Denmark’s Queen Goes to the Movies in Croatia

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her husband Prince Consort Henrik visited the Zagreb Film Festival on Wednesday to take in a movie as part of their official visit to the Republic of Croatia...

The Danish Royal Couple attended the screening of Itsi Bitsi, a film by Danish director Ole Christian Madsen at Zagreb’s Cinema Europa yesterday afternoon. Queen Margrethe II, Prince Consort Henrik and a Danish delegation were greeted in front of Cinema Tuškanac by Director of ZFF Boris T. Matić, Croatian Audiovisual Center Director Hrvoje Hribar, Director of Danish Film Institute Henrik Bo Nielsen and Madsen.

Another Danish short film, Seven Boats, directed by Hlynur Pálmason, was also shown before Itsi Bitsi as part of the Danish film programme and exchange of ideas between Croatian and Danish filmmakers . Zagreb Film Festival takes place at six venues across the city and closes on 26 October.