FESTIVALS: Motovun Hosts Film Fest Training
MOTOVUN: The Independent Cinema Office will present a course on Developing Your Film Festival at the Motovun Film Festival.
PRODUCTION: Dalibor Matanić Preps The High Sun
ZAGREB: Croatian filmmaker Dalibor Matanić will begin shooting the Croatian-Slovenian coproduction The High Sun/Zvizdan on 22 September 2014. The film is now in the location scouting and casting phase.
The Priest’s Children Sells to 32 Territories
ZAGREB: Vinko Bresan’s comedy The Priest’s Children has racked up an impressive international succes with 30,000 tickets sold in Brazil in 10 weeks and sales to 32 territories worldwide through…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
FNE at Berlinale 2014: Croatian Films in Berlin
Croatian films at the 64th Berlinale and European Film Market
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…
