National fund Croatia, Zagreb

Proizvodnja filmova (film production)

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

Croatia's main production call, in two rounds a year with decisions in June and December. The package wants a script or treatment, a director's concept, a financing plan and tax and credit certificates. Funded projects must sign within 180 days of the decision, and every result is published on the centre's site.

Grant, amount not statedOpen to writers in CroatiaA production company

Next dates not yet published

The money

Amount
Amount not statedSums follow the 2026 annual plan and the centre's available funds
What it is
Grant
To apply
Free

Who can apply

Applicant
A production company
Where you write
In Croatia
Rules
Producers registered for audiovisual production and listed in HAVC's register, applying with a director and a script with settled rights or an option. Debut features, shorts, documentaries, animation, experimental films and films in post-production all fit; a director may enter two projects per group per deadline.
Stages
Production and completion
Formats
Feature, Short, Documentary, 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. Decisions in the first half of June and December; the 2027 call was not yet published on November 1, 2026.

RoundCloses
Round 1, 2026 (closed)Mar 12, 2026 passed
Round 2, 2026 (closed)Sep 10, 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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