FNE at Zagreb Film Festival 2016: Puiu Wins New Festival Award
ZAGREB: The Egyptian film Clash by Mohamed Diab won the best film prize in the main competition of the 14th Zagreb Film Festival, which concluded on 20 November 2016.
FNE at Zagreb Film Festival 2016: Croatia Sets Sights on Film Studio
ZAGREB: A film studio for Croatia is one of the priorities for the film industry. The new Croatian Minister of Culture Nina Obuljen Korzinek told FNE, “We’re looking at options…
PRODUCTION: Prolific Croatian Director Preps New Project
ZAGREB: Eduard Galić, at age 80 considered the most prolific director in Croatia with a career spanning more than 45 years, is in preparation with a new feature film, The…
FNE at Zagreb Film Festival 2016: Balkan Film Industry United on MEDIA Programme’s Level Field
ZAGREB: At the first meeting of MEDIA held in the Balkans, marking the 25th anniversary of the MEDIA Sub-programme on 17 November 2016, MEDIA Desk representatives and film fund directors…
FNE at Zagreb Film Festival 2016: HBO Adria Last Call for Scripts
ZAGREB: HBO Europe executive producer Steve Matthew made a stop at the 14th Zagreb Film Festival industry programme to give a final push for the first ever call for scripts…
FNE at Zagreb Film Festival 2016: Balkan Initiatives Get Push from Albania
ZAGREB: Two new Balkan initiatives are in the works, courtesy of the Albanian National Center of Cinematography. The initiatives could result in a Balkan coproduction fund and a Balkan forum…
FNE at Zagreb Film Festival 2016: Trampoline
ZAGREB: Documentary filmmaker Katarina Zrinka Matijevic’s feature debut Trampoline screens in the main competition of the 14th Zagreb Film Festival, which runs through 20 November 2016.
PRODUCTION: Jure Pavlović Preps Feature Debut
ZAGREB: Jure Pavlović is in preparation with his debut feature film Awakenings, a coproduction between Croatia, Slovenia, Germany, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Croatian Audiovisual Center Back on Terra Firma
ZAGREB: After two lawsuits and two Ministers of Culture, the Croatian Audiovisual Center is back to normal operations, HAVC director Hrvoje Hribar told FNE.
PRODUCTION: Barbara Vekaric Preps Debut Feature Aleksi
ZAGREB: Writer/director Barbara Vekarić is in preproduction with her debut feature Aleksi, a coming-of-age story set for shooting in 2017. The film is a Croatian/Serbian coproduction.
PRODUCTION: BBC One Series McMafia Shoots in Zagreb
ZAGREB: The BBC One Series McMafia created by Hossein Amini and James Watkins, and directed by James Watkins, is shooting at various locations in old Zagreb from 5 November to…
FNE at Zagreb Film Festival 2016: Festival Opens in Award-Winning Cinema
ZAGREB: Zagreb Film Festival's director Boris Matic opened the 14th edition of the festival, running through 20 November 2016 in Kino Europa, the art house cinema he also operates, with…
PRODUCTION: Goran Dukić Preps Do Pigs Go to Heaven?
ZAGREB: Goran Dukić is in preparation with Do Pigs Go to Heaven?, a rural musical comedy. This is the first feature film shot in Croatia by Dukić and DoP Vanja…
PRODUCTION: European Legend Veljko Bulajic Preps New Project at 88
ZAGREB: Acclaimed 88-year-old writer/director Veljko Bulajic is in preparation with Escape to the Sea, a coproduction between Croatia, Montenego, Macedonia, Slovenia and Germany.
PRODUCTION: Nevio Marasović Preps Comic Sans
ZAGREB: Acclaimed director/scriptwriter Nevio Marasović is in preparation with Comic Sans (working title), a feature film produced by Ankica Jurić Tilić through Kinorama.
PRODUCTION: Croatian/Czech/Bosnian Feature Project in Preparation
ZAGREB: The children's film My Grandpa is an Alien by Drazen Zarkovic and Marina Andree Skop is currently in preparation with the shooting set for 2017. The film is a…
Kino Europa from Zagreb Awarded by Europa Cinemas
ZAGREB: Kino Europa from Zagreb, Croatia, the main venue of Zagreb FF, was awarded for Best Programming 2016 by Europa Cinemas. The award was announced on 8 November 2016.
GRANTS: Croatia Announces Development and Short Film Grants
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre allotted 264,253EUR / 1,984,690 HRK for short film production grants as well as script and project development grants.
FESTIVALS: Zagreb Announces Competition Line-up
ZAGREB: Thirteen films will screen in the competition of the 14th Zagreb Film Festival, 12 – 20 November 2016.
FESTIVALS: Four Croatian Films in the Competition of the 14th Zagreb Film Festival
ZAGREB: Four of the thirteen titles competing for the Golden Pram of the 14th Zagreb Film Festival are Croatian productions. The festival takes place from 12 to 20 November 2016.
