Croatian Minority Coproduction Chris the Swiss Hits Spanish Cinemas

ZAGREB: Croatian minority coproduction Chris the Swiss directed by Anja Kofmel will be released by DocsBarcelona Distribution in 70 Spanish cinemas on 6 February 2020.
03-02-2020

PRODUCTION: Hana Jušić Develops Croatian/Slovenian/Italian Sophomore Feature God Will Not Help

ZAGREB: The award-winning Croatian director Hana Jušić is in development with her second feature film God Will Not Help, produced by Kinorama in coproduction with Gustav film from Slovenia and…
28-01-2020

FNE at WEMW Co-Production Forum 2020: Sandbag Dam

TRIESTE: Sandbag Dam, the new project by Čejen Černić Čanak after her BO hit The Mystery of Green Hill (2017), is participating in the Co-production Forum of the 10th edition…
21-01-2020

BOX OFFICE: Croatian Films Soar at Domestic BO

ZAGREB: Domestic films' box office surged from 204,763 EUR in 2018 to 1 m EUR in 2019, with a total of 22 domestic releases in 2019, compared to only 7…
17-01-2020

Documentary Series to Promote Croatia In China

ZAGREB: American media mogul and founder of E! Larry Namer is currently in Zagreb, where an episode of the documentary series Explore the World has recently been filmed.
07-01-2020

NEM Zagreb 2019 Announces Winners

ZAGREB: Projects by Matej Merlić and Daria Keršić won the first edition of NEM Zagreb, a brand new three-day event in the CEE region, where TV and film professionals exchanged…
16-12-2019

PRODUCTION: Croatian Goran Kulenović Preps The Death of the Little Match Girl

ZAGREB: Filming for The Death of the Little Match Girl, based on a novel by famous Croatian writer Zoran Ferić, will start in the autumn of 2020. This Mediterranean noir…
12-12-2019

PRODUCTION: Petar Orešković Preps Children's Film about Nikola Tesla

ZAGREB: Director Petar Orešković is preparing a feature film for children Young Tesla and Idea Poachers about Nikola Tesla, with the shooting set for 2020. The film is a Croatian/Slovenian/Austrian/Serbian/Czech…
11-12-2019

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Gaj, Varaždin, Croatia

This month we speak with prof. Lana Velimirović Vukalović, the director of the Gaj Cinema / Kino Gaj in Varaždin, Croatia. Kino Gaj is an independent, city-owned cinema, situated in…
02-12-2019

FESTIVALS: Ivana the Terrible Wins Zagreb Film Festival 2019

ZAGREB: The jury of the 17th Zagreb Film Festival awarded the Golden Pram for Best Feature Film to the Romanian/Serbian fictional autobiography Ivana the Terrible directed by Ivana Mladenović. The…
18-11-2019

NEM Zagreb Brings TV Industry to Croatia

ZAGREB: TV and film content creation is the subject of the first NEM Zagreb convention, which takes place 11 -13 December 2019. Top international TV industry professionals will participate in…
18-11-2019

OBITUARY: Branko Lustig

ZAGREB: Two-time Oscar winner and Croatia’s most famous producer, Branko Lustig died on 14 November 2019 in Zagreb.
15-11-2019

FESTIVALS: Zagreb Film Festival Announces Competition

ZAGREB: The 17th Zagreb Film Festival will be held over the course of a record 11 days, from 7 to 17 November 2019. Around 100 films will be screened in…
31-10-2019

GRANTS: Croatia Announces Grants for Minority Coproductions and TV Projects

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre has announced the first grants for minority coproduction, TV project and script development in 2019, as well as the fourth round of grants for international…
23-10-2019

Special Discount for NEM Zagreb's TV Writing Contest – Apply by 21 October

ZAGREB: The first edition of New Europe Market Zagreb will be held from 11 to 13 December in Zagreb, Croatia. NEM Zagreb is a brand new 3-day event in the…
18-10-2019

FNE at Ji.hlava IDFF 2019: Emerging Producer Rea Rajčić

ZAGREB: Rea Rajčić from Eclectica has been selected to participate in the 2020 Emerging Producers programme for documentary film producers, which kicks off at the 23rd edition of the Ji.hlava…
17-10-2019

GRANTS: Croatia Gives Grants for Production, Scripts and Development

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre has announced its first grants for production, script development and project development in 2019, as well as the third round of grants for international cooperation…
14-10-2019

Second Season of Carnival Row to Film in Croatia

DUBROVNIK: Croatia was added to the list of filming locations for the second season of Carnival Row, a Victorian fantasy produced by the Amazon Studios, starring Orlando Bloom and Cara…
09-10-2019

PRODUCTION: Zrinko Ogresta Starts Filming Croatian/Serbian People Can’t Fly

ZAGREB: Croatian helmer Zrinko Ogresta has started filming his eighth feature People Can’t Fly. The film is produced by Interfilm from Croatia and coproduced by Zillion film from Serbia.
09-10-2019

Cash Rebates for Foreign Productions in Croatia Hit Record High

ZAGREB: The year 2019 is proving to be exceptional for service productions in Croatia. The Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Finances reserved some 4 m EUR for cash…
04-10-2019