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DKE – Ured MEDIA Hrvatske ponosno objavljuje uspjehe hrvatskih korisnika u sklopu Potprograma MEDIA Programa Kreativna Europa, kao i potpore dodijeljene hrvatskim kinima putem mreže Europa Cinemas u 2025. godini.
U sklopu programskog razdoblja Potprograma MEDIA 2021. – 2027. hrvatski su korisnici u 2025. godini osigurali potpore u sedam kategorija te putem europske mreže kina Europa Cinemas, s ukupnim iznosom od 2.651.847,06 eura. Time je nadmašen dosadašnji rekord iz 2024. godine, kada je osigurano 2.615.347,61 eura.
Uzevši u obzir tri klastera poziva, najveći je iznos ostvaren u sklopu klastera za sadržaj, ukupno 1.165.000 eura. Slijedi klaster za publiku s 636.071,22 eura, a potom klaster za poslovanje s 520.417,84 eura. Hrvatskim kinima iz mreže Europa Cinemas dodijeljeno je još 330.358 eura.
Posebno valja istaknuti da je rekord ostvaren bez potpora iz poziva za mreže europskih festivala, koji se objavljuje svake druge godine. Ovogodišnji rezultat tako počiva na razvoju sadržaja, videoigrama, distribuciji i radu s publikom.
U sklopu klastera za sadržaj, putem poziva za europski razvoj skupnih projekata, europski mini razvoj skupnih projekata te razvoj videoigara i imerzivnog sadržaja, sedam hrvatskih korisnika osiguralo je ukupan iznos od 1.165.000 eura. Riječ je o najvećem iznosu u ovom klasteru otkako Hrvatska sudjeluje u Potprogramu MEDIA.
U sklopu poziva CREA-MEDIA-2025-DEVSLATE, otvorenog producentskim kućama iz svih zemalja članica, zaprimljeno je 258 prijava, a potporu je osiguralo 83 projekta iz 18 zemalja u ukupnom iznosu od 17.985.000 eura.
Producentska kuća Antitalent d.o.o. prvi je hrvatski korisnik ovog poziva u programskom razdoblju 2021. – 2027. S osvojenih 96 bodova zauzela je visoko četvrto mjesto od 258 prijava i osigurala 245.000 eura. Riječ je o najvećoj razvojnoj potpori ikad dodijeljenoj jednoj hrvatskoj tvrtki, i to u pozivu u kojem se Hrvatska natječe sa svim zemljama članicama, bez zaštićene kategorije. Skupni projekt Antitalent Development Slate based on IP okuplja šest projekata, od kojih su čak četiri adaptacije hrvatskih romana. Podržana je kriminalistička serija Crvena voda (Red Water) od šest nastavaka prema romanu Jurice Pavičića, čiji scenarij potpisuju Ljubica Luković i Jurica Pavičić, a režiju Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović. Potporu je dobio i dugometražni igrani film Slučaj vlastite pogibelji (My Own Peril) prema romanu Kristijana Novaka, prema scenariju Marjana Alčevskog, u režiji Gorana Stankovića. U paketu je i dugometražni igrani film Mama, tata i ja (Mum, Dad and I) prema scenariju Tene Štivičić, u režiji Vanje Juranić, kao i debitantski dugometražni igrani film Meduze žive zauvijek, dok ih se ne ulovi (Jellyfish Live Forever, Until They’re Caught) scenaristice i redateljice Nađe Petrović, prema njezinu istoimenom romanu. Podržana je i adaptacija romana Ante Tomića Čudo u Poskokovoj Dragi (The Viper’s Glen), čiji scenarij potpisuju Ante Tomić i Rajko Grlić, a režiju Rajko Grlić. Paket zaokružuje kratkometražni igrani film Hrabri dečki (Brave Boys) redatelja i scenarista Ivana Veljače.
Europski mini razvoj skupnih projekata – CREA-MEDIA-2025-DEVMINISLATE – ukupan iznos: 520.000 eura
U sklopu poziva CREA-MEDIA-2025-DEVMINISLATE, namijenjenog isključivo producentskim kućama iz zemalja niskog produkcijskog kapaciteta, zaprimljeno je 166 prijava, a potporu je osigurao 42 projekta iz 16 zemalja u ukupnom iznosu od 5.370.000 eura.
