October

Call Luke Ph: 0409 395 315 for further information

The Croatian
Creative Industries Awards Dinner

Saturday, 1st November 2025 | 6:00pm

Celebrating the achievements of Croatian creatives across film, art and cultural expression. Join us for a memorable evening featuring:

- A specially curated dinner menu
- Awards presentations recognising creative excellence
- Live music 

Tickets $50

Dress: Cocktail/smart

WA Croatian Community Centre

Alfred Rd, North Fremantle

Croatian Creative Industries Awards Dinner Nov 1st 6pm

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Croatian Film Festival - Perth

Friday 31st October,
Saturday 1st November and Sunday 23rd November 2025
@ The Backlot theatre
21 Simpson St, West Perth

Experience Croatian heritage created films across three days.
The festival will feature films ranging from contemporary works to new inspirations, offering something for everyone.

Unspoken

Multi award winning, Oscar eligible Unspoken, a gut‑wrenching tour de force that lingers long after the lights come up..
Session time:
Interview Friday 31st Oct 5:55pm
Friday 31st Oct 6:05pm 
@ The Backlot theatre
21 Simpson St, West Perth

Get tickets Unspoken includes DraĹľen

DraĹľen

This electrifying biopic traces the meteoric rise and heartbreaking fall of Croatian basketball icon Dražen Petrović. From the cracked seaside courts of Šibenik to the roaring arenas of Real Madrid and the NBA, Petrović’s ruthless work ethic and volcanic love for the game lift him to global stardom and slowly consume him. Šerbedžija zeroes in on the man behind the legend: the playful son, the restless perfectionist, and the pioneer who shattered European ceilings in America yet wrestled with loneliness off‑court. Every victory is shadowed by the “curse” of his obsession, building toward the fateful 1993 crash that silenced his swagger but ignited an immortal legacy.

DraĹľen

Directors: Danilo Šerbedžija and Ljubo Zdjelarević

Cast: Domagoj Nižić, Zrinka Cvitešić, Dragan Mićanović, Pavel Matuško

Duration: 1 Hr 40 min

Country of Origin: Croatia

Rating: PG 13+
SESSION TIMES:
Interview 6:30pm
Friday 31st Oct  6:40pm 

GET TICKETS DraĹľen includes Unspoken

CRICKET AND ANTOINETTE

Director: Luka Rukavina, Kristijan Milic, Dino Krpan

Cast: Tara Thaller, Marko Petric, Hrvoje Keckes

Duration: 1 HR 22 Min

Country of Origin: Croatia

Rating: G (Adventure, Family Movie, Fable)

Pula Film Festival Winner Best Screenplay, Best Music Score, Audience Award, Pulcinella Awards Best Animated Feature Nominee
SESSION TIME:
Saturday 1st Nov 12:35pm


CRICKET AND ANTOINETTE

Here is a new take on the famous fairy tale first told by Aesop and Jean de la Fontaine. Ket, a guitar playing cricket, leads a band to entertain the carefree bugs. Nearby lives Antoinette, heiress of the anthill where music is forbidden and only discipline and hard work are allowed. By accident they meet and an affection grows between them. The ant girl tries to warn the crickets of the upcoming winter, to no avail. When Antheodor, an over-ambitious ant, kidnaps Antoinette, it's Ket and his friends who come to her rescue.

GET TICKETS includes Countryman

Countryman

Retracing his late father’s footsteps, a traveler from the urban coast embarks on a 10,000km road trip around Northern Australia. In remote desert country he encounters an emerging Warumungu artist whose father was also a migrant.​

GET TICKETS The Countryman & Cricket and Antoinette

Countryman

Session time:
Saturday 1st Nov 2:00pm

Get Tickets Antoinette and Cricket & Countryman

Hrvati 
Naši Ljudi

From Australia - a surprise list of documentary interviews
From Ron Gomboc, plus ..... others.
Filmed in 2024 across Australia.
by Nikola Mihaljovic
Session time:
Sunday 3pm, 23rd November 2025.
@ The Backlot theatre
21 Simpson St, West Perth

BILLICH: Beyond The Canvas

Explore the dazzling unconventional private lives of Charles and his glamorous wife Christa as we invite you to experience their domain, up close and personal.

Discover the cosmic visions channeled by the living legend of the art world and experience the bravado of the Billich lifestyle as we reveal the complete untold story from beyond the canvas.

BILLICH: Beyond The Canvas

United States Motion Picture Alliance
2022 Winner Best Documentary Film
Best Documentary
Steve Ravic (producer)
Session time: 4:10pm
Sunday 23rd Nov
@ The Backlot theatre
21 Simpson St, West Perth

GET TICKETS - includes Hrvati Naši Ljudi

Ron Gomboc

We welcome our patron from Perth, Swan Valley  and judge Ron Gomboc with his 22nd exhibition at Sculpture by the Sea at Bondi this year and also next year his 22nd year at Cottesloe Beach. Designer of Australia's equivalent of the OSCAR awards the Australian Film Institute, AACTA - Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts awards.
Congratulations to Ron for his 13th year as the designer of the award with the body of the statuette cast in 22 karat gold received by Australia's leading performers.

The story of the AACTA statuette - read here  

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