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Summer is the perfect time for open-air festivals, so they can enjoy all their splendor and choosing which one to go to is a tricky task. The city of Dubrovnik, one of the most interesting European destinations that is slowly growing in popularity, offers us one one of August´s most interesting prospects, ideal for travelling film fans: Noir Film Festival.
The event will take place on the weekend of the 17th, 18th and 19th if August and, as its name indicates, it´s a tribute to that genre that has produced so many great films, film noir. The festival, which is celebrating its second edition, has that eagerness and ambition that are so common in new projects and it´s completely free for all attendants. It begins with an exhibition by the photographer Sasa Sekoranja called The Double Identity at the Sponza Palace Atrium at 9pm. Sasa has captured Bosnian and Croatian actors for the occasions, recreating legendary scenes of unforgettable classics such as Citizen Kane (1941), Gilda (1946), The Perfect Crime (1954) or Concrete Jungle (1950).
Sponza Palace is one of the most beautiful buildings in Dubrovnik so, if you have time, it´s a good idea to book the friday afternoon off for visiting it relaxedly and having a few hours before the beginning of the exhibition. Built between 1512 and 1522, it combines Renaissance touches with late-gothic and a simple structure (rooms and storage rooms around an interior patio) and rich decorations in its porches. Although it originally was the home of numerous institutional uses (customs house, money and treasury house, armory…), at the end of the 16th century it become Dubrovnik´s cultural centre. It´s one of the few buildings that survived the terrible earthquake that destroyed the city in 1667. Today, it´s an art gallery, venue for various festivals and it has a room dedicated to the victims of the Serbia-Montenegro war that you can visit.
The festival is completed with the premiere of the film The Woman in the Fifth, based on a novel by Douglas Kennedy and starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Ethan Hawke, as well as the screenings of classics such as Double Indemnity (1944) by Billy Wilder and The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946). All the films can be seen in the open-air cinema of Jadran. Located in the old town, it´s only open during the summer months and it´s an ideal place to enjoy the best films under the moonlight and the stars.
The old town of Dubrovnik is one of the liveliest and most beautiful areas of the city, where they celebrate the most important events and there you can find many attractive landmarks: the Rector´s Palace, the Cathedral, the Franciscan Monastery, museums and local product shops among many others.
Now you just have to choose one of our apartments in Dubrovnik in the old town and you´ll enjoy staying in accommodation in a privileged area, a stone´s throw from the venues of the Noir Film Festival and the main sites of interest.
