National fund Croatia, Zagreb

Razvoj scenarija i razvoj projekata dugometražnih igranih i animiranih filmova za djecu i mlade (script and project development for children's and youth features)

Run by Hrvatski audiovizualni centar, HAVC (Croatian Audiovisual Centre)

A ring-fenced pot for family films. Croatian screenwriters with a children's or youth feature, live action or animated, compete here instead of in the general call, with one deadline in September and a decision in December. The eligibility mirrors the main development call, including the natural-person route for writers.

Grant, amount not statedOpen to writers in CroatiaA writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production company

Next dates not yet published

The money

Amount
Amount not statedSums are set in the centre's annual plan
What it is
Grant
To apply
Free

Who can apply

Applicant
A writer alone, a writer with a producer or a production company
Where you write
In Croatia
Rules
The general development rules, narrowed to feature fiction and animated films for children and young audiences of at least 70 minutes: screenwriters and other authors may apply as natural persons for the script strand, registered producers with a director for the project strand.
Stages
Writing and development
Formats
Feature, Animation
Language of the application
Croatian

When to apply

The fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. One round a year, decided in December.

RoundCloses
2026 call (closed)Sep 9, 2026 passed

Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.

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Next dates not yet publishedA production companyFeature, Short, Documentary, Animation

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