Croatia Selects The Eighth Commissioner as Oscar Bid
ZAGREB: The Croatian/Bosnian coproduction The Eighth Commissioner / Osmi povjerenik by Ivan Salaj has been selected as Croatia’s official entry for the US Academy Awards in the Foreign Language Film…
Book on Orson Welles Launched in Croatia
HVAR: The book Orson Welles in Hvar by Duško Kovačić and Daniel Rafaelić was launched during the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of organised tourism on Hvar.
FESTIVALS: Killing Jesus Wins the 21st Motovun Film Festival
MOTOVUN: Laura Mora’s Killing Jesus (Colombia, Argentina) was awarded Propeller of Motovun for Best Film at the 21st edition of Motovun Film Festival. After winning the prestigious Doc Alliance award…
PRODUCTION: Croatian Director Danilo Šerbedžija's Teresa 33 Wraps
ZAGREB: A new feature film by Croatian director Danilo Šerbedžija, Teresa 33,wrapped shooting in Split on 22 July 2018.
FESTIVALS: Mali Wins the 65th Pula Film Festival
PULA: Mali, directed by Antonio Nuić, was awarded Grand Golden Arena for best festival film at the 65th Pula Film Festival, which wrapped on 22 July 2018.
GRANTS: Croatia Announces Production, Minority Coproduction and Development Grants
ZAGREB: The Croatian Audiovisual Centre distributed almost 2 m EUR / 14,760,000 HRK to feature film, documentary and short film production and minority coproductions, as well as to script and…
PRODUCTION: American Production The Islander Wraps Shooting in Croatia and Serbia
ZAGREB: American production The Islander directed by Dom Mazuran and Zoran Lisinac was shot in Croatia and Serbia from May till early July 2018. The film benefits from the incentives…
New Croatian Documentary VOD Platform
ZAGREB: Factum, one of the most important Croatian documentary film production companies, has launched a new project, Factum Online, and its first stage is a VOD platform.
FESTIVALS: 21st Motovun FF Announces Lineup
MOTOVUN: Nineteen titles are screening in the main competition of the 21st edition of Motovun Film Festival, running from 24 to 28 July 2018.
First HBO Adria Series Wraps
ZAGREB: Uspjeh, the first HBO original series for HBO Adria, completed shooting in Zagreb at the end of May 2018.
FESTIVALS: Pula Announces 17 Competition Films
ZAGREB: The 65th Pula Film Festival, running 14-22 July 2018 in the Adriatic seaside town, will have 10 Croatian majority films and another seven Croatian minority films in the main…
FNE at Cannes 2018: Croatian Cinema in Cannes
Dear friends, it is our pleasure to invite you to market screenings of new Croatian films - crime drama Mali, first film Lada Kamenski and documentary Days of Madness.
EFP 2018 Producer on the Move: Oliver Sertić, Croatia
ZAGREB: Oliver Sertić represents Croatia at the European Film Promotion’s 2018 Producers on the Move event taking place 10-14 May during the Cannes Film Festival.
UK, Sweden and US Buy Croatian RTV’s Guardian of the Castle
ZAGREB: Britain’s Channel 4 and Sweden’s public broadcaster SVT acquired the Croatian Radio and Television (HRT) mini-series Guardian of the Castle.
Chinese Romantic Comedy to Film in Croatia
ZAGREB: Chinese director Jiang Zhongyuan is scheduled to direct a romantic comedy in Croatia in 2019, titled Summer in Croatia, for release in China in 2020.
Croatian Cinema Wins ICTA Award
COLOGNE: The European branch of the International Cinema Technology Association (ICTA) will give its 2018 New Build Cinema of the Year award to the Cinestar 4DX, Mall of Split, Croatia.
FESTIVALS: Eight Films Compete at Animafest Zagreb
ZAGREB: Estonia will have the lone entry from Central Europe in Animafest Zagreb’s main competition, Captain Morten and the Spider Queen, an Estonian/Irish/Belgian/British coproduction directed by Kaspar Jancis, Henry Nicholson…
The Constitution Distributed in Italy
ZAGREB: The awarded Croatian/Czech/Macedonian/British coproduction The Constitution / Ustav Republike Hrvatske by Rajko Grlić was released in Italian cinemas on 4 April 2018. The film will be released in the…
Croatian Drama Series Newspapers Sold to Netflix
ZAGREB: The drama series Newspapers / Novine directed by Dalibor Matanić has been sold to Netflix and will become available in 130 countries. Netflix also bought the second season of…
Croatia to Adopt New Rules in Film and Audiovisual Activities
ZAGREB: The Croatian Government put forward to the Parliament a bill on audiovisual activities, introducing a new structure for the Council and the Managing Board of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre…
