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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.

Marion Hänsel Shoots Upstream in Croatia

Croatia 2015-07-30

ZAGREB: The Belgian/Dutch coproduction Upstream/En Amont du fleuve (working title) has completed a 29-day shoot in Croatia.

Foreign Productions Flock into Croatia

Croatia 2015-07-28

ZAGREB: Eight international productions have registered with the Croatian tax incentive scheme in the first half of 2015 and seven are in the pipeline through the end of the year.

Istria Film Commission Oversees Record Crop of Foreign Productions

Croatia 2015-07-27

PULA: With six foreign projects planning to shoot in the region in 2015, the Istrian Film Commission was launched at the 62nd Pula Film Festival.

FESTIVALS: The High Sun Wins 62nd Pula Film Festival

Croatia 2015-07-27

PULA: The High Sunwon the best film award and the best director award for Dalibor Matanić at the 62nd Pula Film Festival which concluded on 25 July 2016.

from left: Valter Flego (Istrian County Prefect), Hrvoje Hribar (HAVC), Aleksandra Vinkerlić (Istrian Cultural Agency), Vedrana Kevrić (INOVAcija, Zadar). Sounrce: HAVC

Croatia Launches Istria Film Commission

Croatia 2015-07-22

PULA: The Istria Film Commission was launched during the Pula Film Festival as a unit within the Istrian Cultural Agency. It will perform several services free of charge for productions…