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FESTIVALS: Pula IFF Kicks Off

FNE Staff Croatia 2016-07-12

PULA: Seven Croatian films and six minority coproductions are competing in the Croatian Programme of the 63rd Pula Film Festival taking place from 9 – 16 July 2016.

Cinema Mediterranean Caravan Revives Dalmatian Cinema

Iulia Blaga Croatia 2016-07-05

SPLIT: The biggest challenge of Cinema Mediterranean, the project of cinema revival in Dalmatia aiming to renew movie theaters and bring movie screenings to smaller towns, is to keep the…

Knightfall created by Don Handfield and Richard Rayner

PRODUCTION: American/Czech Series Knightfall Starts Shooting in Croatia

Iulia Blaga Croatia 2016-06-28

DUBROVNIK: The first season of the series Knightfall produced by the A&E Television Network (U.S.) and Stillking Films (Czech Republic) started shooting in Dubrovnik on 27 June 2016. The series,…

FESTIVALS: Anca Damian Wins Animafest 2016

FNE Staff Croatia 2016-06-14

ZAGREB: Magic Mountain by Romanian director Anca Damian won the Grand Prix for Best Feature Film at the 26th edition of the Croatian festival of animated films Animafest, which concluded…

FESTIVALS: Nine Films Compete at Animafest Zagreb

FNE Staff Croatia 2016-06-07

ZAGREB: Nine feature animated films are competing in the main competition of Animafest Zagreb which runs 6-11 June 2016.

GRANTS: Croatia Announces Grants

Iulia Blaga Croatia 2016-06-02

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre allotted 337,846 EUR / 2,537,050 HRK as development funding for feature films, documentaries and animated films, as well as for short films production on 1…

FESTIVALS: Pula IFF 2016 Announces Competition Films

FNE Staff Croatia 2016-05-26

PULA: Thirteen films will compete in the Croatian Programme of the 63rd Pula Film Festival taking place 9 – 16 July 2016.

FNE at Cannes 2016: Croatian Cinema in Cannes

Croatian Audiovisual Centre Croatia 2016-05-14

South-East European Pavillion, Village International Riviera n.134

Croatia Touts Stability and Success in Annual Report

FNE Staff Croatia 2016-05-10

ZAGREB: Hrvoje Hribar, director of the Croatian Audiovisual Center, introduced HAVC’s annual performance report and said that the recent period of continuity is responsible for the success of Croatia’s film…

PRODUCTION: The Eighth Commissioner in Production

Iulia Blaga Croatia 2016-04-27

ZAGREB: Ivan Salaj's debut feature The Eighth Commissioner / Osmi povjerenik, an adaptation of the award-winning novel by Renato Baretić, is about to wrap shooting in Croatia.

Rasmus Bjerg, Sonja Richter, Mick Øgendahl and Rasmus Heide

PRODUCTION: Danish Comedy Starts Shooting in Croatia

FNE Staff Croatia 2016-04-14

ZAGREB: The 3rd part of the Danish comedy Three Heists and a Hamster / Alle for Tre by Rasmus Heide began shooting in various locations in Istria on 11 April…

FNE Congratulates ScripTeast on its 10th Anniversary

FNE Staff Croatia 2016-03-21

Film New Europe and Independent Film Foundation are celebrating the 10th anniversary of ScripTeast with a series of weekly interviews with scriptwriters and key players involved in ScripTeast activity. This…

Dubrovnik Studio Plans Under Discussion

FNE Staff Croatia 2016-03-08

DUBROVNIK: The shooting of Star Wars, which will take place in Dubrovnik from 9 to 20 March, re-ignites the discussion around the opportunity of building a film studio in Dubrovnik.

International Jury: Nikica Gilic, Nino Kirtadzé and Bruno Gamulin

FESTIVALS: Poet on a Business Trip Wins ZagrebDox

FNE Staff Croatia 2016-02-29

ZAGREB: Poet on a Business Trip by Ju Anqi was awarded The Big Stamp Award for Best Film in the International Competition of the 12th ZagrebDox. The festival took place…

Star Wars The Force Awakens by J.J. Abrams (2015)

Star Wars Sets Croatian Shoot

FNE Staff Croatia 2016-02-18

DUBROVNIK: The eighth film of the Star Wars franchise will film in Dubrovnik in March 2016.

FESTIVALS: ZagrebDox Unveils 2016 Industry Events

FNE Staff Croatia 2016-02-16

ZAGREB: ZagrebDox Pro, the industry section of ZagrebDox running 21-28 February 2016, will host masterclasses, development workshops, a pitching forum, 4K technology presentation and one-on-one meetings.

FNE at Berlinale 2016: Croatian Film in Berlin

Croatian Audiovisual Centre Croatia 2016-02-14

Croatian stand is in the Martin-Gropius-Bau – stand no. 121.

PRODUCTION: Kinorama Preps Final Koko Series Installment

Iulia Blaga Croatia 2016-02-10

ZAGREB: The fourth and final installment of the successful Koko series will start shooting in June 2016. The Mystery of Green Hill will be directed by first time director Čejen…

PRODUCTION: Eric Roberts Set to Film in Croatia

FNE Staff Croatia 2016-02-08

ZAGREB: US actor Eric Roberts has joined the cast of Someone Dies Tonight which will begin filming in Croatia in March.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, dir.J.J. Abrams (2015)

Star Wars Rumored to Shoot in Croatia

FNE Staff Croatia 2016-01-29

ZAGREB: The Croatian media is speculating that Star Wars: Episode VIII might be shot in Dubrovnik, as the Croatian Audiovisual Centre neither confirms nor denies it.