The Croatian Audiovisual Centre (HAVC) has released the results of its latest call for funding applications in all categories: feature-length and short fiction and documentary projects, animated and experimental, and minority co-productions.

In the feature-length fiction category, veteran director Rajko Grlić, whose last outing, The Constitution [+lire aussi :
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Vanja Juranić (Am I Happy or What?, Zagreb Capuccino) received €552,447 (HRK 4.2 million) for the Maxima Film production Only When I Laugh [+lire aussi :
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In the feature-debut category, The Celebration by helmer Bruno Anuković and production company Eclectica got €433,942 (HRK 3.3 million).

In other categories, a total of €253,618 (HRK 1,927,500) was split between six feature-length documentaries, €241,447 (HRK 1,835,000) was allocated to six animated projects, €196,052 (HRK 1,490,000) went to five short fiction films, two short documentaries got a total of €57,895 (HRK 440,000), and four experimental projects received €82,895 (HRK 630,000). For the full list of winners in all categories (in Croatian and in HRK), please click here.

Among the minority co-productions, the highest amount, €92,011 (HRK 700,000), went to Antiques by Georgian director Rusudan Glurjidze, whose first film, House of Others [+lire aussi :
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The new project by super-prolific Romanian auteur Radu Jude, Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn [+lire aussi :
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Serbian filmmaker Stevan Filipović's Next to Us, a follow-up to his 2015 local blockbuster Next to Me [+lire aussi :
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In the feature-debut minority co-production category, the largest sum, €74,926 (HRK 570,000), went to Spas (lit. "Salvation") by Ukraine's Maksym Nakonechnyi, a co-production between his company, Tabor, and Croatia's 4Film.

Bosnian director Una Gunjak, winner of the 2015 EFA Award for Best Short Film for The Chicken, received €42,713 (HRK 350,000) for Excursion, co-produced by Sarajevo-based SCCA/Pro.ba, Croatia's Nukleus Film, Serbia's Baš Čelik and France's Maneki Films.

Finally, Riders [+lire aussi :
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In addition, €63,152 (HRK 480,000) was split between three feature-length documentaries,€52,632 (HRK 400,000) went to two animated projects, and one fiction short got €23,026 (HRK 175,000). For the full list of minority co-production grant winners (in Croatian and in HRK), please click here.