ZAGREB: Danish/Czech Mr. Nobody Against Putin directed by David Borenstein and Pasha Talankin received the award for Best International Film at the 21st edition of the International Documentary Film Festival ZagrebDox.

ZAGREB: The Croatian Society of Film Critics awarded the Oktavijan Prizes for 2024 on 24 March 2025 at Zagreb’s Kinoteka cinema. The Croatian/Slovenian/Serbian coproduction The Celebration directed by Bruno Anković received the award for the best feature film.

ZAGREB: The 21st ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival will take place from 30 March to 6 April 2025 at Kaptol Boutique Cinemas in Zagreb, featuring 107 documentaries across 16 programmes. The Big Stamp award contenders include 20 international and 18 regional films.

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre has distributed 496,500 EUR for 11 minority coproductions among 58 applications.

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) has distributed 2.935 m EUR for the production of three feature films directed by Branko Schmidt, Kristijan Milić and Jasna Nanut, and 380,000 EUR for the production of six long documentaries.

ZAGREB: As Croatia is preparing new incentives for the gaming industry, a study released at the 10th edition of Reboot InfoGamer projects that the incentives would push the annual gaming industry revenue to approximately 103 m EUR by 2029, alongside a workforce of about 500 fully employed professionals.

ZAGREB: A poignant drama Julie Keeps Quiet by debutant Belgian writer/director Leonardo Van Dijl won the Golden Pram for the best feature film at the 22nd Zagreb Film Festival.

ZAGREB: The biopic Dražen, directed by Danilo Šerbedžija and produced by Kinoteka, recorded the most successful opening weekend for a Croatian film in the past decade, according to the Croatian Audiovisual Centre. Drawing 23,071 viewers and grossing 137,895 EUR, it also ranked as the most-watched film of the weekend, according to boxoffice.hr.

ZAGREB: Zagreb Film Festival (4 – 10 November 2024) will showcase 10 feature films in its main programme, of which nine competing for the festival’s top honour, the Golden Pram.

SPLIT: Croatian actor Josip Lukić is currently in production with his directorial debut feature Mom’s Alive Today / Danas je mama živa!. The film is a Croatian/Serbian/Kosovar joint, supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre and Film Center Serbia.