CROATIA: Country Report 2016
After two lawsuits and two Ministers of Culture, the Croatian Audiovisual Centre is back to normal operations, HAVC director Hrvoje Hribar told FNE in November 2016. “We survived a seven-month…
Hrvoje Hribar Resigns as Head of Croatian AV Centre
ZAGREB: Hrvoje Hribar has resigned his post as head of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) after a controversial report by the State Audit Office, that was widely seen as politically…
FNE at Berlinale 2017: Croatian Film in Berlin
Croatian films and filmmakers at 67th Berlinale: Hedgehog’s Home and Into the Blue in Generation programme, Luka Venturin participating in Berlinale Talents
RE-ACT Call for Producers
ZAGREB: The third RE-ACT Workshop for developing fiction/documentary/TV series projects and interested in fostering co-productions within the region of Croatia-Slovenia-Friuli Venezia Giulia (Italy), is accepting applications from producers without projects.
FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Mediteran, Croatia
This month we speak with Alen Munitić, the initiator of Kino Mediteran and the director of Mediterranean Film Festival Split, Croatia. Kino Mediteran is a project of cinema revival in…
Prisoner no. 150 Shot in Croatia Was Hit in India
ZAGREB: Indian film Prisoner no. 150, whose dance scenes were shot in Croatia in November 2016, was one of the most watched films in India in January 2017.
ZagrebDox Pro Workshop Announces Selected Projects
ZAGREB: Projects from Croatia, Latvia, Serbia, Slovenia and Hungary are among the 12 projects selected for the ZagrebDox Pro training 2017, set to take place from 26 February to 3…
Total Croatian Box Office on the Rise
ZAGREB: Total admissions increased by 13.5 percent from 3,969,040 in 2015 to 4,505,139 in 2016, while admissions to domestic films slightly decreased by 6.55 percent.
Interactive Slovenian/Croatian Documentary Ready to Air
ZAGREB: iOtok by Miho Čelar, an interactive documentary about the inhabitants of Croatia’s islands, will be broadcast on its own platform starting 16 January 2016. The project is developed by…
Croatian Rest in Peace Series to Be Broadcast in the UK
ZAGREB: Britain’s Global Series Network, which is the exclusive partner of Channel Four, has purchased licensing for the Croatian TV drama series Rest in Peace. This is the first time…
Croatian Distributor Blitz Plans Expansion onto European Market
ZAGREB: Blitz, the leading Croatian distributor, has performed an internal reorganisation and replaced its direct shareholder of operational companies with a holding company registered in Malta.
Extended Deadline for the 3rd RE-ACT Workshop
ZAGREB: New deadline for the 3rd RE-ACT workshop is 20th December 2016. RE-ACT workshop will take place in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy in March 2017 alongside the brand new TorinoFilmLab…
First EAVE Puentes 2017 Workshop to Be Held during 64th Pula FF
PULA: The first EAVE Puentes - Europe/Latin America Co-Production Workshop 2017 will be held in Pula during the 64th Pula Film Festival in partnership with the RE-ACT transregional initiative.
Croatia Tallies over 5 M EUR in MEDIA Funding
ZAGREB: Croatia has received 5.3 m EUR in grants from MEDIA since joining in 2008 as the first non-EU member country, bringing in at least four to five times as…
PRODUCTION: Bobo Jelčić Preps All Alone
ZAGREB: Writer/director Bobo Jelčić is in preparation with All Alone / Sam samcat, an intimate character study and a social drama about a divorced father struggling with the legal labyrinth…
PRODUCTION: Ognjen Sviličić Preps God in a Shoe
ZAGREB: Acclaimed Croatian writer/director Ognjen Sviličić is in preparation with God in a Shoe, a drama about faith set for shooting in summer/autumn 2017.
PRODUCTION: Croatian Omnibus Deep Cuts in Preparation
ZAGREB: Deep Cuts, an omnibus film about violence, directed by Filip Peruzović, Filip Mojzeš and Dubravka Turić, is currently in preparation. The Croatian company Kinematograf is producing.
FNE at Zagreb Film Festival 2016: Puiu Wins New Festival Award
ZAGREB: The Egyptian film Clash by Mohamed Diab won the best film prize in the main competition of the 14th Zagreb Film Festival, which concluded on 20 November 2016.
FNE at Zagreb Film Festival 2016: Croatia Sets Sights on Film Studio
ZAGREB: A film studio for Croatia is one of the priorities for the film industry. The new Croatian Minister of Culture Nina Obuljen Korzinek told FNE, “We’re looking at options…
PRODUCTION: Prolific Croatian Director Preps New Project
ZAGREB: Eduard Galić, at age 80 considered the most prolific director in Croatia with a career spanning more than 45 years, is in preparation with a new feature film, The…
