The Croatian Film Association (Croatian : Hrvatski filmski savez, HFS), also known as the Croatian Film Clubs' Association, is an association of non-professional film and video groups in Croatia.
Croatian Film Association was established in 1963. Since 1992, it is a member of Union Internationale du Cinéma (UNICA). The association's president is Hrvoje Turković. [1]
Croatian Film Association produced or co-produced a number of documentary and feature films. Notable feature films produced by the HFS include What Is a Man Without a Moustache? (2005), an award-winning comedy, and A Letter to My Father (2012), winner of the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the Pula Film Festival. [2] [3]
The cinema of Croatia has a somewhat shorter tradition than what is common for other Central European countries: the serious beginning of Croatian cinema starts with the rise of the Yugoslavian film industry in the 1940s. Three Croatian feature films were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, several of them gained awards at major festivals, and the Croatian contribution in the field of animation is particularly important.
Branko Bauer was a Croatian film director. He is considered to be the leading figure of classical narrative cinema in Croatian and Yugoslav cinema of the 1950s.
Pula Film Festival is an annual Croatian film festival, established in 1954. It is held in a Roman amphitheater known as the Pula Arena. Pula Film Festival is the oldest Croatian film festival and is usually held in the summer, in July or August.
Zvonimir Berković was a Croatian film director and screenwriter.
Tomislav Pinter was a Croatian cinematographer, regarded as the most significant cinematographer in Croatian cinema due to the artistic quality of his work and his prolific career spanning almost five decades.
Ante Babaja was a notable Croatian film director and screenwriter.
Željko Senečić was a Croatian film and television production designer, film director and screenwriter.
Accidental Life is a 1969 Yugoslav drama film directed by Ante Peterlić, starring Dragutin Klobučar, Ivo Serdar, Ana Karić and Zvonimir Rogoz.
The Living Truth, also released as Real Truth, is a 1972 Yugoslav film directed and written by Tomislav Radić, starring Božidarka Frajt.
Madonna is a 1999 Croatian film directed by Neven Hitrec and starring Ljubomir Kerekeš, Lucija Šerbedžija and Ivo Gregurević. It is based on a novel by Hrvoje Hitrec.
Frano Vodopivec was a Croatian cinematographer.
Slobodan Trninić is a Croatian cinematographer.
Branko Marjanović was a Yugoslav film director and editor.
Živorad Tomić is a Croatian film director, screenwriter and critic. Tomić was one of the most prominent Croatian film critics from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s.
Hrvoje Turković is a Croatian film theorist, film critic and university professor. With 14 books and more than 700 articles on film, ranging from essayistic criticism to scientific works on film theory, Turković established himself as one of Croatia's most important critics and film scholars. He is a recipient of the Vladimir Nazor Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Film.
Nenad Polimac is a Croatian film critic.
Film Authors' Studio was a short-lived but influential Croatian film production studio. Established in 1967, it was the first independent feature film production company in Yugoslavia.
Mima Simić is a Croatian writer, an awarded film critic, translator and an LGBTIQ+ media activist. She holds degrees in Comparative Literature and English Language and Literature from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb and Gender Studies from the Central European University. Simić was Croatia's first openly out LGBTIQ+ political candidate.
Hulahop d.o.o. is a Croatian ltd. company working in film production and cultural services. Hulahop was founded in 2006 by Dana Budisavljević and Olinka Vištica coming from the years of experience in producing films in Factum and organizing prominent film festivals in Croatia Motovun Film Festival and ZagrebDox.