PRODUCTION: Croatian Director Dražen Žarković in Production with Horror Comedy Salsa

ZAGREB: Croatian director Dražen Žarković (My Grandpa Is an Alien) is currently shooting Salsa / Šalša, a comedy with horror elements supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) and HRT.
01-06-2023

NEM Dubrovnik 2023 Releases Full Agenda

DUBROVNIK: Ten keynotes, more than 60 speakers, exclusive screenings and special announcements are in the programme of New Europe Market Dubrovnik, which will take place from 5 to 8 June…
24-05-2023

OBITUARY: Croatian Producer Sanja Ravlić

ZAGREB: Croatian producer Sanja Ravlić, a member of the team that founded the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC), passed away on 19 May 2023.
23-05-2023

FNE at Cannes 2023: Croatian Cinema in Cannes

Two Croatian titles to have their world premieres at the International Critics’ Week (Semaine de la Critique), a parallel Cannes Film Festival section. These are Andrea Slaviček’s fiction short, The…
09-05-2023

Croatia Celebrates Domestic Films in May 2023

ZAGREB: Sixty domestic films produced in the last 15 years are screened in 72 cinemas and 56 cities across Croatia during the whole month of May 2023, as the Croatian…
08-05-2023

FESTIVALS: Six Long Films to Compete at Animafest Zagreb 2023

ZAGREB: Six long animated films, including My Love Affair with Marriage by Signe Baumane and White Plastic Sky by Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó, will compete in the Grand competition…
28-04-2023

FESTIVALS: Network of Festivals in the Adriatic Region Presents Spring Edition

ZAGREB: The third spring edition of the joint programme of the Network of Festivals in the Adriatic Region will be held 21 - 28 April 2023 on the Kino Meeting…
19-04-2023

Chris Marcich Re-appointed as Director of Croatian Audiovisual Centre

ZAGREB: Chris Marcich has been unanimously appointed by the Board of Directors of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) for a new four-year mandate. His second term will begin on 2…
12-04-2023

FESTIVALS: Manifesto and Matter Out of Place Win ZagrebDox 2023

ZAGREB: The 19th ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival (26 March – 2 April 2023) has announced its winners. The Big Stamp main prize in the international competition was won by…
03-04-2023

BOX OFFICE: The Diary of Pauline P. Has Second Best Opening for a Children Film in Croatian History

ZAGREB: Croatian feature film The Diary of Pauline P. / Dnevnik Pauline P., directed by Neven Hitrec and produced by Jaka produkcija, had 13,485 admissions in its first weekend of…
29-03-2023

FNE at Meeting Point Vilnius 2023: Zvonimir Munivrana in Postproduction with Croatian I am Not Like That

VILNIUS: Zvonimir Munivrana is currently in postproduction with his feature film I Am Not Like That / Nisam takva, which is estimated to be finished in 2023. The project participated…
28-03-2023

HAVC Funded Over 1,000 Films in 15 Years of Existence

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) celebrates 15 years since its establishment with the programme H15 - 15 Years in Our Film, which will be held in cinemas throughout the…
23-03-2023

GRANTS: Croatia Announces Minority Coproduction Grants

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) has granted 300,000 EUR for five minority coproductions. Out of the 43 applicants from 13 countries, 41 projects fulfilled all of the application criteria,…
16-03-2023

New Croatian Studio Gathers 1.1 m EUR Investment for First Video Game

ZAGREB: Croatian web and software agency Dwizards founded a new in-house studio, Today's Games, with the aim of entering the video game industry. Their first project will be ReSetna, a…
13-03-2023

FESTIVALS: Forty Films Compete for Awards at 2023 ZagrebDox

ZAGREB: Twenty films are competing for the Big Stamp Award in the International Competition, and another 20 are vying in the Regional Competition at the 19th edition of the ZagrebDox…
10-03-2023

FNE Film Meets Games: Croatian Gaming Industry Valued at 66.4 m EUR

ZAGREB: The annual revenue of the gaming industry in Croatia is 66.4 m EUR and it continues to grow rapidly, while the state plans to increase the budget for creative…
24-02-2023

FNE Film Meets Games: Croatian Game Battle of Vukovar: Rain of Steel Pre-released on Steam

ZAGREB: The Croatian first-person strategic shooter game Battle of Vukovar: Rain of Steel has been pre-released on Steam by the programming collective CRO Game Devs. The game is based on…
23-02-2023

Croatian Animated Film Cricket and Antoinette Sold to 40 Territories and Successful at Home

ZAGREB: The long animated film Cricket and Antoinette, directed by Luka Rukavina and produced by Croatia’s Diedra in coproduction with Zagrebfilm, has become the most-watched film in Croatian cinemas in…
10-02-2023

BOX OFFICE: Record Domestic Premieres and Admissions in Croatia in 2022

ZAGREB: A record number of 25 domestic films, including 17 feature films and eight documentaries, were released in Croatian cinemas in 2022, attracting 220,776 admissions, compared to 174,578 admissions in…
06-02-2023

Film Meets Games: GRANTS: Croatian Audiovisual Centre Announces Games Grants

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre has allocated a total of 199,100 EUR for the production of three and the development of 10 new videogames. It is the second year that…
03-02-2023