S četiri odobrena projekta i ukupno 520.000 eura Hrvatska je treća od 16 zemalja, i po broju odobrenih projekata i po iznosu, odmah iza Češke i Poljske. Uspješnost hrvatskih prijava iznosi 44 %, dok je prosjek poziva 25 %.
Producentska kuća Petnaesta umjetnost d.o.o. osigurala je 145.000 eura za razvoj triju projekata. Podržan je dugometražni igrani film Birdie u režiji Jasne Nanut, prema scenariju koji potpisuju Jasna Nanut i Anja Matković, u koprodukciji s njemačkom tvrtkom Jip Film & Verleih (Julia Peters), srpskom Delirium Films (Biljana Prvanović i Srđan Dragojević) i slovenskom Solsticij (Slađana Vide). Potporu je dobio i dugometražni igrani film za djecu Eva i Hm prema scenariju Branka Ružića, u režiji Mladena Dizdara. Projekt se razvija zajedno s nositeljem prava, hrvatskim studijem Lot 28, te koproducentima Zavod Blade Production (Zoran Dževerdanović, Slovenija), Polar Bear (Xavier Rombaut, Belgija) i Filmbin (Nicholas Sando, Norveška). U istom paketu je i igrana serija Mitoman od šest epizoda, čiji su autori Nina Mitrović i Hrvoje Osvadić. Scenarij potpisuje Nina Mitrović, režiju Nevio Marasović, a koproducenti su Directory Films (Igor Savychenko, Ukrajina), Non-Aligned Films (Dragana Jovović, Srbija) i Nightswim (Ines Vasiljević, Italija). Petnaesta umjetnost time se vraća na popis korisnika Potprograma MEDIA nakon dvanaest godina.
Producentska kuća Nukleus film d.o.o. osigurala je 140.000 eura za četiri projekta autora iz regije Zapadnog Balkana i baltičkih zemalja, u produkciji Siniše Juričića. Podržana je politička triler serija Stringers prema scenariju Nikole Kuprešanina i latvijske scenaristice Arte Ģige, u režiji oskarovca Danisa Tanovića. Potporu je dobio i dugometražni igrani film Religion of Night Walks scenarista i redatelja Nikole Ležaića, obiteljska drama smještena na gradilište prve vjetroelektrane u Iranu 1983. godine. U paketu su i dugometražni dokumentarni prvijenac Emma latvijske autorice Ieve Ūbele, u koprodukciji s latvijskom tvrtkom Baltic Balkan Productions i grčkom Marni Films, te kratkometražni igrani film We Were Never Sad People prema scenariju Mirsade Begović, u režiji Klare Šovagović.
Producentska kuća Pipser d.o.o., čiji je mini-slate zauzeo visoko šesto mjesto od 166 prijava s 93 boda, osigurala je 135.000 eura za razvoj četiri projekta. Podržan je dugometražni igrani film Sumnjivo područje (Suspicious Area) u režiji Filipa Peruzovića, prema scenariju Filipa Peruzovića i Ivana Turković-Krnjaka, u produkciji Miljenke Čogelje te u koprodukciji s tvrtkama Take Shelter (Francuska), It’s Alive Films (Finska) i December (Slovenija). Autorska drama prati skupinu hrvatskih deminera na posljednjem zajedničkom zadatku, tridesetak godina nakon rata. Potporu je dobila i dokumentarna serija Menopauza (Menopause) u četiri epizode, autorice i producentice Miljenke Čogelje, u koprodukciji s tvrtkama Cinenic Film (Švedska), Alba Sotorra (Španjolska) i Bocalupo Films (Francuska), pri čemu se svaka epizoda snima u drugoj zemlji i na drugom jeziku. U paketu je i dugometražni igrani prvijenac Tekton redatelja i koscenarista Tina Žanića, uz koscenaristicu Jelenu Paljan i producenticu Tenu Gojić, u koprodukciji s tvrtkama Elation Pictures (Norveška) i Obol Film (Srbija). Riječ je o žanrovskom hibridu psihološkog trilera i horora koji crpi iz slavenske mitologije. Paket zaokružuje kratkometražni igrani film Pity Party redateljice Sare Alavanić, u produkciji Lucije Perić.
