The Italian film presentation of recent productions will be shown in March and April

The representative of the Italian Consulate General in Rijeka for Šibenik-Knin County is Maria Rita Rando Baranović. Under the auspices of the "Italian Institute of Culture in Zagreb" and in cooperation with the City Library, "Juraj Šižgorić" organizes an event called the Month of Italian Film in Šibenik in March and April.

As part of the film evening on Wednesdays in the City Library from March 4, 2015 to March 25, 2015 and from April 1, 2015 to April 22, 2015, starting at 8 p.m., Italian films will be shown newer productions.

We believe that it is very important to promote different cultures, customs and languages ​​in Šibenik, which is why we want to hold this project. In the event, we want to include as many participants as possible from primary and secondary schools and the Šibenik Polytechnic, as well as all social activists to make it better: says organizer Maria Rita Baranović.

Juraj Šižgorić (Latin: Georgius Sisgoritus), after whom the public library was named the first Šibenik humanist and poet, and he is the central figure of the Šibenik humanist circle and one of the most important figures of cultural life in the 15th century and the cultural history of the Croatian nation. He was born in Šibenik in the first half of the 15th century, and studied in Padua, where he received his doctorate in church secular law. He was a priest with various duties, twice including the episcopal vicar.