In November and December 2025, the Zagreb Local Festival took place in Zagreb, Croatia, serving as a major public milestone for the trans-European CARAVANE – Climate Art Fusion project. Implemented and coordinated by the Centre for Cultural Activities (CKD), the festival was designed as the final public culmination of an intensive, long-term participatory filmmaking laboratory. By presenting youth-driven cultural production to the public, the event successfully situated critical questions of climate justice, urban sustainability, and governance firmly within the local landscape of Zagreb.

The festival was rooted in an extended educational and filmmaking process that engaged young professionals and advanced students (aged 18 to 30) from audiovisual, media, and cultural studies backgrounds. Selected via an open call, these emerging creators participated in a structured series of online and in-person labs between October 2024 and July 2025. Under the guidance of experienced mentors—including award-winning documentary filmmaker Ivona Juka and producer Anita Juka—the participants received rigorous training in documentary ethics, research methods, script development, and post-production workflows.

This collaborative effort resulted in the production of the 59-minute feature-length documentary Na rubniku pameti / Curb Your Wits. Through the perspectives of thirteen interlocutors, the film critically examines everyday environmental practices, urbanism, and climate justice. The finished work was presented to the public over two separate screenings held on November 7 and December 18, 2025. The events drew project participants, film protagonists, cultural practitioners, and the general public, receiving high praise for its professional standards and analytical depth regarding complex issues often marginalized in public discourse. For all the young artists involved, this marked their very first experience producing a full-length documentary, representing a monumental milestone in their professional trajectories.