Udruga Restart, čiji je mini-slate s 93 boda zauzeo sedmo mjesto, osigurala je 100.000 eura za razvoj tri dokumentarna i jednog kratkometražnog filma. Podržani su dokumentarni filmovi Daleko je Kandahar scenaristice i redateljice Anite Čeko, uz direktoricu fotografije Andreu Kaštelan, Zemlja koju udišemo redatelja Manuela Inackera, prema scenariju Manuela Inackera i Anamarije Marinov, uz direktora fotografije Borisa Poljaka i njemačkog koproducenta Rejell, te Naši zamišljeni otoci scenaristice i redateljice Ane Grgić, u koprodukciji s Kino klubom Split. Paket zaokružuje kratkometražni film Ispod čađe redatelja i scenarista Tonija Jelenića.
U sklopu poziva CREA-MEDIA-2025-DEVVGIM zaprimljena je 281 prijava, a potporu su osigurala 42 projekta iz 16 zemalja u ukupnom iznosu od 6.980.248,55 eura. Dvije hrvatske tvrtke osigurale su ukupno 400.000 eura, čime je Hrvatska sedma po iznosu među 16 zemalja s odobrenim projektima. Hrvatski studiji sudjelovali su u čak 16 prijava, što potvrđuje snagu i dinamiku domaće scene videoigara.
Tvrtka Gamechuck d.o.o. osigurala je 200.000 eura za razvoj videoigre Firewalkers, koja je s 93 boda zauzela visoko četvrto mjesto od 281 prijave. Kreativni tim čine Sven Popović (pisac), Jovan Vesić (dizajner igre), Blaž Rebernjak (dizajn igre i umjetnička direkcija), Anastasiia Ivanova (umjetnička direktorica), Andrus Laansalu (audio direktor), Alan Kralj (programiranje proceduralne grafike, grafičkih efekata i korisničkog sučelja), Krešimir Zauder (programiranje proceduralne generacije svijeta, simulacije, umjetne inteligencije i mehanika) te Aleksandar Gavrilović (producent).
Tvrtka Bad Cog d.o.o., koja se na popisu korisnika Potprograma MEDIA nalazi prvi put, osigurala je 200.000 eura za razvoj videoigre It Takes a Tribe. S njom je Bad Cog već šesta hrvatska tvrtka za videoigre podržana u ovom programskom razdoblju.
U sklopu poziva CREA-MEDIA-2025-FILMDIST potpora je odobrena za svih 258 prijava iz 31 zemlje sudionice Potprograma MEDIA, u ukupnom iznosu od 32.000.000 eura. Pet hrvatskih korisnika u ovoj je kategoriji osiguralo 520.417,84 eura.
Tvrtka Blitz d.o.o., kao koordinator regionalnog projekta koji uključuje i Blitzove tvrtke u Srbiji, Sloveniji te Bosni i Hercegovini, osigurala je 405.960,95 eura. Riječ je o osmom najvećem iznosu od 258 odobrenih projekata u cijeloj Europi te o najvećem godišnjem iznosu za distribuciju u sedamnaest godina hrvatskog sudjelovanja u Potprogramu MEDIA. Sredstva su namijenjena reinvestiranju u nabavu, distribuciju i promociju europskih naslova.
Tvrtka MCF d.o.o., distributer koji dosljedno njeguje autorski i europski film, osigurala je 60.193,10 eura.
Festival mediteranskog filma Split osigurao je 43.835,57 eura za distribucijsku djelatnost Kina Mediteran, regionalnog distributera i kinoprikazivača s mrežom kina u manjim primorskim i otočnim mjestima.
Udruga Restart osigurala je 5.338,39 eura za distribuciju europskih filmova u Hrvatskoj, a tvrtka Discovery d.o.o. 5.089,83 eura, čime nastavlja distribuirati i promovirati nezavisne europske filmove hrvatskoj publici.
Na poziv CREA-MEDIA-2025-FEST pristiglo je 165 prijava, a potporu je osigurao 91 festival iz 31 zemlje u ukupnom iznosu od 9.855.000 eura. Tri od četiri hrvatske prijave bile su uspješne, što je uspješnost od 75 %, dok je prosjek poziva 55 %. Sva tri festivala osigurala su dvogodišnju potporu.
Svjetski festival animiranog filma – Animafest Zagreb, u organizaciji tvrtke Hulahop d.o.o., osigurao je 150.000 eura za izdanja 2025. i 2026. Animafest je osnovan 1972. godine i jedan je od najstarijih i najuglednijih festivala animiranog filma na svijetu. Zagreb je tako desetljećima jedno od središta svjetske animacije, a festival svake godine okuplja autore, profesionalce i publiku iz cijelog svijeta.
