Back in 1938th years, even before starting the Cannes Film Festival in Pula's Arena with great response from the audience held its first film festival, and the 1953rd to date continuously place the festival to enjoy the movie under the stars. The festival annually expands and competition program Croatian short films section and minority co-productions (those in which Croatia has not invested the most resources). The festival annually attracts more and more visitors, thus Pula clearly moving in the enjoyment of a national festival, which will be able to compete with major European festivals of its kind, with the advantage of the longest tradition and the most impressive of the auditorium, and the well-established competitive program of European film.