FESTIVALS: Letter Take Top Prize at Pula

PULA, CROATIA: A Letter to My Father (www.hfs.hr) won the Best Film award and a prize of 30,000 HRK at the National Competition of the 59th Pula Film Festival (www.pulafilmfestival.hr)…
30-07-2012

FILM NEW EUROPE - STEP IN - LOCARNO: COUNTRY REPORT: CROATIA

Croatia's most significant recent event affecting the film and TV industry was the approval of a 20% cash rebate for production costs incurred for feature films, documentaries, animation and TV…
25-07-2012

Croatian Audiovisual Centre Announces 2012 Grants

ZAGREB: Croatia has awarded grants of 402,082 EUR/3,015,622 HRK to four feature films, one documentary and two short films - all minority co-productions.
23-07-2012

FNE IDF DocBloc: Vitić Dances

Croatian director Boris Bakal is participating in Ex-Oriente 2012 with his documentary film project Vitic Dances.
20-07-2012

FESTIVALS: Pula Completes National Film Competition Line-up

{mosimage}PULA: Three films have been added to the eight previously announced films to be screened in the national programme of the 59th Pula Film Festival (www.pulafilmfestival.hr), which takes place during…
18-07-2012

Diana Biopic Filming in Croatia

Caught in Flight, a UK-Croatian coproduction about the last years of Princess Diana's life starring Naomi Watts, is in the midst of a three week shoot on locations around Croatia.
11-07-2012

PRODUCTION: Green Dog in Development

ZAGREB: The Croatian company Kinorama (www.kinorama.hr) is developing a cinematic adaptation of the novel Green Dog written by Nada Mihelcic. No director is attached yet. Green Dog/ Zeleni pas is…
27-06-2012

PRODUCTION: Sonja and the Bull

ZAGREB: Vlatka Vorkapic's debut film, a romantic comedy titled Sonja and the Bull, will open the National Programme of the 59th Pula Film Festival (www.pulafilmfestival.hr) on 21 July 2012.
27-06-2012

FESTIVALS: Pula Announces National Competition

{mosimage}PULA: Eight films have been confirmed for the national programme at the 59th Pula Film Festival (www.pulafilmfestival.hr), which takes place during the second week of the festival running from 14-28…
17-06-2012

EAVE Producers Workshop Heads to Croatia

Fifty-three producers representing 31 countries and 33 documentary and feature projects will participate in the second EAVE (www.eave.org) European Producers Workshop 2012, set to take place in in Opatija, Croatia,…
06-06-2012

EFP Producers on the Move: Sinisa Juricic

ZAGREB: For Sinisa Juricic, a European Film Promotion 2012 Producer on the Move, the most difficult task of a film producer is "to keep everyone happy."
08-05-2012

PRODUCTION: Grlic in Preproduction with The Viper's Glen Miracle

{mosimage}ZAGREB: Acclaimed Croatian director Rajko Grlić, nominated at the Palm d'Or for Bravo Maestro in 1978, is preparing The Viper's Glen Miracle for shooting in 2013. The Viper's Glen Miracle/Čudo…
07-05-2012

PRODUCTION: Cricket and Antoinette in Development

ZAGREB: Darko Bakliza is in development with Cricket and Antoinette, and 80 minute animated film produced by Dino Krpan and Diedra (www.diedra.hr).
18-03-2012

PRODUCTION: The Mysterious Boy in Development in Croatia

ZAGREB: Dražen Žarković plans to shoot The Mysterious Boy, a sequel to the box office success Koko and the Ghosts,in November-December 2012.
14-03-2012

PRODUCTION: Cowboys in Preproduction

ZAGREB: Tomislav Mršić plans to shoot Cowboys, a comedic drama about eight people facing their lifetime opportunity to put on a theatre production, based on a popular Croatian play.
13-03-2012

PRODUCTION: The Reaper in Development

ZAGREB: Zvonimir Juric is developing The Reaper, a drama with four stories connected by an accidental death, produced by Ankica Juric Tilic and Kinorama (www.kinorama.hr).
11-03-2012

PRODUCTION: Free in Production

ZAGREB: Vlatka Vorkapic is shooting Free, a 50 minute documentary for the Croatian company FADE IN Production (www.fadein.hr).
06-03-2012

PRODUCTION: The 27th Picture in Production

ZAGREB: Prague-based Croatian director Pavo Marinković is shooting his first documentary, a Croatian-Czech co-production between Mitropa and 8Heads Production (www.8heads.com).
23-02-2012

FESTIVALS: ZagrebDox Opens 26 February

{mosimage}ZAGREB: The 8th edition of ZagrebDox IFF (www.zagrebdox.net, 26 February - 4 March 2012) will screen 29 films in the international competition, including the Georgian documentary Bakhmaro by Salome Jashi.
22-02-2012

Croatian Films at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival

The Croatian minority co-production, feature dramedy Parade, written and directed by Srđan Dragojević, starring Croatian actors Dejan Aćimović and Bojan Navojec, is included in the official PANORAMA selection of the…
11-02-2012