Festival mediteranskog filma Split osigurao je 126.000 eura za izdanja 2026. i 2027., uz visoko 19. mjesto od 165 prijava s 89 bodova. Festival publici predstavlja suvremenu kinematografiju Mediterana i Europe, uz projekcije na otvorenom u ljetnom ambijentu Splita.
Zagreb Film Festival osigurao je 92.000 eura za izdanja 2025. i 2026. S 91 bodom zauzeo je visoko 13. mjesto od 165 prijava. Festival je osnovan 2003. godine, a fokus mu je na prvim i drugim filmovima autora, čime je postao važna platforma za otkrivanje novih filmskih glasova.
U sklopu poziva CREA-MEDIA-2025-AUDFILMEDU zaprimljeno je 59 prijava, a potporu je osiguralo 11 projekata u ukupnom iznosu od 5.818.838,62 eura. Hrvatske organizacije sudjeluju u dva od 11 odobrenih projekata, a jedan od njih koordinira hrvatska udruga.
Udruga Djeca susreću umjetnost koordinator je projekta Film in Hospital, paneuropske inicijative koja filmske programe za djecu i mlade donosi u bolnice i zdravstvene ustanove. Projekt je ukupno osigurao 598.429,28 eura, od čega na hrvatskog koordinatora otpada 74.189,20 eura. Partneri su BUFF Filmfestival (Švedska), JEF (Belgija), Promotora de Mitjans Audiovisuals (Španjolska), Kinodvor (Slovenija), Il Nuovo Fantarca (Italija), Sächsischer Kinder- und Jugendfilmdienst (Njemačka) i Neaniko Plano (Grčka). Pridruženi partneri su Filmski centar Crne Gore, Cinekid (Nizozemska) te organizacije iz Mađarske i Cipra.
Udruga Restart partner je u projektu KineDok, mreži za alternativnu distribuciju dokumentarnih filmova koju koordinira češki Institut dokumentárního filmu. Restart je osigurao 60.090,02 eura, a projekt ukupno 544.200,92 eura. Uz Restart, partneri su Anthropolis (Mađarska), Filmtopia (Slovačka) i One World Romania (Rumunjska). S potporama u tri različita poziva Restart je jedini hrvatski korisnik koji je u 2025. uspio u tri kategorije, s ukupno 165.428,41 eura.
U sklopu poziva CREA-MEDIA-2025-FILMOVE u prvom je roku pristiglo 19 prijava, od kojih je potporu osiguralo 9 kampanja s ukupno 6.421.175,19 eura. U drugom je roku pristiglo 29 prijava, a potporu je osiguralo 12 kampanja s ukupno 9.354.680,16 eura. Tako je podržana 21 međunarodna distribucijska kampanja u ukupnom iznosu od 15.775.855,35 eura. Hrvatski distributeri sudjeluju u 20 kampanja (9 u prvom i 11 u drugom roku) s ukupnom potporom od 133.792 eura.
Kada govorimo o uspješnim rezultatima hrvatskih korisnika, važno je spomenuti i podatak da je 19 hrvatskih kina iz europske mreže kina Europa Cinemas u 2025. godini osiguralo potporu u vrijednosti od 330.358 eura. To je gotovo dvostruko više nego 2024. godine, kada su hrvatska kina osigurala 180.950 eura.
Novi rekordni iznos od 2.651.847,06 eura uložen u hrvatski audiovizualni sektor tijekom 2025. godine potvrđuje da hrvatski producenti, razvojni timovi, studiji za videoigre, distributeri, festivali i kina ravnopravno sudjeluju u europskoj audiovizualnoj industriji. Ovogodišnji rezultati posebno su vrijedni jer su hrvatski projekti visoko rangirani i u pozivima otvorenima svim zemljama članicama. Hrvatski korisnici tako su od 2008. godine iz Potprograma MEDIA ukupno osigurali više od 20,5 milijuna eura.
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Vaš DKE – Ured MEDIA Hrvatske
Creative Europe Desk – MEDIA Office Croatia is proud to announce the successes of Croatian beneficiaries under the MEDIA Sub-programme of the Creative Europe Programme, as well as the support awarded to Croatian cinemas through the Europa Cinemas network in 2025.
