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.
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…
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.
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.
FESTIVALS: Croatian Constitution Wins Grand Prize of the Americas in Montreal
ZAGREB: Constitution by Rajko Grlić won the Grand Prize of the Americas (Best Film) at the 40th World Film Festival in Montreal (25 August- 5 September 2016). The film is…
Croatia Selects On the Other Side as Oscar Bid
ZAGREB: Zrinko Ogresta’s On the Other Side, a Croatian/Serbian coproduction, has been selected as Croatia’s entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards. The decision was…
New Europe Picks up Hana Jušić’s Venice Days Quit Staring at My Plate
ZAGREB: Croatian/Danish drama Quit Staring at My Plate by Hana Jušić, which will compete in this year’s Venice Days, has been acquired by New Europe Film Sales.
FESTIVALS: Viva Wins Motovun Film Festival
MOTOVUN: Irish/Cuban coproduction Viva by Paddy Breathnach has won the Propeller of Motovun at the 19th Motovun Film Festival, which took place from 26 to 30 July 2016.
FESTIVALS: Motovun Film Festival Kicks Off
MOTOVUN: The 19th edition of Motovun Film Festival, a festival primarily dedicated to films from small cinematographies and independent productions, will screen 13 films in the competition from 26 to…
Six International Productions Expected to Shoot in Croatia
ZAGREB: In the first half of 2016, four international productions chose Croatia as their filming location, with additional six in the pipeline. The projects originate from the UK, Denmark, Sweden,…
FESTIVALS: On the Other Side Wins Big at the 63rd Pula Film Festival
PULA: Zrinko Ogresta’s On the Other Side was awarded the Grand Golden Arena at the 63rd edition of Pula Film Festival, which took place from 9 to 16 July 2016.…
Robin Hood – Origins Produced by DiCaprio, Rumored to Shoot in Croatia
DUBROVNIK: Robin Hood – Origins, produced by Leonardo DiCaprio and starring Jamie Foxx, is rumored to shoot in Dubrovnik in January-February 2017.
Netflix Buys the Rights to Ivona Juka’s You Carry Me
ZAGREB: Ivona Juka’s debut feature You Carry Me / Ti mene nosiš has been bought by Netflix. This Croatian/Slovenian/Serbian/Montenegrin coproduction is the first film from the region bought by the…
FESTIVALS: Pula IFF Kicks Off
PULA: Seven Croatian films and six minority coproductions are competing in the Croatian Programme of the 63rd Pula Film Festival taking place from 9 – 16 July 2016.
FESTIVALS: Anca Damian Wins Animafest 2016
ZAGREB: Magic Mountain by Romanian director Anca Damian won the Grand Prix for Best Feature Film at the 26th edition of the Croatian festival of animated films Animafest, which concluded…
FESTIVALS: Nine Films Compete at Animafest Zagreb
ZAGREB: Nine feature animated films are competing in the main competition of Animafest Zagreb which runs 6-11 June 2016.
FESTIVALS: Pula IFF 2016 Announces Competition Films
PULA: Thirteen films will compete in the Croatian Programme of the 63rd Pula Film Festival taking place 9 – 16 July 2016.
FNE at Cannes 2016: Croatian Cinema in Cannes
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Croatia Touts Stability and Success in Annual Report
ZAGREB: Hrvoje Hribar, director of the Croatian Audiovisual Center, introduced HAVC’s annual performance report and said that the recent period of continuity is responsible for the success of Croatia’s film…
