PRODUCTION: The Brave Adventures of Little Shoemaker Shooting
ZAGREB: Director/screenwriter Silvije Petranovic’s adaptation of I.Brlic.Mazuranic‘s famous children novel The Brave Adventures of Hlapić started shooting in September 11 and will wrap November 17. Maydi Mervar Petranovic and Silvije…
PRODUCTION: Croatian first feature Zagreb Cappuccino in Preproduction
ZAGREB: Vanja Svilicić is preparing her first feature, Zagreb Cappuccino, produced by Damir Teresak through Maxima Film (www.maxima-film.hr).
Game of Thrones Returns to Croatia
DUBROVNIK: The HBO series Game of Thrones has begun filming season three in Dubrovnik, through Croatian services company Embassy Films (www.embassyfilms.com).
PRODUCTION: Koko and the Ghosts sequel The Mysterious Boy starts production
ZAGREB: The Mysterious Boy, based on a famous Croatian children’s novel and a sequel to the 2011 critical and box office hit Koko and the Ghosts, has started shooting. Koko…
PRODUCTION: Croatian director Matanic in development on The High Sun project
ZAGREB: Croatian writer/director Dalibor Matanic (www.dalibormatanic.com) is developing The High Sun, a Romeo and Juliet-based love story about two people from different villages, religious and ethnic groups.
PRODUCTION: New Croatian film All the Best in Development
ZAGREB: Director/screenwriter Snjezana Tribuson is developing All the Best, a romantic comedy set to shoot in autumn-winter 2013 for the Croatian company Kinorama (www.kinorama.hr).
PRODUCTION: Mediterranean Breviary in Development
ZAGREB: Director/producer/playwriter and actor Filip Sovagovic who played one of the main characters in Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land is developing a cinematic adaptation of the Predrag Matvejevic bestseller Mediterranean…
FESTIVALS: Letter Take Top Prize at Pula
PULA, CROATIA: A Letter to My Father (www.hfs.hr) won the Best Film award and a prize of 30,000 HRK at the National Competition of the 59th Pula Film Festival (www.pulafilmfestival.hr)…
FILM NEW EUROPE - STEP IN - LOCARNO: COUNTRY REPORT: CROATIA
Croatia's most significant recent event affecting the film and TV industry was the approval of a 20% cash rebate for production costs incurred for feature films, documentaries, animation and TV…
Croatian Audiovisual Centre Announces 2012 Grants
ZAGREB: Croatia has awarded grants of 402,082 EUR/3,015,622 HRK to four feature films, one documentary and two short films - all minority co-productions.
FNE IDF DocBloc: Vitić Dances
Croatian director Boris Bakal is participating in Ex-Oriente 2012 with his documentary film project Vitic Dances.
FESTIVALS: Pula Completes National Film Competition Line-up
{mosimage}PULA: Three films have been added to the eight previously announced films to be screened in the national programme of the 59th Pula Film Festival (www.pulafilmfestival.hr), which takes place during…
Diana Biopic Filming in Croatia
Caught in Flight, a UK-Croatian coproduction about the last years of Princess Diana's life starring Naomi Watts, is in the midst of a three week shoot on locations around Croatia.
PRODUCTION: Green Dog in Development
ZAGREB: The Croatian company Kinorama (www.kinorama.hr) is developing a cinematic adaptation of the novel Green Dog written by Nada Mihelcic. No director is attached yet. Green Dog/ Zeleni pas is…
PRODUCTION: Sonja and the Bull
ZAGREB: Vlatka Vorkapic's debut film, a romantic comedy titled Sonja and the Bull, will open the National Programme of the 59th Pula Film Festival (www.pulafilmfestival.hr) on 21 July 2012.
FESTIVALS: Pula Announces National Competition
{mosimage}PULA: Eight films have been confirmed for the national programme at the 59th Pula Film Festival (www.pulafilmfestival.hr), which takes place during the second week of the festival running from 14-28…
EAVE Producers Workshop Heads to Croatia
Fifty-three producers representing 31 countries and 33 documentary and feature projects will participate in the second EAVE (www.eave.org) European Producers Workshop 2012, set to take place in in Opatija, Croatia,…
EFP Producers on the Move: Sinisa Juricic
ZAGREB: For Sinisa Juricic, a European Film Promotion 2012 Producer on the Move, the most difficult task of a film producer is "to keep everyone happy."
PRODUCTION: Grlic in Preproduction with The Viper's Glen Miracle
{mosimage}ZAGREB: Acclaimed Croatian director Rajko Grlić, nominated at the Palm d'Or for Bravo Maestro in 1978, is preparing The Viper's Glen Miracle for shooting in 2013. The Viper's Glen Miracle/Čudo…
PRODUCTION: Cricket and Antoinette in Development
ZAGREB: Darko Bakliza is in development with Cricket and Antoinette, and 80 minute animated film produced by Dino Krpan and Diedra (www.diedra.hr).