Within the MEDIA Sub-programme 2021–2027 programming period, Croatian beneficiaries secured support in seven categories in 2025, as well as through the European cinema network Europa Cinemas, for a total of EUR 2,651,847.06. This surpasses the previous record set in 2024, when EUR 2,615,347.61 was secured.
Across the three clusters of calls, the largest amount was achieved in the Content cluster, with a total of EUR 1,165,000. It is followed by the Audience cluster with EUR 636,071.22 and the Business cluster with EUR 520,417.84. Croatian cinemas in the Europa Cinemas network received a further EUR 330,358.
It is worth highlighting that this record was achieved without support from the call for networks of European festivals, which is published every other year. This year’s result therefore rests on content development, video games, distribution and audience work.
Under the Content cluster, through the calls for European Slate Development, European Mini-Slate Development and Video Games and Immersive Content Development, seven Croatian beneficiaries secured a total of EUR 1,165,000. This is the highest amount in this cluster since Croatia began participating in the Creative Europe MEDIA.
The CREA-MEDIA-2025-DEVSLATE call, open to production companies from all participating countries, received 258 applications, and 83 projects from 18 countries secured support totalling EUR 17,985,000.
The production company Antitalent d.o.o. is the first Croatian beneficiary of this call in the 2021–2027 programming period. With 96 points, it ranked an impressive fourth out of 258 applications and secured EUR 245,000. This is the largest development grant ever awarded to a single Croatian company, achieved in a call where Croatia competes with all participating countries, without a ring-fenced category.
The Antitalent Development Slate based on IP brings together six projects, four of which are adaptations of Croatian novels. Support went to the six-part crime series Red Water (Crvena voda), based on the novel by Jurica Pavičić, written by Ljubica Luković and Jurica Pavičić and directed by Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović. Also supported is the fiction feature My Own Peril (Slučaj vlastite pogibelji), based on the novel by Kristijan Novak, written by Marjan Alčevski and directed by Goran Stanković. The package includes the fiction feature Mum, Dad and I (Mama, tata i ja), written by Tena Štivičić and directed by Vanja Juranić, as well as the debut fiction feature Jellyfish Live Forever, Until They’re Caught (Meduze žive zauvijek, dok ih se ne ulovi) by writer-director Nađa Petrović, based on her novel of the same name. Support also went to the adaptation of Ante Tomić’s novel The Viper’s Glen (Čudo u Poskokovoj Dragi), written by Ante Tomić and Rajko Grlić and directed by Rajko Grlić. The package is completed by the short fiction film Brave Boys (Hrabri dečki), written and directed by Ivan Veljača.
The CREA-MEDIA-2025-DEVMINISLATE call, intended exclusively for production companies from low audiovisual capacity countries, received 166 applications, and 42 projects from 16 countries secured support totalling EUR 5,370,000.
With four approved projects and a total of EUR 520,000, Croatia ranked third out of 16 countries, both by number of approved projects and by amount, right behind Czechia and Poland. Croatian applications had a success rate of 44 %, compared with a call average of 25 %.
The production company Petnaesta umjetnost d.o.o. secured EUR 145,000 for the development of three projects. Support went to the fiction feature Birdie, directed by Jasna Nanut and written by Jasna Nanut and Anja Matković, co-produced with Jip Film & Verleih (Julia Peters, Germany), Delirium Films (Biljana Prvanović and Srđan Dragojević, Serbia) and Solsticij (Slađana Vide, Slovenia). Also supported is the live-action children’s film EVA and HM (Eva i Hm), written by Branko Ružić and directed by Mladen Dizdar. The project is developed together with the rights holder, the Croatian studio Lot 28, and the co-producers Zavod Blade Production (Zoran Dževerdanović, Slovenia), Polar Bear (Xavier Rombaut, Belgium) and Filmbin (Nicholas Sando, Norway). The package also includes the six-episode scripted series Fabricator (Mitoman), created by Nina Mitrović and Hrvoje Osvadić, written by Nina Mitrović and directed by Nevio Marasović, co-produced by Directory Films (Igor Savychenko, Ukraine), Non-Aligned Films (Dragana Jovović, Serbia) and Nightswim (Ines Vasiljević, Italy). With this grant, Petnaesta umjetnost returns to the list of MEDIA beneficiaries after twelve years.
