It gives us great pleasure to continue our long-standing cooperation with Zagreb Film Festival, one of the most significant and most vibrant film festivals in Croatia. British Council works with international film festivals like ZFF to bring the best of UK film to international audiences, to support new talent, celebrate digital innovation and encourage international collaboration, and ZFF’s mission, from its beginnings, has been to promote contemporary independent film and debut films of directors from all over the world. We are happy that this year’s Festival programme includes the BAFTA 2019 Shorts. The films included in the programme represent storytelling that reveals the breadth and diversity of British society, together with world class artistic and technical flair, and featuring some of the UK’s finest acting talents.