{"id":435067,"date":"2026-05-19T13:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/435067\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T13:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T13:36:12","slug":"mission-impossible-star-simon-pegg-in-croatia-for-isfmf-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/435067\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission: Impossible star Simon Pegg in Croatia for ISFMF Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                by <a class=\"articleDetails__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/author\/admin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">croatiaweek<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    May 19, 2026<\/p>\n<p>                    in<\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"articleDetails__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.croatiaweek.com\/category\/entertainment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment<\/a>                <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">VARA\u017dDIN, 19 May 2026 \u2013 British actor Simon Pegg, best known to global audiences for his role as Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible film series, is set to visit Croatia for the first time later this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pegg will be among the main guests at the International Sound &amp; Film Music Festival (ISFMF), which takes place in Vara\u017edin from 21 to 24 May. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The festival is regarded as the world\u2019s largest film music and sound festival by number of submitted films.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The actor, also known for his appearances in the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises, will receive the Honorary Crystal Pine Award at the Croatian National Theatre in Vara\u017edin in recognition of his contribution to film art.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164958\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164958\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Simon-pegg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1498\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-164958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simon Pegg (Photo:\u00a0 Press)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A total of 13 awards will be presented during the festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">This year\u2019s edition will also bring together seven Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated artists. Among them is James Mather, the Oscar-winning sound designer behind Top Gun: Maverick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The president of the international ISFMF jury will be acclaimed actor Ciar\u00e1n Hinds, known to many viewers for his role as Mance Rayder in Game of Thrones, as well as performances in Harry Potter and Belfast, for which he received an Academy Award nomination.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164960\" class=\" wp-image-164960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Ciaran-Hinds.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"1035\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-164960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ciar\u00e1n Hinds (Photo: Press)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Alongside appearances by major international film figures, organisers have announced a wide-ranging accompanying programme. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Visitors can expect an exclusive screening of the new Mission: Impossible \u2013 The Final Reckoning film, attended by Pegg and Mather, as well as panel discussions on film music, sound, artificial intelligence and the future of the creative industries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-164959\" class=\"size-full wp-image-164959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ISFMF-Crystal-Pine.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-164959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ISFMF Crystal Pine (Photo: Press)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The programme will also include a concert dedicated to Croatian film music, workshops and quizzes for film and popular culture enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Festival organisers say this year\u2019s event has already broken records, with 928 films submitted from 81 countries worldwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For several days, Vara\u017edin is expected to become an international centre for film, music and creative industries, bringing global entertainment names to northern Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>        \tSign up to receive the Croatia Week Newsletter <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by croatiaweek May 19, 2026 in Entertainment VARA\u017dDIN, 19 May 2026 \u2013 British actor Simon Pegg, best known&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,409,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-435067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}