page_title: Subversive Festival
section_title: Networks and Influence
hierarchical_section_title: Subversive Festival / Networks and Influence
caption_attribution_description: English: Slavoj Žižek, Alexis Tsipras and Oliver Stone on Subversive Festival 2013 in Zagreb.
context_page_description: The Subversive Festival is an annual international fortnight of political, activist, cultural, educational, literary and artistic events that takes place in Zagreb, Croatia every May. Its activities are divided into the Subversive Film Festival, the Subversive Forum, the Balkan Forum and the Subversive Book Fair. The cross-cutting activity is the Subversive Festival's Conference that includes major keynote lectures and round tables held in Cinema Europe.
context_section_description: The Subversive Festival established strong ties with the World Social Forum, The World Forum of Alternatives, Transform! Europe Network, Attac, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, Heinrich Böll Foundation and similar international organisations.
  The events at the Subversive Festival are usually reported by local and international media (Al Jazeera, Croatian Television, Slovenian Television, Arte TV, etc.). The Festival benefits from special media support by media sharing its political vision such as le Monde Diplomatique, La Memoire des Luttes, Transeuropeennes, Zarez, Critic Attac, etc.
  The 6th edition of the Subversive Festival provoked special attention since it took place just before Croatia's accession to the EU. In this context, the visit of the head of the Greek opposition Syriza Alexis Tsipras and film director Oliver Stone was particularly followed both by local audience and international media. A joke made by Slavoj Žižek during the public debate with Tsipras provoked a controversy in Greece.
caption: Slavoj Žižek, Alexis Tsipras and Oliver Stone at 2013 Subversive Festival
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