The production company Nukleus film d.o.o. secured EUR 140,000 for four projects by authors from the Western Balkans and the Baltic states, produced by Siniša Juričić. Support went to the political thriller series Stringers, written by Nikola Kuprešanin and Latvian screenwriter Arta Ģiga and directed by Oscar winner Danis Tanović. Also supported is the fiction feature Religion of Night Walks, written and directed by Nikola Ležaić, a family drama set on the construction site of the first wind farm in Iran in 1983. The package further includes the feature documentary debut Emma by Latvian filmmaker Ieva Ūbele, co-produced with Baltic Balkan Productions (Latvia) and Marni Films (Greece), and the short fiction film We Were Never Sad People, written by Mirsada Begović and directed by Klara Šovagović.
The production company Pipser d.o.o., whose mini-slate ranked an impressive sixth out of 166 applications with 93 points, secured EUR 135,000 for the development of four projects. Support went to the fiction feature Suspicious Area (Sumnjivo područje), directed by Filip Peruzović, written by Filip Peruzović and Ivan Turković-Krnjak, produced by Miljenka Čogelja and co-produced with Take Shelter (France), It’s Alive Films (Finland) and December (Slovenia). This auteur drama follows a group of Croatian deminers on their last mission together, some thirty years after the war. Also supported is the four-part documentary series Menopause (Menopauza) by author and producer Miljenka Čogelja, co-produced with Cinenic Film (Sweden), Alba Sotorra (Spain) and Bocalupo Films (France), with each episode filmed in a different country and language. The package includes the debut fiction feature Tekton by director and co-writer Tin Žanić, with co-writer Jelena Paljan and producer Tena Gojić, co-produced with Elation Pictures (Norway) and Obol Film (Serbia), a genre hybrid of psychological thriller and horror drawing on Slavic mythology. It is completed by the short fiction film Pity Party, directed by Sara Alavanić and produced by Lucija Perić.
The association Restart, whose mini-slate ranked seventh with 93 points, secured EUR 100,000 for the development of three documentaries and one short film. Support went to the documentary So Far, Kandahar (Daleko je Kandahar) by writer-director Anita Čeko, with director of photography Andrea Kaštelan. Also supported is the documentary The Land We Breathe (Zemlja koju udišemo), directed by Manuel Inacker and written by Manuel Inacker and Anamarija Marinov, with director of photography Boris Poljak, co-produced with the German company Rejell. The package includes the documentary Our Imagined Islands (Naši zamišljeni otoci) by writer-director Ana Grgić, co-produced with Kino klub Split. It is completed by the short film Under the Soot (Ispod čađe), written and directed by Toni Jelenić.
The CREA-MEDIA-2025-DEVVGIM call received 281 applications, and 42 projects from 16 countries secured support totalling EUR 6,980,248.55. Two Croatian companies secured a total of EUR 400,000, placing Croatia seventh by amount among the 16 countries with approved projects. Croatian studios took part in as many as 16 applications, confirming the strength and dynamism of the domestic video game scene.
Gamechuck d.o.o. secured EUR 200,000 for the development of the video game Firewalkers, which ranked an impressive fourth out of 281 applications with 93 points. The creative team consists of Sven Popović (writer), Jovan Vesić (game designer), Blaž Rebernjak (game design and art direction), Anastasiia Ivanova (art director), Andrus Laansalu (audio director), Alan Kralj (programming of procedural graphics, graphic effects and user interface), Krešimir Zauder (programming of procedural world generation, simulation, AI and mechanics) and Aleksandar Gavrilović (producer).
Bad Cog d.o.o., appearing on the list of MEDIA beneficiaries for the first time, secured EUR 200,000 for the development of the video game It Takes a Tribe. Bad Cog is thus the sixth Croatian video game company supported in this programming period.
Under the CREA-MEDIA-2025-FILMDIST call, support was approved for all 258 applications from 31 participating countries, totalling EUR 32,000,000. Five Croatian beneficiaries secured EUR 520,417.84 in this category.
Blitz d.o.o., as coordinator of a regional project that also includes Blitz companies in Serbia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, secured EUR 405,960.95. This is the eighth largest amount among 258 approved projects across Europe and the largest annual distribution amount in seventeen years of Croatian participation in the MEDIA Sub-programme. The funds are intended for reinvestment in the acquisition, distribution and promotion of European titles.
