{"id":1073465,"date":"2026-10-20T17:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/?p=1073465"},"modified":"2026-10-20T17:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T14:16:26","slug":"film-director-mate-ugrin-at-taifas-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rri.ro\/en\/close-up\/rri-special\/film-director-mate-ugrin-at-taifas-2026-id1073465.html","title":{"rendered":"Film director Mate Ugrin at &#8220;Taifas&#8221; 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Croatian film director Mate Ugrin attended the 2026 &#8220;Taifas&#8221; Festival in Timi\u0219oara (western Romania) to present his film &#8220;Petty Thieves.&#8221; The film, a co-production between Croatia, France, and Germany, won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Proxima competition at the 2026 Karlovy Vary Film Festival. 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