FNE Europa Distribution: Distributor of the Month: Robert Berberih - Croatia

FNE together with Europa Distribution is launching a new chapter of the Distributor of the Month section. This time we focus on new strategies in film distribution and the importance…
13-08-2014

Croatian Box Office Declines

ZAGREB: Croatia saw a general decline in box office and domestic films brought in 85% less money in the first half of 2014 compared to the first half of 2013.
12-08-2014

PRODUCTION: Thriller Trema in Production

ZAGREB: Greek filmmaker Yorgos Zois (Casus Belli) started shooting his debut feature Trema/Stage Fright in Athens on 31 July 2014. The film is a Greek-Croatian-French-Dutch coproduction with Sinisa Jurićić coproducing…
04-08-2014

Game of Thrones Season 5 to Shoot in Croatia

ZAGREB: The fifth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones will be shot in new locations in Dalmatia, including Šibenik and Imotski this fall.
30-07-2014

FESTIVALS: Concrete Night and Number 55 Win at Pula IFF

PULA: Pirjo Honkasalo's Concrete Night / Betoniyö has been awarded Golden Arena for Best Feature Film in the International Programme of the 61st Pula IFF, 12-26 July 2014. Number 55…
28-07-2014

GRANTS: Croatia Funds Five Coproductions

ZAGREB:.The Croatian Audiovisual Center (HAVC) announced five grants of 369,477 EUR/2,812,824 HRK for minority coproductions and production funding for animated films.
14-07-2014

TV Projects Receive Bulk of HAVC 2014 Development Grants

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Center allotted 238,361 EUR/1.81 m HRK in project development grants to 15 projects and 20 script development grants. The Center received applications from 92 projects.
10-07-2014

GRANTS: Croatia Gives 850,000 EUR in Small Grants

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Center (HAVC) allotted production funding to 25 projects, 13 script development grants and 8 project development grants at its 48th funding session.
08-07-2014

PRODUCTION: 4 Passports Shooting Two Versions

ZAGREB: Serbian director Mihajlo Jevtić is shooting 4 pasoša/4 Passports a partly animated first-person documentary set against the backdrop of the former Yougoslavia of the last 30 years. The film…
04-07-2014

PRODUCTION: The Yoghurt Syndrome in Development

ZAGREB: The love story/dramedy that Zvonimir Munivrana is developing through Corvus Film will be directed by Goran Rukavina with shooting planned for the first half of 2016.
02-07-2014

PULA IFF 2014 Announces Croatian Film Programme

ZAGREB: Twelve films will screen in the Croatian section of the 61st Pula Film Festival running 12-26 July 2014.
01-07-2014

Croatian Funding Down, Domestic Hits Up in 2013

ZAGREB: The Croatian domestic film market share and number of releases were up in 2013, but funding for film production and international coproductions declined in 2013.
30-06-2014

FESTIVALS: Motovun Hosts Film Fest Training

MOTOVUN: The Independent Cinema Office will present a course on Developing Your Film Festival at the Motovun Film Festival.
26-06-2014

PRODUCTION: Dalibor Matanić Preps The High Sun

ZAGREB: Croatian filmmaker Dalibor Matanić will begin shooting the Croatian-Slovenian coproduction The High Sun/Zvizdan on 22 September 2014. The film is now in the location scouting and casting phase.
20-06-2014

The Priest’s Children Sells to 32 Territories

ZAGREB: Vinko Bresan’s comedy The Priest’s Children has racked up an impressive international succes with 30,000 tickets sold in Brazil in 10 weeks and sales to 32 territories worldwide through…
03-06-2014

Croatian Cinema in Cannes 2014

Screenings of Croatian Films in Cannes 2014
13-05-2014

FNE IDF DocBloc: Apply for Ex Oriente Film 2014

Ex Oriente Film is a year-round creative documentary training programme supporting the development and funding of creative documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe. The 2014 edition starts July 21…
09-05-2014

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Urania

This month we spoke with Marijana Bosnjak, CEO and Head of Board of Kino Urania from the town of Osijek, in the Eastern part of Croatia. Cinema Urania/Kino Urania was…
07-05-2014

EFP Producers on the Move 2014: Vanja Jambrović

ZAGREB: Vanja Jambrović, European Film Promotion’s Croatian Producer on the Move, began working as an independent producer within the company Restart in 2008, while still a student.
29-04-2014

PRODUCTION: Full Contact Starts Shooting in Croatia

ZAGREB: After spending four years in development, the Dutch/Croatian thriller from acclaimed Dutch director David Verbeek began filming in Croatia on 24 April 2014.
28-04-2014