MCF d.o.o., a distributor consistently championing auteur and European cinema, secured EUR 60,193.10.
The Mediterranean Film Festival Split secured EUR 43,835.57 for the distribution activities of Kino Mediteran, a regional distributor and exhibitor with a network of cinemas in smaller coastal and island towns.
The association Restart secured EUR 5,338.39 for the distribution of European films in Croatia, and Discovery d.o.o. secured EUR 5,089.83, allowing it to continue distributing and promoting independent European films to Croatian audiences.
The CREA-MEDIA-2025-FEST call received 165 applications, and 91 festivals from 31 countries secured support totalling EUR 9,855,000. Three of the four Croatian applications were successful, a success rate of 75 % compared with a call average of 55 %. All three festivals secured two-year support.
The World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb, organised by Hulahop d.o.o., secured EUR 150,000 for its 2025 and 2026 editions. Founded in 1972, Animafest is one of the oldest and most prestigious animation festivals in the world. For decades it has made Zagreb one of the centres of world animation, bringing together filmmakers, professionals and audiences from around the globe every year.
The Mediterranean Film Festival Split secured EUR 126,000 for its 2026 and 2027 editions, ranking an impressive 19th out of 165 applications with 89 points. The festival presents contemporary Mediterranean and European cinema to audiences, with open-air screenings in the summer setting of Split.
Zagreb Film Festival secured EUR 92,000 for its 2025 and 2026 editions. With 91 points, it ranked an impressive 13th out of 165 applications. Founded in 2003, the festival focuses on first and second films, making it an important platform for discovering new filmmaking voices.
The CREA-MEDIA-2025-AUDFILMEDU call received 59 applications, and 11 projects secured support totalling EUR 5,818,838.62. Croatian organisations take part in two of the 11 approved projects, one of which is coordinated by a Croatian association.
The association Kids Meet Art (Djeca susreću umjetnost) coordinates Film in Hospital, a pan-European initiative bringing film programmes for children and young people into hospitals and healthcare institutions. The project secured a total of EUR 598,429.28, of which EUR 74,189.20 goes to the Croatian coordinator. Partners are BUFF Filmfestival (Sweden), JEF (Belgium), Promotora de Mitjans Audiovisuals (Spain), Kinodvor (Slovenia), Il Nuovo Fantarca (Italy), Sächsischer Kinder- und Jugendfilmdienst (Germany) and Neaniko Plano (Greece). Associated partners are the Film Centre of Montenegro, Cinekid (Netherlands) and organisations from Hungary and Cyprus.
The association Restart is a partner in KineDok, a network for the alternative distribution of documentary films coordinated by the Czech Institute of Documentary Film. Restart secured EUR 60,090.02, and the project a total of EUR 544,200.92. Alongside Restart, partners are Anthropolis (Hungary), Filmtopia (Slovakia) and One World Romania (Romania). With grants in three different calls, Restart is the only Croatian beneficiary successful in three categories in 2025, with a total of EUR 165,428.41.
Under the CREA-MEDIA-2025-FILMOVE call, the first deadline received 19 applications, of which 9 campaigns secured support totalling EUR 6,421,175.19. The second deadline received 29 applications, of which 12 campaigns secured support totalling EUR 9,354,680.16. In total, 21 international distribution campaigns were supported with EUR 15,775,855.35. Croatian distributors take part in 20 campaigns (9 in the first and 11 in the second deadline), with total support of EUR 133,792.
When speaking of the successes of Croatian beneficiaries, it is also important to note that 19 Croatian cinemas in the European cinema network Europa Cinemas secured support worth EUR 330,358 in 2025. This is almost double the 2024 amount, when Croatian cinemas secured EUR 180,950.
The new record of EUR 2,651,847.06 invested in the Croatian audiovisual sector in 2025 confirms that Croatian producers, development teams, video game studios, distributors, festivals and cinemas are participating in the European audiovisual industry on an equal footing. This year’s results are especially valuable because Croatian projects ranked highly even in calls open to all participating countries. Since 2008, Croatian beneficiaries have secured more than EUR 20.5 million from the MEDIA Sub-programme in total.
Our heartfelt congratulations to all, and we wish you every success in the future!
Your Creative Europe Desk – MEDIA Office Croatia
