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…
02-02-2017

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.
02-02-2017

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…
01-02-2017

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.
16-01-2017

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…
13-01-2017

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…
10-01-2017

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.
10-01-2017

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…
16-12-2016

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.
05-12-2016

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…
02-12-2016

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…
29-11-2016

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.
23-11-2016

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.
22-11-2016

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.
21-11-2016

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…
21-11-2016

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…
21-11-2016

FNE at Zagreb Film Festival 2016: Balkan Film Industry United on MEDIA Programme’s Level Field

ZAGREB: At the first meeting of MEDIA held in the Balkans, marking the 25th anniversary of the MEDIA Sub-programme on 17 November 2016, MEDIA Desk representatives and film fund directors…
18-11-2016

FNE at Zagreb Film Festival 2016: HBO Adria Last Call for Scripts

ZAGREB: HBO Europe executive producer Steve Matthew made a stop at the 14th Zagreb Film Festival industry programme to give a final push for the first ever call for scripts…
18-11-2016

FNE at Zagreb Film Festival 2016: Balkan Initiatives Get Push from Albania

ZAGREB: Two new Balkan initiatives are in the works, courtesy of the Albanian National Center of Cinematography. The initiatives could result in a Balkan coproduction fund and a Balkan forum…
18-11-2016

FNE at Zagreb Film Festival 2016: Trampoline

ZAGREB: Documentary filmmaker Katarina Zrinka Matijevic’s feature debut Trampoline screens in the main competition of the 14th Zagreb Film Festival, which runs through 20 November 2016.
18-11-2016