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FNE at Cottbus Film Festival: The High Sun Shines at Cottbus

Croatia 2015-11-09

COTTBUS: In the heart of the only remaining Slavic region of Germany lies Cottbus, where for 25 years the Cottbus Film Festival has been keeping its Soviet-era ties alive, much…

PRODUCTION: Dalibor Matanić Preps Series Newspapers

Croatia 2015-11-09

ZAGREB: Dalibor Matanić (The High Sun) is in preparation with a 12-episode TV series entitled Newspapers / Novine and set to start shooting on 1 December 2015.

FNE at Cottbus Film Festival: The Ungiven

Croatia 2015-11-05

ZAGREB: Croatian director Branko Schmidt takes a spot in the feature film competition of the Cottbus Film Festival with The Ungiven.

FESTIVALS: Zagreb Film Festival Announces Line up

Croatia 2015-10-30

ZAGREB: Thirteen debut or second feature films are running for the Golden Pram at the 13th edition of Zagreb Film Festival (14-22 November 2015).

GRANTS: Croatia Announces Production Grants

Croatia 2015-10-29

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre allotted 2,619,419 EUR / 19,955,870 HRK in grants for feature films, debut feature films and minority coproductions.

German Series Shoots in Croatia

Croatia 2015-10-14

ZAGREB: German company Constantin Television is shooting a Croatian detective series in Split for German public broadcaster ARD. A total of 45 days of shooting is scheduled to conclude on…

Rest in Peace series produced by Ring Multimedia

Croatian Rest in Peace Series Sold to Belgium

Croatia 2015-10-01

ZAGREB: Croatian dramatic TV series Rest in Peace has been acquired by the Belgian Flemish Radio and Television (VRT). This is the first series developed by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre…

The High Sun Scores High in Croatian Cinemas

Croatia 2015-09-30

ZAGREB: Dalibor Matanić’s The High Sun was the most watched film of the past weekend in Croatian cinemas with admissions of 12,019.

PRODUCTION: Dutch-Croatian-Belgian Coproduction Starts Shooting

Croatia 2015-09-25

ZAGREB: Nicole van Kilsdonk’s children film When My Father Became a Bush has started shooting in Zagreb. This Dutch-Croatian-Belgian coproduction will spend approximately 655,500 EUR / 5 m HRK in…

PRODUCTION: The Croatian Constitution Shooting

Croatia 2015-09-23

ZAGREB: Rajko Grlić’s The Croatian Constitution started shooting in Zagreb on 21 September 2015.

RE-ACT Launch Call for Applications

Croatia 2015-09-22

ZAGREB: Applications for the RE-ACT Co-Development Funding scheme are welcomed until 15 November 2015. A maximum of six projects will receive at least 10,000 EUR per project.

FNE TV: Hrvoje Laurenta President Croatian Independent Cinema Network

Croatia 2015-09-21

FNE asked Hrvoje Laurenta about the Croatian Independent Cinema Network and how its innovative activities are already becoming a model for the region. Click HERE for the video interview.

FESTIVALS: Zagreb Film Festival Announces Changes

Croatia 2015-09-16

ZAGREB: This year’s edition of Zagreb Film Festival will take place from 14 to 22 November. The central programme will focus on fiction films, while documentaries will screen only in…

Commandant Cousteau Biopic Shooting in Croatia

Croatia 2015-09-14

ZAGREB: Jérôme Salle’s The Odyssey/ L'Odyssée, a big budget French film about the life of the explorer Jacques Cousteau is currently shooting on the island of Hvar. The film stars…

Croatia Selects The High Sun as its Oscar Bid

Croatia 2015-08-28

ZAGREB: Croatian Society of Film Workers selected The High Sun/Zvizdan by Dalibor Matanić to represent Croatia in the Foreign Language category of the Academy Awards.

Game of Thrones 6 Will Not Shoot in Croatia

Croatia 2015-08-24

ZAGREB: HBO issued a statement confirming that the 6th season of the popular series Game of Thrones will not return to Croatia even if the fifth season is shot there…

FESTIVALS: Wakhan Front Wins Motovun Film Festival

Croatia 2015-07-31

MOTOVUN: The French/Belgian war film Wakhun Front by Clement Cogitore won the main prize of the 18th Motovun Film Festival, which ran 25-28 July in the Croatian mountain town.