FNE IDF DocBloc: Apply for Ex Oriente Film 2014

Ex Oriente Film is a year-round creative documentary training programme supporting the development and funding of creative documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe. The 2014 edition starts July 21…
09-05-2014

FNE Europa Cinemas: Cinema of the Month: Kino Urania

This month we spoke with Marijana Bosnjak, CEO and Head of Board of Kino Urania from the town of Osijek, in the Eastern part of Croatia. Cinema Urania/Kino Urania was…
07-05-2014

EFP Producers on the Move 2014: Vanja Jambrović

ZAGREB: Vanja Jambrović, European Film Promotion’s Croatian Producer on the Move, began working as an independent producer within the company Restart in 2008, while still a student.
29-04-2014

PRODUCTION: Full Contact Starts Shooting in Croatia

ZAGREB: After spending four years in development, the Dutch/Croatian thriller from acclaimed Dutch director David Verbeek began filming in Croatia on 24 April 2014.
28-04-2014

Croatia Announces 2014 Minority Coproduction Grants

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre has allotted 321,500EUR/2,460,000HRK to five minority coproductions including Romanian Cristi Puiu's new feature, Sierra Nevada.
02-04-2014

FNE IDF Doc Bloc: A Two Way Mirror

The 52-minute Croatian documentary A Two Way Mirror is scheduled for a late-2014 premiere. Click HERE to read full article on DOKweb
28-03-2014

PRODUCTION: Love or Death to Start Shooting

ZAGREB: The new feature from the hit series opened with Koko and the Ghosts in 2011 written and directed again by Daniel Kušan will begin filming on 15 March 2014…
11-03-2014

Gangster of Love Steals Croatian Hearts

ZAGREB: Nebojša Slijepčević’s documentary Gangster of Love, a coproduction between Croatia, Germany and Romania, sold 6,664 tickets domestically in the first four weeks including 5,000 tickets in the first two…
10-03-2014

Swedish kids' adventure shooting in Croatia

ZAGREB: A Christmas in the Sun is a Swedish production with Croatian service provider Kinorama, began shooting 24 February and is set to premiere 1 December on Swedish public channel…
07-03-2014

Budisavljević in Production with Diana’s List

ZAGREB: After the acclaimed Family Meals, Dana Budisavljević is working on a documentary with live action elements about Diana Budisavljević, a distant kin who was the greatest unhearalded rescuer of…
21-02-2014

The amount of expenditure tripled in Croatia in 2013

ZAGREB: The total amount of the expenditure for the four projects which were part of the cash rebate scheme in 2013 was around 9.4mEUR. The amount was approximately 3.3m EUR…
21-02-2014

PRODUCTION: Branko Schmidt Shooting Names for the Cherry

ZAGREB: Acclaimed Croatian filmmaker Branko Schmidt (Vegetarian Cannibal, Metastases) has begun filming his 10th feature, Names for the Cherry.
17-02-2014

Croatia Opens TV Grants Application for 2014

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre is accepting applications for script development and project development grants for TV productions through 7 March 2014.
14-02-2014

PRODUCTION Aurora Borealis in Development

ZAGREB: Spomenko Karić’s travelogue Aurora Borealis will cover his 30 day trip from Croatia to Scandinavia aiming to gather the largest collection of photos of people in the world.
14-02-2014

FNE at Berlinale 2014: Croatian Films in Berlin

Croatian films at the 64th Berlinale and European Film Market
06-02-2014

PRODUCTION: Croatia Teams up with Romania and Czech Republic on The Ministry of Love

ZAGREB: The Ministry of Love , a dramatic comedy from Bucharest-based Croatian filmmaker Pavo Marinković (Love Life of a Gentle Coward, Tressette–a Story of an Island) is in development with…
05-02-2014

Croatian Box Office Grows 14 Percent in 2013

ZAGREB: The Croatian total box office rose to 15,980,000 EUR/122,278,647 HRK in 2013 compared to 113,603,836 HRK/14,894,400 EUR in 2012, driven by the popularity of Croatian films. Admissions grew by…
05-02-2014

Croatia Announces First Grants of 2014

ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre allotted 784,272 EUR/6 m HRK in the final session of 2013. The grants were announced on 24 January 2014.
27-01-2014

Croatian Domestic Box Office Booming

ZAGREB: Domestic admissions for Croatian films reached a high of 443,539 in 2013, up from 326,455 in 2012 and 108,386 in 2011. Admissions for domestic films are almost 15 times…
20-01-2014

OBITUARY: Ivan Ladislav Galeta

ZAGREB: Croatian multimedia artist, short film director and cinematographer Ivan Ladislav Galeta passed away after a short illness at age 67.
20-01-2014