Croatian Distributor Blitz Plans Expansion onto European Market

ZAGREB: Blitz, the leading Croatian distributor, has performed an internal reorganisation and replaced its direct shareholder of operational companies with a holding company registered in Malta.
10-01-2017

Extended Deadline for the 3rd RE-ACT Workshop

ZAGREB: New deadline for the 3rd RE-ACT workshop is 20th December 2016. RE-ACT workshop will take place in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy in March 2017 alongside the brand new TorinoFilmLab…
16-12-2016

First EAVE Puentes 2017 Workshop to Be Held during 64th Pula FF

PULA: The first EAVE Puentes - Europe/Latin America Co-Production Workshop 2017 will be held in Pula during the 64th Pula Film Festival in partnership with the RE-ACT transregional initiative.
05-12-2016

Croatia Tallies over 5 M EUR in MEDIA Funding

ZAGREB: Croatia has received 5.3 m EUR in grants from MEDIA since joining in 2008 as the first non-EU member country, bringing in at least four to five times as…
02-12-2016

PRODUCTION: Bobo Jelčić Preps All Alone

ZAGREB: Writer/director Bobo Jelčić is in preparation with All Alone / Sam samcat, an intimate character study and a social drama about a divorced father struggling with the legal labyrinth…
29-11-2016

PRODUCTION: Ognjen Sviličić Preps God in a Shoe

ZAGREB: Acclaimed Croatian writer/director Ognjen Sviličić is in preparation with God in a Shoe, a drama about faith set for shooting in summer/autumn 2017.
23-11-2016

PRODUCTION: Croatian Omnibus Deep Cuts in Preparation

ZAGREB: Deep Cuts, an omnibus film about violence, directed by Filip Peruzović, Filip Mojzeš and Dubravka Turić, is currently in preparation. The Croatian company Kinematograf is producing.
22-11-2016

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.
21-11-2016

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…
21-11-2016

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…
21-11-2016

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…
18-11-2016

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…
18-11-2016

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…
18-11-2016

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.
18-11-2016

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.
18-11-2016

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.
17-11-2016

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.
17-11-2016

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…
16-11-2016

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…
16-11-2016

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…
15-11-2016